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Howard Stern put his staff out of its misery today by telling them he has signed a 5-year extension with Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The show, which is a joy to subscribers (like myself) because the lack of FCC supervision and fewer commercials, is at its best when Stern takes aim at his staff. This morning was no exception. When show writer and prank phone caller Sal Governale showed up late for work and missed the 6 AM announcement, Stern brought his staff together and somberly told them he turned down the deal and he’d be done in a week. Only after Governale broke into tears and lamented the future of his three sons did Stern tell him the real news, suggesting that Governale should show up to work on time and put some money aside because this is his last deal. The impact of Stern’s re-up to Sirius XM is seismic. The subscriber base was 600,000 when he followed his longtime boss Mel Karmazin and made the move. Sirius was a distant second to XM then, but shot past its rival. Following a merger, the subscriber base just passed 20 million. It’s unclear how close Stern got to the reported $100 million per year that his first 5-year deal paid him. He already enjoyed 10 weeks vacation per year and said that his new schedule will be “relaxed” even more. Sounds like more “best of” shows in the future and a possible later starting time. But to subscribers, less fresh Stern is better than no more Stern.
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Love Stern. Been listening everyday for 15 years. Glad he’s staying for another five.
His show is still on the air? I thought he’d retired.
Seems he did ! At least he is “semi” retired with his relaxed schedule
Although the iTunes deal that was rumored, would have been interesting.
So very happy to hear this. Sirius is lucky. I would have cancelled my subscription in a heartbeat if he moved on and I suspect millions would have done the same.
Wow, blower. Stern’s barely on as it is now -four days a week, ten weeks of vacation a year. Is he just going to come in Tues-Thurs now? Lame. Stern peaked at the end of the 90′s.
XM – Save the money you’re paying Stern, Opera, Eminem, Martha Stewart and the rest of these bums that are kind enough to lend their name to the channel to do 5 hours of radio a year, and put it towards some real radio talent.
You’re a grade A moron.
your forgetting Howard does 5 hour shows each day. He creates more content in a month than Jay Leno and David Letterman combined in 1 year.
Don’t let your anti-Stern bias get in the way of facts.
thank God, i dont know what i would do. mornings just wouldnt be the same. Thank you Howard Stern!
Thank G*D!
Opie and Anthony are better.
So are Ron and Fez.
You are one lucky guy! You will never need a hat, or a pair of ear muffs, or face warmer of any kind, because your head is planted so far up your own dark ass. How’s the view up there? Can you see your tiny little brain?
Good one?
Good one?
You must be an old man if you are still listening to Howard.
O&A are the future. Stern sucks.
Ron and fez are the best. the most entertaining. You need to have actually listened to them to be able to comment.
five more years of Howard whining about his “horrible” life and how his wife isn’t a buttaface as everyone else thinks.
if you think Opie & Anthony are better than Stern, well that reminds me of putting a 2 year old in front of a radiator and telling her she’s at Disneyland.
That doesn’t “remind you” of putting a two-year-old in front of a radiator. Being reminded of something implies you’ve had that experience. Just say “that’s like,” you dope.
Who did you steal that line from? Jack Handey? Clever.
O&A are are ACTUALLY funny. I understand you might not understand that since you listen to Stern.
Funny=Good.
Stern=Unfunny old man.
Used to love Ron and Fez when they were on in NY.
I USED to be a huge Stern fan in the 90′s, a co worker got me listening to O&A back around’99-2000..I think O&A do a more interesting and funny show IMO. Stern was GREAT in the early to mid 90′s. Once his marriage fell apart, it wasnt the same. Without Jackie the show seemed to change to a more hollywood/entertainment tonight type vibe. IMO the Billy West days were the best.
O&A and lil Jimmy are great. Their show does take time to “get”. Tons of inside jokes that a causal listener might not get, but are funny as hell ! Linger longer ! They are my favorite show these days, I listen everyday.
Ron & Fez are another great show. Ron Bennington is the funniest man on radio bar none ! He is BRILLIANT ! But just like O&A and even more so, they take time to get, but once your in, you wont want to leave.
I think it’s great Stern re-signed, but I am glad I am no longer a regular listener of his, those 3-4 weeks and 10 weeks of vacation would be enraging to me.
Stern or O&A or Ron & Fez…. if you are lucky enough to find a show that makes you laugh each morning, then enjoy it. Everyone has different tastes !
Acutally, Stern signed with Sirius BEFORE Mel went there.
Used to love Stern. But his anchor was his first marriage (which was the heart and soul of his Private Parts film). Once he lost that, once he could shtup at will, his act lost something that truly made it all fascinating.
agree. it was the “everyman” quality that made schmucks like us, sitting in traffic slaving for the Man to earn a dollar relate. Once he jumped to “rockstar” status, he lost me.
What made Stern unique was listening to a devoted husband and father being raunchy on air while still a good family man. It’s just not the same since his divorce, especially following what was depicted in that great movie Private Parts.
What an amazing start to the day. Thank you howard.
Thank goodness. No one compares… the mere fact that he was able to totally mess Sal up on the fly this morn, and make pure opera out of it, proves that HOWARD IS GOD.
Kudos to Gary, Fred, Robin and the rest of the team… NO ONE, I repeat, NO ONE provides the quality and quantity of entertainment Howard and his team do.
Just hope someday Artie is well enough to return.
Who represents Stern?
Don Buchwald
Opie and Anthony suck.
Awesome. I certainly would have canceled my subscription if he left Sirius. Stern Rocks!
I was a huge fan of his from when he first started to broadcast to Philly around 1985 till he went to Sirius. I didn’t get Sirius because I felt he lost it his last few years on terestrial radio. He use to make fun of everyone and his big appeal was being an outsider. Now he pals around with people in the past he would have ridiculed. He use to be in the paper all the time for something outrageous he said. You would get to work and the first thing you would talk about was what Howard said that morning. He may be richer but he doesn’t have the significance anymore. F Timmy!
BAAABAAABAABOOOOOOIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Stern made boatloads of cash when he went to Sirius, but he pushed himself out of the public arena. Nobody talks about him anymore. There is no watercooler talk of “did you hear what stern said today”. Compared to the number of people he used to reach, Sirius is nothing. Out of sight out of mind.
O&A are better.
10 weeks of vacation and only having to work what, 4-5 hours a day? I want his schedule and salary. How spoiled can you be?
So by this reasoning we should consider every actor in hollywood who only has a one-hour television show every week to be spoiled. C’mon, you aren’t naive enough to believe that a show happens magically and that there is no thinking or prep or hours of labor put in for every hour of airtime.
Woo-Hoo!!! Sirius is lucky to have him for another five years – they would’ve lost TONS of $ubscriptions!
Congratulations Howard – love ya’ man!
And, oh yeah: “Dopie & Anthony” and “Yawn & Pez” are no-talent hacks who have been ripping off Howard Stern’s show for years. Can you imagine one person paying $$ to hear their painfully unfunny waste of satellite radio? No one subscribes to Sirius XM for those two “shows” (and I use that word “show” very loosely).
In fact, I hope “Dopie & Anthony” and “Yawn & Pez” have to take a salary cut in order to pay Howard to stay at Sirius.
Both “Opie and Anthony” and “Ron and Fez” do broadcast what is literally referred to as a “show.” Even if you don’t like them, that doesn’t mean you get to change the definition of a word.
Oh, my God, David, you are SO funny with those “plays” on “words”!!!!!! *BARFS*
“And, oh yeah: “Dopie & Anthony” and “Yawn & Pez” are no-talent hacks who have been ripping off Howard Stern’s show for years.”
Did you come up with those names yourself? Wow I’m so proud of you. Oh and by the way, Stern ripped off Steve Dahl despite what his movie “Private Parts” will tell you.
“Less commercials?” I would never pay for radio with ANY commercials.
More than 10 years ago, Howard commented, “When you sign a contract for less money, you are saying you are less relevant in the marketplace.”
Howard went on a rant this morning about how Sirius is going to excel in the next decade because they provide content whereas sources like Pandora merely rehost music.
But Howard also demanded the same money to be compensated for more vacation time and fewer shows or fewer hours per week.
My guess is that they settled in the middle – giving less money for less content, but recompensating him in order to put his two channels on all mobile devices. Perhaps a per-user figure on all copies of the apps are they are downloaded.
We don’t know what Howard negotiated for this contract. He has NEVER revealed what he has ever made working at any station and people have speculated as to the amount. Clearly you are not a listener
the contact terms WILL have to be released. S/XM is a publicly traded company, and this will be a material change; therefore it will have to be disclosed in its public documents. So what is true or not will eventually be revealed.
He isn’t relevant anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. Only his hardcore fans care.
Without Artie Lange is show is less funny than SNL
What!?! People still listen to Stern? I’m glad I’m out of the 1990s as there are hundreds of podcasts far superior in quality for free in the iTunes store. Stern is to radio what Dane Cook is to stand-up comedy, nothing but hack material.
Oh, yeah, wow! I totally remember this guy, he used to be on the radio right?
The last time I found Howard interesting, he and and Imus were throwing spitballs at each other on AM radio. This was before he started sticking his head up his own ass and decided he was God. Enjoy, suckers.