I think Satellite and no censorship will kill Stern. people listen to him to see what he'll get away with and because they know he has a line he cannot cross, once he crosses it there's nothing more to do or expect. He can only push an envelope so far, he's creative for free radio BECAUSE of the censorship, without it, he'll last a year at most. And his free market won't accept him back because he turned his back on them. Stern is smart he probably already knows this.
Having said that I see Sirius gaining some serious subscriptions at first (pardon the pun... it was intended), however, I see them losing a vast majority they gain once Howard gets stale (unless they get better more diverse programming, which they might).
I truly love Howard and this would increase my chances of hearing him, but I think it's career suicide.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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