Any Howard Stern listeners out there?

Filibuster wrote: »

It would have been great if an Irish station picked up their show, it would have change to the muck we've had to endure.

When Today FM (nearly positive) were launching, the plan was to have the show over the lunchtime period but it fell through.

I was at a press screening of his movie & they had a live interview session with him (which went out on air in the US as it was in the middle of his show & one thing Howard loves talking about is Howard). He mentioned that he was in advanced talks with "The new station".

There was a time when I loved Howard Stern. I moved to the states and actually got Sirius XM. I always put Stern over anyone else but he's gone downhill fast. I was listening to Opie and Anthony more often than not but at times they can get very repetitive...

Now he's barely on too...he takes so many days off. I got rid of Sirius XM. The music was great but meh

Wompa1 wrote: »

There was a time when I loved Howard Stern. I moved to the states and actually got Sirius XM. I always put Stern over anyone else but he's gone downhill fast. I was listening to Opie and Anthony more often than not but at times they can get very repetitive...

Now he's barely on too...he takes so many days off. I got rid of Sirius XM. The music was great but meh

Tried the O&A show a few times a couple of years back but found it unlistenable to be honest. Jim Norton was the best thing on it.

it's annoying that Stern is off so much but I still listen when he's on and still enjoy the show, although it's changed so much over the last few years. So many interviews it doesn’t leave much time for the other show antics that I enjoy.

Ha, I only just saw this thread now.. thought I was the only one also .)
I get it via tunein and searched for crystalone radio , theres an annoying intro when you grab the feed but it relays the last show broadcast so its up to date.
I like it also esp the bababooey pranks & his interviews with "celebs" from all sorts,you just dont know who to expect or what they will do in the studio.. He did a great interview with joe Walsh last yr and its hilarious when he has Richard Simmonds in studio, pure madness.

Wrapupshow, awful, kind of hangers on sort of autopsy show with no worthy content.. each to their own, I dont think that humour translates well in europe perhaps.. anyway, it beats rte r1 at 5pm ---

SteM wrote: »

Tried the O&A show a few times a couple of years back but found it unlistenable to be honest. Jim Norton was the best thing on it.

it's annoying that Stern is off so much but I still listen when he's on and still enjoy the show, although it's changed so much over the last few years. So many interviews it doesn’t leave much time for the other show antics that I enjoy.

Stern has become a bit of a shill. He's on Americas Got Talent over here. Is always talking about his wife and their cats. His interviews have gotten a lot more tame than they were even just 5 years ago.

Jim Norton is the best thing on radio over here. I don't like his standup comedy at all but on the radio, in real time he is the quickest witted person I've ever heard.

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

It's good to see he got some work after his role as Bishop Brennan.

I know it was a joke but your man that played Bishop Brennan has been in a few big American movies! Some man for one man!

SteM wrote: »

I don't really know what you mean about a shill. I've only listened since he arrived on Sirius (and his old tapes replays obviously) and he's always spoken about what's going on in his life. He's in his 60's and stupidly rich now so his life is his wife and his cats and his AGT work.

I've found a lot of his recent interviews enjoyable enough but I just have no interest in people like Jennifer Hudson so I kind of tune out during some of them. He's still 100% better than anything I've found on Irish radio in the morning which is full of unfunny teams and a ton of ads.

I have to admit that I gave Opie and Jimmy a listen last week when Stern was off and now that Anthony has gone from the show and Jimmy is more prominent I enjoyed the show much more.

He's a shill because now he gets the likes of Whitney Cummings on the show and licks her arse for the entire interview. Ditto those other tits that are on AGT with him. He use to be a guy who wouldn't accept dishonest answers and self promotion. Since Artie Lange left the show, Howard has changed.

If you listen to what's going on in the Sirius XM. He apparently has brought in a consultant to help out because his ratings have dropped off. Apparently, he's also the only guy who knows what his ratings are. They don't tell the other shows. His birthday show was awful. The last time I listened to a proper show of his on my radio, he was doing some IQ tests for everybody on the show....who gives a crap! Some of his interviews are still great...but most are just terrible. His interview with Bryan Cranston was suprisingly boring, but his interview with Paul McCartney a while ago was great. I think he's just phoning it in most of the time now, which is sad.

He is still much better than anything on Irish radio but then look at Irish Radio. You have iRadio which rips off bits from American teristerial radio, which by all accounts has fallen off here....it's mocked for how crappy it has become since ClearChannel bought almost every station in the country. And then those eejits go stealing bits from radio stations that are roundly mocked...

Niall Boylans show is entertaining but it's so cringe worthy. He lets the same callers on every night so it got stale very quickly. He needs to freshen things up a bit and stop relying on the dumbest people in Ireland to provide him his fodder.

TodayFM is so tired and played out. I'm not sure what Ray Darcys key demographic is now but I'd guess it's middle aged women. Which is a shame because he was pretty great when his relationship was in tatters and he was angry

The Strawberry Alarm Clock...ewwwwwwwwwwww

Ireland could do with a great radio station but if it ever had it, it would last a week before complaints would shut it down. Though, I don't know how Boylan gets away with the cursing and content he has on the show. Even that late at night, you'd think it would be too much

SteM wrote: »

Well, if that's the definition of a shill for you then I guess he is.

WRT, to 'ratings' I doubt he gives a crap. He's been paid his money and his contract is up in 15 months time. Can't see him bothering to renew at that point so I can't see why he's bothered about 'ratings' (if there is such a thing on satellite radio). Anyway, you seem to know much more about what is going on behind the scenes there than others so that's fair enough.

My feeling is that he knows that's he's leaving at the end of this contract so he's doing as many interviews as possible - one last 'blowout' while he can. Pity you're not listening anymore - today's interview with Bill Murray was great.

I'd agree that he knows he's leaving but he's nothing without his radio audience. The fans he'' get from AGT won't turn into long term fans. I only know what some of the other DJ's on the other channels have said and some of the guys who got canned have said. He is being told he should appeal to a broader audience and try to get into the family demographic, thus the AGT.

My guess is that he'll setup his own radio show, similar to what Anthony from O&A has done. And charge a subscription whilst pursuing television.

Bill Murray is a bad interview. He seems to rarely be honest but then that's also part of his appeal. There's a mystery to him.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Stern is signing on for another 5 years at Sirius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mFboz09G8

He apologized to Adam Sandler for trashing his movies....

Howard has become such a hack. I know people grow and I could imagine, the unbelievable fortune he has made has put him way out of touch with his average listeners but it's pretty amazing that he's actually becoming everything he mocked years ago.

Opie and Jim Norton are in the toilet now too. After Anthony left and the other two re-signed with Sirius. They brought in some new guys for producing and it's just awful, awful hack radio. It was getting bad shortly after I subscribed...it went from really, really funny to Anthony shouting about racial crappy every day. It's so sad. Like I said, I don't like Jim's standup but he's the funniest person that has has ever been on radio, in my opinion. So quick witted, an interesting person, he adds to interviews...he's the best but now he's being wasted.

I'm really happy, I'm not a subscriber any more.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Howard has gone to total crap these days, he's lost all of his edge. The only thing i listen to these days is the Artie and Anthony show. Artie Lange, what a fcking funny guy. Cumia also is excellent, and always has been.

Is Cumia still race baiting? When I subscribed to his show it's all he did. I bailed on it after 3 months. For such a rich successful guy who hasn't had to work a hard day in 20+ years, he sure is angry!