Explicit Howard Stern on 87.9 in Methuen

[beantownradio25]

Heard explicit Howard Stern on 87.9 in Methuen this morning. F bombs dropping and everything. Has anyone else heard this? They were talking about Elizabeth Edward's death.

 

[Wbzfm2010]

were you driving?? if so it might have been sumone near you that has a satilite radio and caught there signal on your radio cause they were using 87.9!!

 

[raccoonradio]

Just like at the corner of Rantoul and Federal Streets in Beverly where someone has a rebroadcast signal (just goes a block or so, legal) of Howard 100 on 88.5 most of the time. It's poss you have something like that or maybe someone's running their own pirate relaying Howard.

Or a nearby car...I remember years ago picking up Opie and Anthony on some freq while driving
on I-91. I think it was a nearby truck; when the truck headed off the signal was gone. Simple
as that.

 

[MassMusicMan]

Happens to me all the time. Between getting jammed by other vehicles and pirate signals, satellite radio listening in Boston is really frickin' annoying.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

On Saturday mornings, I listen to the repeat of the first hour of "Weekend Edition/Saturday" on WFCR-FM 88.5, which comes in fairly well where I live. Nonetheless, the signal is not as good as WBUR or WGBH; so once in a while, as a person drives by tuned to satellite radio, I momentarily hear the program he or she has on. This raises a question: it's invaraibly the same crappy mass-marketed recorded material available on a host of commercial FMs. And yet people pay EXTRA for it? Are you sure there's a recession going on?

 

[raccoonradio]

It's all the other channels though like commercial free music, some talk shows on satellite only,
sports (MLB for every team, etc.). You have the ability to hear CNN, MSNBC, Headline News,
Fox News, etc. while in your car (this came in handy during breaking news situations like the
Fort Hood shooting--yes, stations like WBZ had coverage but it was expanded on the sat.
radio simulcasts). In some cases, knowing what I think is your fave type of music,
people may live where there's no classical music station but sat radio has class., opera, etc.
And it costs me per day maybe 43 cents.

All blues. All jazz, smooth jazz or chill music; new wave hits, folk, bluegrass, classic country,
all comedy, etc. Radio dramas, kid stuff, gospel etc

But I know what you mean; they may be listening to Glenn Beck or Stephanie Miller on sat.
radio even though it's on commercial stations here.

 

[MassMusicMan]

This raises a question: it's invaraibly the same crappy mass-marketed recorded material available on a host of commercial FMs. And yet people pay EXTRA for it? Are you sure there's a recession going on?

Their classic rock stations are deeper that WZLX (still a very good station) and play songs that I haven't heard on rock radio in years. They play a good variety, not just "classic rock that REALLY rocks."

 

[GovtMule1979]

The XM unit I used to have use to blast about 1/4 mile from the docking station at my house. People could pull in F' bombs from Ron and Fez all the time. The new ones have little if any power. I just hook it up with a direct line to the auxiliary feed in the old CC Radio.

 

[CTListener]

On Saturday mornings, I listen to the repeat of the first hour of "Weekend Edition/Saturday" on WFCR-FM 88.5, which comes in fairly well where I live. Nonetheless, the signal is not as good as WBUR or WGBH; so once in a while, as a person drives by tuned to satellite radio, I momentarily hear the program he or she has on. This raises a question: it's invaraibly the same crappy mass-marketed recorded material available on a host of commercial FMs. And yet people pay EXTRA for it? Are you sure there's a recession going on?

Funny thing is, the last time Arbitron data on satellite radio was made available to the public, in 2007, XM reported that its highest rated channel was The Blend, a run-of-the-mill AC format with the top songs in saturation rotation -- 30 spins a week. FM without the commercials, in other words. The conservative talk channels -- one of which is programmed by Clear Channel -- also do well, just as they do on AM. Since the buyout by Sirius (euphemistically referred to as a "merger"), the ratings have been a tightly guarded corporate secret, but I doubt there's been much drift toward the niche formats. I've subscribed since 2003 for the folk, classic country, deep album rock and adult alternative we don't have on Hartford-New Haven FM, for the BBC and World Radio Network, and for the sports play-by-play. That's more than enough to keep me a paid subscriber through the depths of the recession.

 

[CTListener]

The XM unit I used to have use to blast about 1/4 mile from the docking station at my house. People could pull in F' bombs from Ron and Fez all the time. The new ones have little if any power. I just hook it up with a direct line to the auxiliary feed in the old CC Radio.

Still have my SkyFi2 blaster, despite the plea from XM to order a neutering device for it to satisfy the federal regulators. WESU Middletown (88.1) doesn't have a prayer on your car radio when I'm behind you, or even several car lengths away.

 

[beantownradio25]

I was in a parking lot, but the audio quality was actually pretty good and I heard commercials airing. Weird.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I was in a parking lot, but the audio quality was actually pretty good and I heard commercials airing. Weird.

You were probably hearing a car transponder broadcasting satellite radio to their FM car stereo.

 

[Skynet74]

My home SIRIUS unit retransmits a signal to other radios in my house. It's a really bad signal though unless you connect a wire to it. Then the range is extended. I can hear my radio to the stop sign at the end of my street.