Stern Extols the Pleasures of Satellite

Funny man finds the troubles at CBS Radio the best joke of all
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 24, 2007 6:51 AM CST
Stern Extols the Pleasures of Satellite
A Dodge Nitro equipped with Sirius Satellite Radio is displayed at the New York International Auto Show on Friday, April 13, 2007 in New York. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 reported a narrower loss for its first quarter compared with the same period a year ago, when it recorded...   (Associated Press)

It's been almost two years since Howard Stern switched to satellite radio, and the never-modest shock jock is reveling in his success on Sirius—and the woes of his former network, CBS, and rival, Don Imus, back in terrestrial radio. In a sit-down with the AP, Stern crows that his show is funnier than ever, now that he can tell jokes without the punchlines being bleeped.

Stern admits he still tunes in to CBS when he wants a laugh—at their misfortune.The number of Sirius subscribers has mushroomed from 600,000 to more than 8 million since he came on board, living up to the boasts Stern made when he announced the leap, although he confesses now that they were mostly wishful thinking. "This is crazy," he said. "I just didn't want to be embarrassed." (More radio stories.)

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