7 years on Sirius: 1/9/06 vs 1/9/13

[Quite Frankly]

Thx to ETM for even pointing out that today is the 7 year anniversary...nothing to celebrate, of course....

1/9/06

1/9/13


Message to Howard:

[fccstandards]

They have been doing "It's been a great 7 years on Sirius" news bits all day. I can't believe it's been that long. I still remember 1/9/06 like it was yesterday. I feel so old.

[Ruffypup]

7 years has gone so fast. Wake me up when Stern's contract ends.

[HorsetoothBeth]

Sirius Era= Realizing I was scammed for 15 years.

[HowieStearn]

one of the worst songs of all time

[Ruffypup]

[Herc]

7 years since the great deception occurred by Stern & Buchwald . . .

[knu3421]

All I remember from the 1st yr was how much hype they gave the revelations and Howard calling rachael hunter a cunt and Martha Stewart's daughter saying Cunty.

[cah155]

The stern show has evolved - booey

[Farticulator]

Know more bull shit!

[Nemo]

http://www.marksfriggin.com/news04/10-4.htm

Howard Moving To Sirius Satellite Radio In 2006! 10/06/04. 8:20am


-Artie asked about the other channels that Howard will be producing. Howard said they'll have their own channel, that will not be a premium channel, where he will have some other performers working for them. He's trying to get that worked out already. Howard isn't sure if it'll be commercial free yet. He will have two other channels, one of them being a premium channel, that he doesn't want to talk about at this point. Howard knows some things about his radio show channel. His show will be repeated during the day on that channel for different markets. Gary asked him what kind of contract he signed. Howard has signed on for a 5 year commitment! That shows how much he's committed to that type of radio. He talked about how he could have waited 15 months to sign the new contract but the people at Sirius impressed him so much that he had to make the commitment now.($$$$$$$sell subscriptions for BONUS money!!!)


-Howard believes that about 90 percent of the people at the station will come to him and want to make the move with him. He said that they will have 3 channels to manage so they will need some people over there.

[telecaster69]

[Nemo]

No surprise the HOHS will never be done for the evolution of the revolution....
Could be incriminating. Stern lied to sell Sirius subscriptions!

[MrWarmth]

I was walking around all day thinking "The date 1/9.....it's an anniversry or something" and I couldn't remember. Oh yes! The big 1-9-06! The Revolution! Oh Christ what a disaster it has turned into. Maybe I should have celebrated by going to a restaurant before it opened.

[platini]

team howard. almost a decade in my life, i love you.

[username]

He talked about how he could have waited 15 months to sign the new contract but the people at Sirius impressed him so much that he had to make the commitment now.($$$$$$$sell subscriptions for BONUS money!!!)

Howard got a signing bonus. Usually a signing bonus is 10% of the contract.

50 mill just to sign...

First 5 years:
Signing bonus 50 millions, Licensing fee Sirius 80-100 millions, subscriber bonus 330 millions, merger bonus 28 millions, cut of advertising 50-70%, licensing fee for HowardTV, free 24/7 limo, free private jet and 5 star accommodations.

Only bonuses Howard did not hit was:
Howard Stern generated subscribers (Howard now claims just last week: No one can tell who is my or others subscribes. His way of explaining why he didn't get this bonus even if there was a special Howard number + if the new subscriber mentioned Howard = Howard generated Subscriber)
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the premium 102 channel. I Guess that Wiggy had to pony up his own money for content for H102. Why would Sirius provide a show-budget for a channel to make money for Howard? Howard never takes any finical risks = he didn't start H102.

+
Performance contracts
+
show budget.

The one thing I don't understand is how/why over half of the news team was fired less then a year on Sirius. Where did this show money disappear to?

[MyLazyHand]

When does Howard 102 programming begin?

I'm so excited about the Dr. Fish show and two ex-cons talking calls about legal questions. It's totally what I love.

[Engaged Chicken]

I was walking around all day thinking "The date 1/9.....it's an anniversry or something" and I couldn't remember. Oh yes! The big 1-9-06! The Revolution! Oh Christ what a disaster it has turned into. Maybe I should have celebrated by going to a restaurant before it opened.

[Madipuppy]

Such great memories and tribute to the show when Howard talked about what he watched on tv last night.

I also teared up when he thanked his paying audience

[DICKWAD]

I remember the last day at KROCK , So much promised. Huge crowd, Artie on Heroin.



I wonder what kind of crowd would show up today ?