Anyone else listen to Howard on Sirus this morning?

[MoroneSaxatilis]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Hey Morone your only six years younger than me.

You Old Bastige.

[Raider Ronnie]

There was a time when Stern came on WBCN (at that time he was on delay at night)
I thought he was funny/cool, and I listened to him, but I was younger then,
Now being in my early 40s, and have kids, I think he is stupid and NOT funny!!! and certainly don't want my kids to hear him !!!
As for Sirus and other satelite radio, I don't want to pay,
but I hate most all tv and radio today because it's all about how many commercials they can shove in front of you !!!
The people who put Stern on the radio, I would guess don't like him or his act either,
But smutt sells and that adds up to advertising dollars for them,
so as long as he gets ratings, they love him!!!

[Pete_G]

Listening to Stern couldn't be further away from watching Springer. As soon as someone makes that comparison I know they've never actually listened to Stern for an extended period of time. Comparing the two is ridiculous, imo.

It's risky making assumptions about the "average Howard Stern listener". Way, WAY more then most people assume are educated and older. If you could find demographics (and I'm trying, only I'm not going to spend the money for a Scarborough Report to prove my point) it would show they are more educated then the average radio talk show listener.

Stern article

You can add both of my parents, both of who have Masters degrees from BU to the list of Howard Stern listeners. Mom's the head physical therapist of her agency and Dad works in the cancer research department at RI Hospital. They're far from 18-34 years old and uneducated...

Lifted from Bill O'Reilly's Stern interview:

STERN: I have always envisioned the guy I'm doing the show for is driving to work. He's a buddy of mine. We're in the locker room, and man, we're talking reality. We're not talking politely. We're being honest, we're being real.

The secret to my show isn't dirty words. The secret to my show isn't potty humor. The secret to my show is honesty, reality — that I will say the truth.

I was interviewed by "60 Minutes." They asked me, "How did you wish death on a guy?"

I said, "Do you mean to tell me that you never wished that somebody was dead? When you saw those planes go into the Twin Towers, did you wish that Usama bin Laden was caught and killed?"

Well, I feel the same way sometimes when my back is up against the wall. I want Usama bin Laden dead. Our whole country does. And I've wished death on people on my show. People go, "That's outrageous!"

I go, "No, I'm just willing to admit it."

O'REILLY: All right. So your audience is blue-collar guys, working guys, regular guys?

STERN: No. It's not just blue-collar guys. People like to think it's like a bunch of beer-guzzling guys. There's a thing called "The Scarborough Report" and maybe you're aware of it, because you're doing radio now. They analyze not who's listening by age...

O'REILLY: Yes, demographics and everything.

STERN: They find out income, college education, and I have probably the most educated audience and highest grossing income audience. Dare I say more than you, Rush Limbaugh, anybody else. It is a phenomenal audience, a brilliant audience.