Comments on: Howard Stern Makes Debut on Sirius http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/howard_stern_makes_debut_on_sirius/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:32:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Josh Cohen http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/howard_stern_makes_debut_on_sirius/comment-page-1/#comment-70517 Josh Cohen Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:12:49 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13225#comment-70517 Given Stern's prior success, probably pretty well (the translation of stuff). X-rated podcasts do nicely, and some of those aren't even done professionally. Just folks with a microphone and Garageband. People will love listening to sex on the air on their way to work. However, there's only so long that the novelty will last. Stern alone cannot save Sirius if the rest of their programming is subpar (so far, from what I've heard, it's about "par", but their traffic product is light-years behind XM's). I think getting the NFL contract was their biggest stroke of genius -- XM has the NHL and MLB, but football is the biggest sport in the country and Sirius has it. Given Stern's prior success, probably pretty well (the translation of stuff). X-rated podcasts do nicely, and some of those aren't even done professionally. Just folks with a microphone and Garageband. People will love listening to sex on the air on their way to work.

However, there's only so long that the novelty will last. Stern alone cannot save Sirius if the rest of their programming is subpar (so far, from what I've heard, it's about "par", but their traffic product is light-years behind XM's). I think getting the NFL contract was their biggest stroke of genius -- XM has the NHL and MLB, but football is the biggest sport in the country and Sirius has it.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/howard_stern_makes_debut_on_sirius/comment-page-1/#comment-70450 James Joyner Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:24:29 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13225#comment-70450 A real tear-jerker, I guess. A real tear-jerker, I guess.

]]> By: Digger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/howard_stern_makes_debut_on_sirius/comment-page-1/#comment-70446 Digger Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:12:20 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13225#comment-70446 "Tissue Time with Heidi Cortez." .. WTF?! "Tissue Time with Heidi Cortez." .. WTF?!

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