http://www.radio-info.com/in3_src/images/SP07_National_Satellite_P12.pdf

Lots of interesting data, including the domination of Stern programming among Sirius listeners.

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This July 4th, SIRIUS Satellite Radio presents 24 hours of musical performances from The Howard Stern Show. All songs will have commentary from either the musical artist or someone from the Stern show, without a single repeat.

The Music of Howard Stern will air Wednesday, July 4th, 6:00 am EST on Howard 100; West Coast feed starting at 9:00 am EST on Howard 101.

The Music of Howard Stern is hosted by Jon Hein and includes more than 200 songs originally featured in the first Howard music special that aired over President’s Day Weekend, plus additional performances from Aerosmith, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Frank Zappa, Green Day, Ian Hunter, John Phillips, Kiss, Megadeth, Peter Wolf, Rod Stewart, Smashmouth, Staind, Tom Jones, and many more.

This not-to-be-missed special includes performances that spanned over 25 years in Howard Stern show history, including: (more…)

HOWARD STERN TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STARR AND OTHERS THIS MEMORIAL DAY EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO

A day long special will focus on Rock and Roll’s most famous foursome and feature some of the most memorable interviews, cover songs and bits from the past 25 years of “The Howard Stern Show”.

NEW YORK – May 25, 2007 – This Memorial Day, SIRIUS Satellite Radio will present an exclusive day-long Howard Stern special featuring the most memorable Beatles-related interviews, cover songs and bits from the past 25 years of The Howard Stern Show.

The special will air Monday, May 28^th, starting at 6:00 am ET on Howard 100 and at 6:00 am PT on Howard 101 and will be rebroadcast throughout the day on both channels.

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Mel Karmazin, CEO of SIRIUS Satellite Radio, announced today that parents who are offended by programming such as Howard Stern will recieve a decrease in programming costs after the XM-SIRIUS merger.

“There would be a cost reduction to their bill in a more a la carte way,” said Karmazin. “If somebody doesn’t want it, not only are they not getting it, but they’re not subsidizing it either.”

This announcement comes after FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has publicly expressed interest in having of an a la carte programming system. Previously, Karmazin has said that Satellite technology will not allow for such programming choices but it seems that instead of customers paying more for the Howard Stern service(a la carte style), customers will have the choice to remove Stern from their radios and recieve a price cut in the monthly price of the service. Karmazin also noted that these details were included with the FCC merger notice filed on Tuesday.

This decision by the merger corporations could not only influence the FCC to approve the merger, but could influence other services such as cable television to do the same type of program discounting.

Dan Isett, a spokesperson for the Parents Television Council, who also supports such a la carte programming said, “This is good news, but we want to see the details. The problem they face is why should consumers be forced to subsidize Howard Stern if they want Major League Baseball?”

How do you think this will affect the FCC decision to approve or dissaprove the XM-SIRIUS merger?

Source: Dow Jones Newswire

This weekend on Howard 101, Sirius is presenting music from Howard’s archives and will include memborable performances from the last 25 years. The music will start Friday, February 16 at 3pm ET and contiune through the weekend.

Music and musicians have always been celebrated on The Howard Stern Show and now, for the first time, all the great moments will air during this special broadcast. Listeners will hear the intimate, in-studio performances by legends such as James Taylor, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC, Jethro Tull, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, and Willie Nelson as well as classic performances by today’s superstars including Dave Grohl, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, and Stone Temple Pilots, among many others. Recorded musical performances from 25 years of birthday shows, international shows and road shows will also air. Highlights include songs from Lenny Kravitz, David Bowie, Tom Jones, The Wallflowers, Sting and Bryan Adams.

“The Music of The Howard Stern Show” weekend will also include new candid commentary from the industry’s biggest names who have stopped by the show during the past 25 years. Over the past 2 months interviews were conducted with artists who have performed on the show, and this weekend listeners will hear new commentary about their songs and experiences. Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Tom Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Rob Zombie, Mark McGrath, Perry Farrell and John Popper are just a few of the artists who’s interviews and remarks will be broadcast on Howard 101.

You can view the entire press release at sirius.com.

Howard Stern has told his audience not to refer to him by his full name any longer. According to one report, he has become angered by the media, and even some of the public, confusing him with Howard K. Stern, lawyer and partner of recently deceased Anna Nicole Smith. One case of mistaken identity in an Australian newspaper states that Smith’s partner, Howard K. Stern, is the shock jock and father of Smith’s youngest child. The shock jock formerly known as the King of All Media now wishes to be known simply as “the Howard”.

Howard will reportedly be on David Letterman sometime this week. I am still trying to find a date, but CBS announced during a promo during the AFC Championship that Howard will be on.

Update: It is a replay featuring Gwen Stefani, and will be on Thursday night.

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Tuesday, Howard Stern will celebrate 1 year on the air at Sirius. They will replay his 1-9-06 show after the live one, and play the top 10 moments of 2006 as voted by the listeners.

It should be noted that his 1 year anniversary is actually a couple days before 1-9, because they were doing some audio checks and such and decided to go on the air spur-of-the-moment the week before the show officially started.

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“It’s time for Howard Stern to podcast” says Mark Ramsey of the Hear 2.0 blog.

While Ramsey agrees that this week’s “free trial” event was a good first step, a weekly podcast would spur subscriber growth over the long haul.

This would be an easy way to create a SIRIUS iPod without Apple’s consent. By the end of the year, more than 67 million iPods will have been sold since its launch five years ago. That’s a huge niche to exploit.

A free daily Stern podcast is a good idea because it would remind people of what they are not hearing. In Stern’s case, Ramsey suggests that absence does not make the heart grow fonder. “Unless you know what you’re missing, right now, you don’t know,” he said. It would draw new subscribers to Sirius.

Ramsey said it’s inevitable satellite radio companies are looking to the Net for growth. “Who is better positioned to bring a national assortment of brands that are recognized in a way that’s easy,” he explained. “They’re both going to go in that direction. It’s going to be less about the bird and more about the Net.”

You can read excerpts and listen to his full interview with MarketWatch here.

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SIRIUS has hyped their 2-day “World Event” far and wide. While it has received good coverage on the internet news scene, what will the real impact be?

SIRIUS is not new to the Internet Radio scene, but they certainly have a long way to come in terms of interface, ease of use and the added value. Users have higher expectations than when they are in the car.
Will 2 days be long enough for listeners to get hooked?

I have reservations as to why this isn’t the best approach.

• Rhapsody offers a 14 day trial, in which you have access to their full 2,000,000 song catalog on demand.
• Sonos just launched the version 2.0 software, which features Rhapsody for your whole home audio system, all accessible via the iPod-like controller, free for 30 days
• Napster offers a 7 day free trial
• Yahoo! Music offers a 7 days trial
• Many streaming services offer a much more mature interface, for less money than SIRIUS Internet Radio.

The SIRIUS service is something that gets sticky over time. It also works great in the car, the one place the other internet radio providers can’t go. Yet it still takes a few days to figure out the lineup, to understand the formats and to discover new favorites.

The free “2 Day Global Event” sounds like a gimmick. If SIRIUS believed in their Internet Radio product that much, they would offer a month free and give the potential subscribers a real reason to fall in love with the service. SIRIUS is the new kid on the block in the internet radio niche, and they are using old world logic as an incentive.

This isn’t HBO, it’s internet radio. Two days is too few.

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