Archive for the 'Radio' Category


From Christine Lavin

Dear Bob: You heard Jeff Daniels with me on xm a few months back — well, I have another scoop — I didn’t want to tell you about it til it was scheduled to air — and now it is. Steve Wozniak, the guy who invented the personal computer and co-founded Apple, has a new […]

XM’s Ads

Somebody at XM needs to be fired. Is there anybody who’s unaware of satellite radio?  Anybody out of the loop with a chance in hell of actually SUBSCRIBING? Thank Howard Stern for elevating the category, for making everybody aware of the service.  Unfortunately for XM, he’s done more good for Sirius, where he broadcasts.  Suddenly […]

Sirius/XM

Did Howard Stern kill satellite radio? Satellite radio was a contender.  Like FM in the late sixties it was based on broad playlists, doing something different, that people believed in and sold religiously via word of mouth. Then came Howard Stern. Sirius was a dying service.  A clone of XM.  With broad playlists and very […]

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 […]