MULTIPLE STERNS?

[kevinmccarthy]

rumors from cnn.com yesterday:

Infinity has reportedly signed rocker David Lee Roth to replace Stern, who announced last year a five-year, $500 million deal to move his show to subscription-based Sirius Satellite Radio in January. Roth,the solo artist formerly the lead singer of Van Halen, would substitute for Stern at Infinity stations in New York and Los Angeles.

That Roth would fill Stern's shoes in two Infinity markets supports another speculation: that Infinity, a unit of media giant Viacom (Research), is not looking for one magic bullet to replace Stern but is instead planning to tap multiple personalities for different regions around the country.

Michael Harrison, the publisher of radio industry magazine Talkers, confirmed the whispering but noted that Stern is a master at feeding the rumor mill. Speculation that he would jump to satellite radio had long circulated before he cut his deal with Sirius (Research) last year.

Other longstanding rumors haven't panned out -- not yet anyway. "For years we never knew if he was actually on the verge of getting fired," said Harrison.

Infinity spokeswoman Karen Mateo has confirmed that the company is talking to many potential replacements, but has said that no announcement about its Stern succession plan is imminent.

 

[Slambang]

> rumors from cnn.com yesterday:
>
> Infinity has reportedly signed rocker David Lee Roth to
> replace Stern, who announced last year a five-year, $500
> million deal to move his show to subscription-based Sirius
> Satellite Radio in January. Roth,the solo artist formerly
> the lead singer of Van Halen, would substitute for Stern at
> Infinity stations in New York and Los Angeles.
>
> That Roth would fill Stern's shoes in two Infinity markets
> supports another speculation: that Infinity, a unit of media
> giant Viacom (Research), is not looking for one magic bullet
> to replace Stern but is instead planning to tap multiple
> personalities for different regions around the country.
>
> Michael Harrison, the publisher of radio industry magazine
> Talkers, confirmed the whispering but noted that Stern is a
> master at feeding the rumor mill. Speculation that he would
> jump to satellite radio had long circulated before he cut
> his deal with Sirius (Research) last year.
>
> Other longstanding rumors haven't panned out -- not yet
> anyway. "For years we never knew if he was actually on the
> verge of getting fired," said Harrison.
>
> Infinity spokeswoman Karen Mateo has confirmed that the
> company is talking to many potential replacements, but has
> said that no announcement about its Stern succession plan is
> imminent.
>
Sounds like something infinity would pull. Prolly going to use regional host instead of hiring one talking head based on the eats coast.

 

[DFDubya]

So, Is DLR is based in LA or NY? If he's in LA, and they do what they should do and start the show at 5am (commute times getting earlier all the time) - that means that he should begin at 2AM PT for New York. Four hours later, it's 9am in NYC but only 6 in LA. Do they re-run the show for the Left Coast, or does Dave do 7 hours and stay on until 9am PT? Or does he do it from New York and it runs as is?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by DFDubya on 07/15/05 08:27 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[ss]

> rumors from cnn.com yesterday:
>
> Infinity has reportedly signed rocker David Lee Roth to
> replace Stern, who announced last year a five-year, $500
> million deal to move his show to subscription-based Sirius
> Satellite Radio in January. Roth,the solo artist formerly
> the lead singer of Van Halen, would substitute for Stern at
> Infinity stations in New York and Los Angeles.
>
> That Roth would fill Stern's shoes in two Infinity markets
> supports another speculation: that Infinity, a unit of media
> giant Viacom (Research), is not looking for one magic bullet
> to replace Stern but is instead planning to tap multiple
> personalities for different regions around the country.
>
> Michael Harrison, the publisher of radio industry magazine
> Talkers, confirmed the whispering but noted that Stern is a
> master at feeding the rumor mill. Speculation that he would
> jump to satellite radio had long circulated before he cut
> his deal with Sirius (Research) last year.
>
> Other longstanding rumors haven't panned out -- not yet
> anyway. "For years we never knew if he was actually on the
> verge of getting fired," said Harrison.
>
> Infinity spokeswoman Karen Mateo has confirmed that the
> company is talking to many potential replacements, but has
> said that no announcement about its Stern succession plan is
> imminent.
>
Hello Kevin!
If that's really you, I finally received your email! Sorry I couldn't be there for you. How are you? Why don't you and I start a radio show TOGETHER?
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