May 2nd 05, 03:55 PM
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From: (Dave=A0Hall)
First off, WNBC thought it better to eliminate
Stern. Then he moved to infinity and the rest
was history. He was such a cash cow for them
that the fines were justifiable compared to
revenue realized. In fact the publicity
surrounding the FCC and Stern actually
increased interest (ratings) in his show.
Infinity did not "eliminate" Stern. Stern quit to
move to Sirius Satellite radio where, he feels,
his "creativity" would not be so constrained by
the FCC rules of decency.
Stern did not quit. He is fulfilling the remainder of his contract and
chose not to renew it. If he quit, he would not have fulfilled the time
terms of his contract, which he is honoring.
The gamble he's making is whether the
tongue dragging set that lives and dies by his
every guffaw will shell out the money to listen
to him on Sirius.
No gamble by him,,it's a gamble by his sponsors.
Mel Karmazin, Viacom's COO who jumped
ship to become the CEO of Sirius, seems to
think so.
Because Karmazin sees the entire picture and has the FACTS.
I'm waiting until the FCC gets into the Satellite
radio scene.
You'll be waiting a long, long time. Think of it as radio HBO. The feds
can't touch it in the manner you refer.
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