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I listen to the live feed of Howard Stern between 3 and 6am (I work crazy truck driver hours). Often I also hear some of the replay after 6am. I've noticed that KISW seems to drop a lot more of the replayed broadcast. They edit out any sort of bodily function (i.e. fart, farter, turd) or sexual reference, including the actual word "sex". A couple of weeks ago, they edited out the word "Uranus", I suppose because of the context (a make-believe character came from Uranus). Does Entercom have stricter standards than Infinity? It seems a bit over the top. The editing is so vicious that it's hard to follow the conversation at times. KISW is blowing it with this avid listener, I won't be sticking around once Howard is gone.
 
I don't have any insights to share about the censoring question -- but since you've stepped up as a "Howard" listener, would you mind if I ask you about something? I haven't listened to many Howard shows (mostly because he and Rush bug me for the same reason -- excessive self-promotion where they could use some of that time for other stuff!)

I've seen several of the "E" cable network Howard recaps and those seem interesting to WATCH. Wondering how so many of those "wanna take off your top" moments really play out on radio? Is it "theater of the mind" that seems to make that work? I've never understood why he's been so successful at taking something so visual and making it the core of a no-visual medium. It makes a TON of sense to me that he's going pay-per-view in his new setup as I think it will help create a decent revenue stream.

The flip side of all this ... is WHY put Imus on MSNBC as there is really nothing to watch??!!! He does an interesting RADIO show but I don't really need to watch these guys just sit there and glance at each other!!?
 
As I understand, they can do this if they wish. It's called "protecting the license." (which I guess now would be called "avoiding being fined over half a million dollars because a soccer mom mistuned her radio and heard the word 'screw,' nevermind that it was an advertisement for a hardware store.")<P ID="signature">______________
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> I don't have any insights to share about the censoring
> question -- but since you've stepped up as a "Howard"
> listener, would you mind if I ask you about something? I
> haven't listened to many Howard shows (mostly because he and
> Rush bug me for the same reason -- excessive self-promotion
> where they could use some of that time for other stuff!)
>
> I've seen several of the "E" cable network Howard recaps and
> those seem interesting to WATCH. Wondering how so many of
> those "wanna take off your top" moments really play out on
> radio? Is it "theater of the mind" that seems to make that
> work? I've never understood why he's been so successful at
> taking something so visual and making it the core of a
> no-visual medium. It makes a TON of sense to me that he's
> going pay-per-view in his new setup as I think it will help
> create a decent revenue stream.
>
> The flip side of all this ... is WHY put Imus on MSNBC as
> there is really nothing to watch??!!! He does an
> interesting RADIO show but I don't really need to watch
> these guys just sit there and glance at each other!!?


I've always thought the weakest part of the show is when Howard plays to the E cameras and brings in strippers, porn stars or groupies that are willing to get naked. Just how many lesbian stories are there? On the radio all you hear are vapid high school drop-outs with nice voices. On the other hand I think he runs circles around Letterman, Leno, Imus or Larry King when it comes to celebrity interviews. The nearly one hour interview he did with Paul McCartney a couple of years ago was perhaps his best.
 
> I've always thought the weakest part of the show is when
> Howard plays to the E cameras and brings in strippers, porn
> stars or groupies that are willing to get naked. Just how
> many lesbian stories are there? On the radio all you hear
> are vapid high school drop-outs with nice voices. On the
> other hand I think he runs circles around Letterman, Leno,
> Imus or Larry King when it comes to celebrity interviews.
> The nearly one hour interview he did with Paul McCartney a
> couple of years ago was perhaps his best.


Fascinating -- a side of Howard I did not really know much about and really helps me better understand why he's so popular across the board. I also think Leno is one of the worst ever at doing interviews -- ironic given that's one of the core parts of his show. The other, the monologue, is also weak -- but at times is like SNite Live where you wade through a lot of stuff to find ONE small gem of good humor!!

Thanks for enlightening me!!!
 
> I've always thought the weakest part of the show is when
> Howard plays to the E cameras and brings in strippers, porn
> stars or groupies that are willing to get naked. Just how
> many lesbian stories are there? On the radio all you hear
> are vapid high school drop-outs with nice voices. On the
> other hand I think he runs circles around Letterman, Leno,
> Imus or Larry King when it comes to celebrity interviews.
> The nearly one hour interview he did with Paul McCartney a
> couple of years ago was perhaps his best.

I agree, I have the last interview he did with Rodney Dangerfield on tape, when they all knew his last surgery meant this might be his last interview, turned out it was, also, the tribute the HS show did after he past away called, "Dear Rodney", I thought was awesome.

Here's a link if you want to download and hear the Dear Rodney tribute.
<a target="_blank" href=http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2C8XCJ469DQNN0K4MYTY5O0TA5>http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2C8XCJ469DQNN0K4MYTY5O0TA5</a>
 
> > I've always thought the weakest part of the show is when
> > Howard plays to the E cameras and brings in strippers,
> porn
> > stars or groupies that are willing to get naked. Just how
> > many lesbian stories are there? On the radio all you hear
> > are vapid high school drop-outs with nice voices. On the
> > other hand I think he runs circles around Letterman, Leno,
>
> > Imus or Larry King when it comes to celebrity interviews.
> > The nearly one hour interview he did with Paul McCartney a
>
> > couple of years ago was perhaps his best.
>
> I agree, I have the last interview he did with Rodney
> Dangerfield on tape, when they all knew his last surgery
> meant this might be his last interview, turned out it was,
> also, the tribute the HS show did after he past away called,
> "Dear Rodney", I thought was awesome.
>
> Here's a link if you want to download and hear the Dear
> Rodney tribute.
h> ttp://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2C8XCJ469DQNN0K4MYTY5O0TA5
>
Stern's shows from 9-11 & 9-12 were also his best. I have both on CD. Howard's daparture from terrestrial radio sits up there with Carson's retirment and Letterman jumping ship from NBC to CBS.<P ID="signature">______________
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