Archive for the 'Radio' Category


Howard and Sirius

If it weren’t for Howard, Sirius would be out of business. Let us count the ways Sirius sucks. Number one, reception.  If word got out how often you lose signal with Sirius ONLY Howard fanatics would subscribe.  It’s a constant stream of dropouts.  Just ask anybody with the service, or who rents a car with […]

KZLA

As if you needed convincing terrestrial radio was about advertising… America’s number one country radio station changed formats Thursday because…you just can’t make it appealing to white people. Yup, that’s what the head of EMMIS Radio said. In the melting pot of Los Angeles, appealing only to shitkickers, and their middle-class baby boomer brethren who’ve […]

Saving Satellite Radio

XM has got baseball. Sirius has got Howard Stern. But if you think either of those can save their respective services, you’ve got no idea how much they’re PAYING for this programming. Furthermore, not everybody is a baseball fan, and hate to tell you, Howard Stern has got an aging audience. Which begs the question, […]

Satellite Radio

The window is closing on satellite radio. Its obit, and it won’t go completely out of business, just like there’s still a market for vinyl records, will read "Killed By The iPod". How did they screw up so bad? Sirius delaying its introduction until it got the kinks out of its proprietary chips. XM using […]