AZJoe said:
I have both XM and Sirius,and Stern on his worst day blows the socks off those imitators O&A... how many subs do you think they brought into XM? They were so hot, they had to put them on premium pay option--ooops and no one paid, so they went to regular subscription on XM.. you can have Dopey & Antwony....LOL
yeah, Howard is a genius but he is also the BIGGEST spin doctor in radio history. If you remember, in XM raising their rate they made O and A free in addition to the stream that used to cost an additional $4.95. They had to raise the overhead!
Howard's show has DRAMATICALLY improved, but is it really Howard's work ethic or the humor of the peripheral players like Sal, Richard, and Artie? They weren't behind the 4 day work week, that's for sure. Let's get real too, that Friday show stinks on ice. O and A's third rate Howard days on WNEW are 360 degrees different from the quality of the show since their return and well they now do 2 shows, 5 days a week and both are funny, admittedly the XM show moreso.
Don't believe the hype, Howard's spinning his wheels, at least he has good people working for him. O and A are gonna be around a while.