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Howard Stern's first satellite show to air On Demand tonight

by Joel Keller, posted Jan 9th 2006 3:55PM

howard stern siriusDid you miss Howard Stern's triumphant debut on Sirius this morning? I didn't; I woke up at 5:30 excited to hear the new show. I even had to devise an "antenna on a stick" in order to get decent reception. But at 6, Howard came on and ended up doing over five commercial-free hours of unrestricted radio. He and the crew sounded energized and loose, and the program, while it didn't have a lot of profanity, did have a nice uninterrupted flow that I haven't heard on the show in fifteen years. It was quite a satisfying listen.

(UPDATE: I forgot about one other new wrinkle to the show: George Takei is the new announcer! He'll be on the show live all week. He meshed surprisingly well with the cast. What a great move.)

What does this have to do with TV? You mean, besides the unyielding coverage that will be on the news and entertainment shows? Well, somewhere during the morning, Howard mentioned that the entire first show will be available on his Howard Stern On Demand channel later tonight. So if you have HSOD and are curious as to what the new studio looked like, keep an eye out for the program tonight.

[Photo: Richard Drew/AP]

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ooda

Damn, it's great to have Howard back, and the move to have George Tekai was great. The staff revelations were as good to be expected, and something good to wait for next week.

January 09 2006 at 5:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joel Keller

Thanks for reminding me about George Takei, Rich. I added that to the post. And Dad's too old to talk for five hours straight anymore.

January 09 2006 at 5:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard Keller

So, I can pay $10 and watch Howard and the team talk into microphones for 5 hours while practicing their new profanity bounds, while George Takei explains his homosexual encounter. Or, I can just call Dad and get that all for free (well, except the homosexual encoutner).

January 09 2006 at 4:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joel Keller

Damn straight, Dave. I've been listening to Howard for 17 years; there was no way I was going to miss this, either because I slept in or because of Sirius' crappy satellite coverage (hence the "antenna on a stick"). I need to buy one of those TERK outdoor antenna jobbies....

January 09 2006 at 4:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave Caolo

Ferley: I set my alarm for 5:30 before I went to bed last night for the very same reason. It was worth it.

January 09 2006 at 4:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dominic a

You need some help buddy. 5:30 to listen to the radio.

January 09 2006 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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