Stern Says Goodbye

After a yearlong goodbye, Howard Stern says cya to terrestrial radio today, as he airs his last live show on KROCK (soon to be FreeFM). This ends a twenty-year relationship with his current employer. He is leaving the terrestrial airwaves in great part to the FCC for fining and censoring him in increasing levels for the past few years. Starting in January, if you didn't already know from everywhere he is popping up, he can be heard via Sirius satellite.

Fans are gathering in mass in the streets in a KROCK sponsored rally to say goodbye. Wackpackers and average fans alike are pouring out on the streets in droves. So if you are in the area of 56th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues it's probably best to stay away. Watch instead from the comfort of your own home as Yahoo is covering live with streaming video. Yahoo is also covering the post show, which is broadcasting live from the Hard Rock Cafe, as well as the Howard 100 news on Sirius. Currently they have Debbie Gibson singing and saying goodbye. Sheryl Crow will be performing, and Martha Stewart (yes Martha) will be introducing him to the Hard Rock crowd.

After they end their performance, Howard, crew and fans, will walk the streets from their old studios to the new Sirius studios on 48th and 6th avenue, so watch out for that as well. And let him have his tapes.

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By Neil Epstein in Arts & Entertainment on December 16, 2005 9:33 AM

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pugsley

yeah, a 60 year old man dressed in his heavy metal gear talking about hot babes is pathetic. Stern has slowly morphed into the heir apparent of joe franklin as the nyc media figure locked into a rigid style decades past the expiration date. maybe a stern & franklin radio team would be good though. stern = son of franklin.

Steve from Yellowstone

Ramone!!!! Get me my boyscout uniform.

O&A Party Rock!@!*!*!*!*!

palndrom23

oh, i have nothing to say: "type-o's, badwriting..." yaaay!

Vinny

Why should Infinity let "hoo hoo Howie" have his tapes? They own them, not him. He produced them while working for them.

Sorry hoo hoo. You just have to start all over again.

From scratch.

Hoo hoo.

Sirius is hanging way way WAY too much on the washed up hoo hoo:

From Businessweek:

DEC. 13 6:46 P.M. ET Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. dipped Tuesday, after an analyst warned that the satellite radio provider could have a hard time matching the hype surrounding its programming deal with Howard Stern.

Sirius shares fell 45 cents, or 6 percent, to close at $7.01 on the Nasdaq. The stock, which has traded from $4.42 to $8.48 over 52 weeks, is down nearly 8 percent since the year began.

"We believe the recent media attention surrounding Howard Stern's arrival at Sirius ... has caused (its) stock price to become completely detached from the underlying business fundamentals," Bank of America analyst Jonathan A. Jacoby said in a client note.

I can imagine the shirts in the Sirius boardroom...

I spent $500 million to land Hoo Hoo and all I got was an investor downgrade.

Hoo hoo.

crybaby

this is a shitty piece of writing. were you drunk when you wrote this?

Laurence

If you've listened to the Howard Stern channels on SIRIUS, you may actually find them amusing. I've never listened to his show on FM, but the satellite radio channels he's set up (which he's not on right now), are really funny. Boundaries or no boundaries, he's a pretty funny guy.

me

he's going to regret this move... money aside (because it can't be just about the money – how much money does one guy need?). by his own admission, a big part of the reason why people listen to him is to see what he'll say next... to see how far he can push the envelope. once the restraints are off and he can do whatever he wants, it's going to get real old real fast. it'll just be creepy – a 50 plus year old guy trying to get 19 year old girls naked.

jimbob

you really need a spellchecker and grammar checker for christmas

Stephen

but I'm not wearing any panties...

John

Wow, someone's panties are in a wad...

SOS(SickOStern)

oh sweet jesus. can't he just go to sirrius so i can stop hearing about this shit? i just stopped caring oh... a year ago. who even still finds stern funny?