Wondering why you heard a "best of" episode this morning? Well, that's because Howard Stern has been given a one-day suspension by Infinity Broadcasting for talking about Sirius (eh eh eh) too much on the air. Yesterday's show was the last time Las Vegas listeners would hear Howard on terrestrial as his contract with KXTE expired. During the goodbyes to Vegas, Howard was dropping the Sirius bomb all over the place and suggested to a listener on the phone to subscribe to the service. That was too much for Infinity, and he was notified by Tom Chiusano that he would be suspended for one-day as a result. If he comes back on the air tomorrow, Stern will have only 23 shows left before he jumps ship.
Talk about free publicity.
1. Not sure what the clowns at Infinity hoped to accomplish. What did they expect Howard to talk about after he announced his imminent departure to Sirius? I read a rumor that if they fire him, the have to pay his contract in full, anyway. And they already sold all that commercial time for the final quarter.
Right now, they're coming off as scared children. Understandable since their meal ticket is taking his ball and going home and their business is going to hell. Couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer guys. Terrestrial radio has sucked for 20 years now and it will be so nice to see it suffer an ugly death.
Posted at 9:06AM on Nov 9th 2005 by Geek