View Full Version : Howard Stern's Stream
<p> </p><p>Like it or not, Sirius' online feed Oct 25, 26 is free.</p><p><a href="http://www.sirius.com/wo/Howard/freetrial.html">http://www.sirius.com/wo/Howard/freetrial.html</a></p><p>(starting in 1.5 hours, i guess)</p>
Don Stugots
10-24-2006, 05:40 PM
<p> </p><strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><p>Like it or not, Sirius' online feed Oct 25, 26 is free.</p><p><a href="http://www.sirius.com/wo/Howard/freetrial.html">http://www.sirius.com/wo/Howard/freetrial.html</a></p><p>(starting in 1.5 hours, i guess)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>so, then what is it starting in central? </p>
woa. the rare double thread!
armedguard06
10-24-2006, 05:46 PM
<p>howard sucks big donkey dics.....god i cant stand that JEW!</p><p>XM ROCKS WITH O/A AND RONNY AND FEZZY, with Dawn kuma right by fezzys side!</p>
torker
10-24-2006, 05:46 PM
<a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/89/Topic/52872/page/Not_Even_for_Just_a_Penny_.htm" target="_blank">cool</a>
<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/89/Topic/52872/page/Not_Even_for_Just_a_Penny_.htm" target="_blank">cool</a> <p>That is a fascinating thread about the Televison Pay-per-view trial, which is not the same as the internet-radio trial.</p><span class="post_edited">*and an uninformative thread title*</span>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by SinA on 10-24-06 @ 9:55 PM</span>
dotsncoms
10-24-2006, 05:53 PM
<p>I listen everyday(except Friday and what ever other vacation day he wants off) he is so boring. I just switched to monthly that show sucks!</p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by dotsncoms on 10-24-06 @ 9:55 PM</span>
Don Stugots
10-24-2006, 05:56 PM
<p> </p><strong>dotsncoms</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I listen everyday(except Friday and what ever other vacation day he wants off) he is so boring. I just switched to monthly that show sucks!</p>
<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by dotsncoms on 10-24-06 @ 9:55 PM</span><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>if you dont listen when he is not on the air then why spend the money? </p>
mikeyboy
10-24-2006, 05:57 PM
<strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><strong>dotsncoms</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I listen everyday(except Friday and what ever other vacation day he wants off) he is so boring. I just switched to monthly that show sucks!</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by dotsncoms on 10-24-06 @ 9:55 PM</span> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>if you dont listen when he is not on the air then why spend the money? </p><p>and why listen every day if it's so boring?</p>
burrben
10-24-2006, 06:05 PM
a jew giving something away for free, he is breaking a sterotype. so i give him that
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by burrben on 10-24-06 @ 10:06 PM</span>
docgoblin
10-24-2006, 06:10 PM
If it were O & A offering a "freebie" (before Free-FM, of course) Howard would be saying that they were getting desperate. He did it when they took the premium price off of 202 (which was initially put in place to make sure the "mature audience" thing was being addressed, it had nothing to do with the popularity of the show). Why is Howard not being desperate now?<br />
Fez4PrezN2008
10-24-2006, 06:18 PM
I thought a thread titled Howard Stern's Stream was going to be about his stream of piss... hopefully on an electric fence.
Death Metal Moe
10-24-2006, 06:26 PM
I won't be taking advantage of this.
El Mudo
10-24-2006, 06:29 PM
<p>I won't be taking advantage of Moe.......</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For at least another week </p>
led37zep
10-24-2006, 06:30 PM
<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br />I won't be taking advantage of this.<p> </p>I second that. I just don't care.<br />
torker
10-24-2006, 06:39 PM
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Drunky McBetidont
10-24-2006, 06:43 PM
<p>howard is so very very mo. </p><p>5000</p>
samnyc
10-24-2006, 06:44 PM
It's like eating shit. I wouldn't do it if he paid me to. So offering it for free is certainly not good enough.
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by samnyc on 10-24-06 @ 10:53 PM</span>
MadMatt
10-24-2006, 06:50 PM
<p><font size="2">Although I can't stand Stern and wouldn't listen if <strong>he</strong> paid <strong>me</strong>, I don't believe there is a need for anti-semitism. </font></p><p><font size="2">Call him a talentless hack, an overpaid windbag, a sef-important douche, a grandiose a-hole, etc., but please try to be civil human beings.</font></p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by MadMatt on 10-24-06 @ 11:03 PM</span>
FUNKMAN
10-24-2006, 07:13 PM
<p>i wouldn't give the steam off my piss stream to listen to his stream...</p><p> </p><p>actually i don't hate the guy i just wanted to say that</p>
Reephdweller
10-24-2006, 07:36 PM
<p>I listen, I will listen. I laugh. Plus I subscribe. I like.</p><p><img height="180" src="http://www.martinirepublic.com/wp-content/images/borat.jpg" width="180" border="0" /></p>
Dan G
10-24-2006, 10:06 PM
<p> </p><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br />If it were O & A offering a "freebie" (before Free-FM, of course) Howard would be saying that they were getting desperate. He did it when they took the premium price off of 202 (which was initially put in place to make sure the "mature audience" thing was being addressed, it had nothing to do with the popularity of the show). Why is Howard not being desperate now?<br /><p> </p><blockquote /><p> </p><p>Sirius has never offered an Internet only subscription until recently, so this is a way to promote it, by offering Stern's channels for free.</p><p>The Internet subscriptions will be $12.95/month compared to XM's $7.99/month, but Sirius is streaming 128k, while XM is at 64k.</p><p>I subscribe to both services. </p>
dotsncoms
10-25-2006, 04:47 AM
I have both services too,I like uncensored shows but Howard is just a salesman anymore, I am going to cancel after Arties football contest is over.
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by dotsncoms on 10-25-06 @ 8:55 AM</span>
<p>Is it a free trial for Stern only, or all of the programming on Sirius? They're pushing a new "CD-quality" sound internet stream, which makes no real sense to me if it's just Stern. </p><p>I can listen to the XM feed at either a 32 or 64 stream, without a preference for either if I'm listening to 202. To me, the benefit of the high-bandwidth stream would be with the music channels, not the talk channels. You don't need super high quality sound to listen to people talk. </p>
Keotok
10-25-2006, 05:09 AM
<p> </p><strong>crb1</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Is it a free trial for Stern only, or all of the programming on Sirius? They're pushing a new "CD-quality" sound internet stream, which makes no real sense to me if it's just Stern. </p><p>I can listen to the XM feed at either a 32 or 64 stream, without a preference for either if I'm listening to 202. To me, the benefit of the high-bandwidth stream would be with the music channels, not the talk channels. You don't need super high quality sound to listen to people talk. </p><p> </p><p>It's for all of the music and select talk channels.<br /></p><blockquote /><p> </p>
SPeeDy_Freak
10-25-2006, 05:28 AM
<p>I tried it for a few minutes (actually tuned in to a hacky "Better half" bit they created).</p><p> </p><p>I had to punch out. My ears began to bleed and I became dumberer for the experience.</p>
mendyweiss
10-25-2006, 05:30 AM
<strong>armedguard06</strong> wrote:<br /><p>howard sucks big donkey dics.....god i cant stand that JEW!</p><p>XM ROCKS WITH O/A AND RONNY AND FEZZY, with Dawn kuma right by fezzys side!</p><p>So, are there alot of negroes down there in central virginia?</p>
Tall_James
10-25-2006, 06:05 AM
<p>Just to satisfy my curiousity, I signed up for the trial to see what its all about. Wow, he is truly awful. He has Roger Daltry in studio but Pete Townsend who was supposed to be there has backed out due to Howard's rants against him during the whole child porn thing that he was cleared of. Just listening to Howard grovel and suck up in order to try and convince Roger to call him to join him on the air so he can apologize is cringeworthy, and not in a funny way. Plus, they have Robin's mic up way too high, is she now an official co-host? It is unlistenable. I have since turned it off.</p>
I tried signing up but it won't let me login
Keotok
10-25-2006, 06:13 AM
<p> </p><strong>TjM</strong> wrote:<br />I tried signing up but it won't let me login<p> </p><p>The letters in the box are case sensitive. Also, make sure you use the email address as your login name. Hope that helps. </p><p> </p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Keotok on 10-25-06 @ 10:13 AM</span>
angelinad128
10-25-2006, 06:14 AM
<strong>Tall_James</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Just to satisfy my curiousity, I signed up for the trial to see what its all about. Wow, he is truly awful. He has Roger Daltry in studio but Pete Townsend who was supposed to be there has backed out due to Howard's rants against him during the whole child porn thing that he was cleared of. <font style="background-color: #ffff33">Just listening to Howard grovel and suck up in order to try and convince Roger to call him to join him on the air so he can apologize is cringeworthy, and not in a funny way. </font> Plus, they have Robin's mic up way too high, is she now an official co-host? It is unlistenable. I have since turned it off.</p><p>Agreed, but I'm still listening because it's been a while that I haven't heard him. Have to say, I have yet to laugh or even be interested in what's going on. And what's the deal with him still doing live commercials on satellite? I was hoping to get laughs out of Artie, but so far nothing. But it is nice to hear Stern right now than O&A * I love those guys.</p>
I listened quite a bit when he started, but then really got too busy to support more than one radio show these day - I enjoyed it - Artie makes me laugh - Fred is always one of my favorites - and the rest of his zoo crew I will always have a fondness for. I thought the roasts were a riot - lots of things he was trying I dug - but, like i said, if I have time for only one radio show <strong><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/images/ronandfezonxm.jpg" target="_self">it's really no contest</a></strong>.
I'll take O&A and R&F over Howie, Fat Ass Bubba, and that effing turncoat Scott Ferrel
angelinad128
10-25-2006, 06:22 AM
<strong>TjM</strong> wrote:<br />I'll take O&A and R&F over Howie, Fat Ass Bubba, and that effing turncoat Scott Ferrel <p>No Doubt! But taking advantge cause it's free.</p>
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 06:29 AM
<p><font size="2">I'm giving Howard a listen as an X-fan... It is what it is... since the O&A sellout it's nice to have something else to listen to. O&A have free radio and all their $$$ but they had Danny Partridge this morning and Howard has Roger Daltry. Like it or not Howard is still the King of Radio. But... Ron and Fez are much, much, more entertaining </font></p>
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 06:29 AM
<p><font size="2">I'm giving Howard a listen as an X-fan... It is what it is... since the O&A sellout it's nice to have something else to listen to. O&A have free radio and all their $$$ but they had Danny Partridge this morning and Howard has Roger Daltry. Like it or not Howard is still the King of Radio. But... Ron and Fez are much, much, more entertaining </font></p>and I
Thinkin R&F ripped him off just because Ron has a black woman as his co-host. It's ridiculous
And Danny was a great interview. (BTW Howie has him in too)
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 06:35 AM
<strong>TjM</strong> wrote:<br />And Danny was a great interview. (BTW Howie has him in too) <p><font size="2">Danny is entertaining no matter what he's on... but O&A never get any big interviews. And the ones they do get are clown shoes. I'm all about R-n-F anyway.</font></p>
Fair enough I love R&F too but I've been listening to O&A since WAAF
reillyluck
10-25-2006, 06:38 AM
<strong>led37zep</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br />I won't be taking advantage of this. <p> </p>I second that. I just don't care.<br /><p>Just because its free doesnt mean its for me....i could care less...i lost all respect for howard. he can shove his free trial up Robins ass and have ba ba booey pull it out for the next Asshole. </p>
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 06:38 AM
<font size="2">werd....</font>
aceofspades7
10-25-2006, 06:39 AM
i get both xm and sirius - xm for ron and fez and music and sirius for stern. stern is still a great show - gets the best guests and then there is richard christy - the biggest maniac out there<br />
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 06:40 AM
<font size="2">I might get Sirius to have more options... it is a nice change of pace.</font>
I wouldn't mind both either. I like the NFL network
TheVHD
10-25-2006, 07:25 AM
<font size="2">All in all... Howards show isn't that bad. That Carmen Electra thing was HOT.</font>
<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/89/Topic/52872/page/Not_Even_for_Just_a_Penny_.htm" target="_blank">cool</a> <p>That is a fascinating thread about the Televison Pay-per-view trial, which is not the same as the internet-radio trial.</p><span class="post_edited">*and an uninformative thread title*</span> <p>It's not like I called locky-locky.</p><p>ps - leave my thread titles out of this!</p><p>true. friends?</p><p>on the topic - i signed up but haven't really listened yet. i kind of thought a lot of wackbaggers/rfnetters (XMers ?) would sign up to get new hate-material, and maybe try to get some steve from yellowstone calls in to the show.</p><p>there is 0% that i'll be tempted to registed for the unfree version, and i'm actually hoping there's a feedback survey at the end that i can trash.</p>
torker
10-25-2006, 09:00 AM
<strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/89/Topic/52872/page/Not_Even_for_Just_a_Penny_.htm" target="_blank">cool</a> <p>That is a fascinating thread about the Televison Pay-per-view trial, which is not the same as the internet-radio trial.</p><span class="post_edited">*and an uninformative thread title*</span> <p>It's not like I called locky-locky.</p><p>ps - leave my thread titles out of this!</p><p>true. friends?</p><p>on the topic - i signed up but haven't really listened yet. i kind of thought a lot of wackbaggers/rfnetters (XMers ?) would sign up to get new hate-material, and maybe try to get some steve from yellowstone calls in to the show.</p><p>there is 0% that i'll be tempted to registed for the unfree version, and i'm actually hoping there's a feedback survey at the end that i can trash.</p><p>friends? Buddays 4 EVA!!!</p>
JimBeam
10-25-2006, 09:21 AM
<p>I think Sirrius is free all together for the next 2 days and not just Stern.</p><p>I listen occasionally but he was doing something this morning with his g/f and Fred Norris' wife.</p><p>I surely amd not going to listen to those 2 talk about anything.</p>
Death Metal Moe
10-25-2006, 09:46 AM
<strong>reillyluck</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>led37zep</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br />I won't be taking advantage of this. <p> </p>I second that. I just don't care.<br /><p>Just because its free doesnt mean its for me....i could care less...i lost all respect for howard. he can shove his free trial up Robins ass and have ba ba booey pull it out for the next Asshole. </p><p>That's basically how I feel now. I guess I could have gone off on another 2 paragraph rant on how Howard has let me down, let his show turn to crap and is basically a paranoid old lady now, but I just stopped caring about him so much that I'm to the point where he can just stay out of my life.</p><p>He's not doing anything groundbreaking, new or entertaining. </p><p>This promotion will bring attention to Sirius' online stream. They're good at getting attention on their company when basically nothing is happening over there. But I don't have to give a shit.</p>
<strong>JimBeam</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I think Sirrius is free all together for the next 2 days and not just Stern.</p><p>I listen occasionally but he was doing something this morning with his g/f and Fred Norris' wife.</p><p>I surely amd not going to listen to those 2 talk about anything.</p><p>see! why wouldn't he try to make the show interesting for these two days when he'll have a bigger audience.? </p><p>he blows, that's why.</p><p> </p><p>still haven't listened, but the emails from <a href="mailto:sirius@info.sirius.com">sirius@info.sirius.com</a> have started coming already</p>
aaaaaaaa
10-25-2006, 12:52 PM
<p>why did I think this thread was about Stern taking a piss?</p>
aceofspades7
10-26-2006, 11:40 AM
todays gary roast was fantastic - did anyone else hear it. jackie was awesome.<br />
zildjian361
10-26-2006, 04:16 PM
<strong>aceofspades7</strong> wrote:<br />todays gary roast was fantastic - did anyone else hear it. jackie was awesome.<br /><p> JACKIE WAS AWESOME brings back fond memories<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/laugh.gif" border="0" /><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" /></p>
Johnny4
10-27-2006, 04:54 AM
<p>Jackie Bombed, Richard Christie bombed. Sal Killed. Artie Killed. Giraldo killed.Fitzsimmons Killed. Colin Quinn was great and Lampanelli was great.</p><p>Best Line by Colin Quinn to Bababoey "Your either an ugly man or a handsome fish."</p><p>Best line to Howard by Sal "Gary. You have a horse face, you made your way in show business by sucking Howard off and you love to eat at Nobu. Whoops, I accidentily read my Beth Roast notes."</p><p>Artie to Sal" Your the only guy I know whose show business job pays him less than the job he had before he went into show business."</p>
Judge Smails
10-27-2006, 05:26 AM
<strong>aaaaaaaa</strong> wrote:<br /><p>why did I think this thread was about Stern taking a piss?</p><p>He'll try selling you that tape next month.</p>
BYOBKenobi
10-27-2006, 07:53 AM
<p>You know what's amazing? Fan or not, if Howard and O&A got along things would be cool.</p><p>Think of it this way, Stern had a massive audience in the morning. Most of those listeners tuned in to listen to O&A in the afternoon... and then R&F were on at night. That's a freaken powerhouse lineup. You could do news and weather on the 10s for the rest of the day and still clean up.</p><p>Unfortunately, there can be only one Alpha show, feuds started, Howard's attitude towards the FCC blinded him from the truth that he could do an entertaining FM show without breaking the rules, and O&A blew up their careers.</p><p>Think about how awesome XM would be if it had howard along with the current lineup. </p><p> </p><p>Oh, and for the record, I stopped listening to stern about 2 months after I discovered O&A and really didn't like his show, but I respected the fact that he had such a following and the money/leverage that market share brings to a station. </p>
dereckfishboy
10-27-2006, 03:38 PM
<p> </p><strong>BYOBKenobi</strong> wrote:<br /><p>You know what's amazing? Fan or not, if Howard and O&A got along things would be cool.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the shows are ego-driven and decadent. I've got enough "Look at me Look at me" assholes in my life without listening to them all day on the radio. O&A and Howard getting along would amount to nothing but a group of middle aged-men listing their accomplishments. </p><p> </p><p>That being said, I love O&A. But I've had enough of a hard time digesting the sheer volume of the "Aren't we great?!" shit lately to even want to fathom if Grandma Stern and the boys started patting each other on the back.<br /></p>
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