Stern to Sirius satellite radio

[SD_Eagle5]

whats with you're hatred for howard and man-crush on O & A?  i tried to get into those guys when they were on in the afternoons in DC a few years ago, but never thought they were funny.

except one time they had a contest to win super bowl tickets, and it was who could eat more out of a bucket of vomit and toenails.  i was crying.

O&A are so anti-Stern that their fans just follow along with whatever they say. I could give two shteins if someone thinks O&A is better, but I find it comical how their following has to go out of its way to tell us how superior they are. I heard them, didn't like them, let it be.

[SunMo]

they have a reason to be anti-Stern, he's a hypocritical coward.  he held them down for years in New York and they have a right to bash him for all the hypocritical shtein that is coming out now.

[Wingspan]

i just think O & A are 100 times funnier, I'm not sure how long you listened to them, but it takes a little while to get into the flow and all the call backs they have.  they just do funny shtein.

like the other day, one of their regular freaks was about to get evicted.  so some fans had a fundrasier and raised $2,000 for her.  but to get the checks, O&A made her crawl naked through mouse traps on the floor.  it was hilarious.

even not listening to the show since they left wysp...that had to be stalker patty.

at one point both howard and o and a were funny. however neither are worth paying to listen to. howard got very unfunny. and once o and a were fired, i stopped caring about it all together.

[SunMo]

even not listening to the show since they left wysp...that had to be stalker patty.

yep

[SD_Eagle5]

they have a reason to be anti-Stern, he's a hypocritical coward.  he held them down for years in New York and they have a right to bash him for all the hypocritical shtein that is coming out now.

I guess, man. I don't see how a hypocritical coward could be the most fined person in FCC history, but to each his own. I'm sure next you'll tell me about some fabricated story O&A made up about Stern holding them down which is nothng more than an attention ploy to get their fans to respect them.

[SunMo]

I guess, man. I don't see how a hypocritical coward could be the most fined person in FCC history, but to each his own. I'm sure next you'll tell me about some fabricated story O&A made up about Stern holding them down which is nothng more than an attention ploy to get their fans to respect them.

dude, how is he not a hypocrite?  he was great through the 80s and early 90s by being a true person, being honest.  he'd take on other hosts and drive them into the ground, he'd rip celebrities for getting divorced and having a trophy girlfriend/wife, he'd kill celebrites who had gotten plasitc surgery.  he's become the very person that he made his career on.  that's the definitoin of a hypocrtie.

as far as the "fabricated" story of Howard putting a gag-order on O&A.  there's nothing fabricated about it.  they were banned from using his name on-air (by him of course, even though he's a big tough broadcaster), so they referred to him as "radio edit" which they were also not allowed to say.  people outside of O&A can vouch for the NUMEROUS stories of Howard trying to keep them out of the spotlight, but you won't believe that big tough Howard would ever do that, so what's the point.

but there must be some reason why Infinty decided to pay O&A for 2 years of doing nothing instead of not paying them and letting them go to the competition and go against Howard in mornings?  right?  there's got to be some other reason than the fact that Infinity was scared to have them go against Howard head to head in mornings.

[Wingspan]

but there must be some reason why Infinty decided to pay O&A for 2 years of doing nothing instead of not paying them and letting them go to the competition and go against Howard in mornings? 

thats half true.

except o and a never fought the suspension. there was grounds to fight it too (the FCC never actually fined them for anything related to the broadcast of Sex for Sam, there was nothing indecent about what was actually said over the airwaves). don't kid yourself...o and a are as big a phonies as howard. they gladly sat back and just waited for the contract to end, because they knew no other company would hire them. (radio one, clearchannel, greater media all showed absolutley no interest in them). XM was the only people to look at them, and they didnt nearly get the contract they had before.

they also flopped the original plan on having their show on the XM premium...no one went for it.

the world of radio jocks is not that much different than wrestling.

[SD_Eagle5]

but there must be some reason why Infinty decided to pay O&A for 2 years of doing nothing instead of not paying them and letting them go to the competition and go against Howard in mornings?  right?  there's got to be some other reason than the fact that Infinity was scared to have them go against Howard head to head in mornings.

The church incident scared everyone off. I know a lot of people in radio, and they said they wouldn't touch them after that.

[Wingspan]

but there must be some reason why Infinty decided to pay O&A for 2 years of doing nothing instead of not paying them and letting them go to the competition and go against Howard in mornings?  right?  there's got to be some other reason than the fact that Infinity was scared to have them go against Howard head to head in mornings.

The church incident scared everyone off. I know a lot of people in radio, and they said they wouldn't touch them after that.

it wasnt just the church incident...it was them. they very frequently would get a stunt approved by the stations legal department...only to add some to it and go against the lawyers and change it without telling them. the story that i heard, the way it related to the church incident was the lawyers never knew there would be a church on the checklist for places to go. they added it later. (i met rick delgado, their old producer, when he was helping with the preston and steve show about a year ago and thats basically how it went down, they never fought the suspension because they knew no one would hire them)

had they just listened to the lawyers, they would have been able to do the stunt, and still be on the air. they are the terrell owens' of the radio.

[Zanshin]

Geez...you guys going to argue over boy bands next?

[SD_Eagle5]

I hear what you're saying, but most of the 'higher ups' in radio that I talked to said the church incident was 'the' reason nobody wanted to touch them. Guess they crossed the ultimate line. Since I lived in Cali. I wasn't exposed to them, so the church incident was the first I had heard of them. I'm not a fan of theirs but still didn't think it warranted a suspension.

[General_Failure]

I don't see how they'd have the time to find a boy band to back, what with all this talk radio they're enjoying.

[Wingspan]

I hear what you're saying, but most of the 'higher ups' in radio that I talked to said the church incident was 'the' reason nobody wanted to touch them. Guess they crossed the ultimate line. Since I lived in Cali. I wasn't exposed to them, so the church incident was the first I had heard of them. I'm not a fan of theirs but still didn't think it warranted a suspension.

yep. you're correct...i was just giving the backup to that   

i used to follow the radio world...but got bored of it, and as i mentioned, i wouldnt pay to listen to an talk radio now on satelite.

[SD_Eagle5]

A close relative of mine (I call her Mom) has worked for WMMR (Greater Media) for the past decade, so it's kind of hard for me to not know what's going on.

Since I accidentally broke my Sirius and everywhere's out of them, I've been listening to Preston and Steve in the morning. They're great to listen to because they talk about shows like Lost and 24 that I watch.

Here's some pics of 'Amber' who was named Philly's hottest girl (She's only 19  )

[SunMo]

don't kid yourself...o and a are as big a phonies as howard. they gladly sat back and just waited for the contract to end, because they knew no other company would hire them. (radio one, clearchannel, greater media all showed absolutley no interest in them). XM was the only people to look at them, and they didnt nearly get the contract they had before.

that's not right at all.  they didn't "happily sit back" while their contract expired.  in fact, they approach Infinity about a buy-out so they could work, only to have infinity agree with the conditions that O & A can never talk about any member of Inifinty without being fined, so they didn't go for that.

as far as them not being able to get work?  both Sirius and XM wanted them, was well as Clear Channel.  Clear Channel wanted them the day after their show was cancelled, but Ifninty wouldn't allow it.

they also flopped the original plan on having their show on the XM premium...no one went for it.

flopped nothing, XM put them on premium as almost a probabtionary type of thing so see how they would be on satellite.  they were fine, and were moved to the standard platform with all the other programming