This thread's mostly just for the fans of Stern... If you're like me, and still love listening to him every morning, today is the last day you're going to do so without paying for it...
I'm actually getting Sirius Satelite Radio for Christmas this year, and I'm excited... I wasn't going to, but my buddy Dan got it last year and I've listened to his and it's really just fun to have. I could listen to the comedy channel all the time actually just by itself, so Stern's move there is just really gravy to me since he's who I've always liked listening to in the mornings... Stern's show hasn't lost anything to me. It's as funny as ever, and with what he's allowed to do he makes it as funny as he can. I am excited to listen to him at Sirius though, and hear the show as he intends...
I'm really sorta sad though. The Stern show is something I've actually had as a big part of my life since I first saw/heard Stern when he did his old "Channel 9 Show". That was when we really got true "Cable" in my area and Channel 25 carried Stern's show. I had no clue who he was till then as he wasn't on in Pittsburgh on the radio.
When he came to Pittsburgh under Clear Channel's new alternative rock station "The X", I loved listening to him daily when I was able to. His show of course got canned when Clear Channel basically were pussies, and we did without him in the city of Pittsburgh till K-Rock bought out one of the HORRIBLE Top 40 Stations our city was plagued with. They've made one of the only listenable stations in Pittsburgh, but come the 25th I'm done listening to the BS in my car for anything but local information I maybe need (traffic, etc.).
I'm listening right now... The show just started here. Sounds insane with the crowds for it up in NYC for the final show. The show yesterday with Jackie Martling coming back to say bye was GREAT, it was really funny and you remembered great stuff from just a couple years ago that really they can't even say/get away with now. That's ****** just to think about but even their PC descriptions of these past events had me laughing early in the a.m., which isn't something I do much... Not a morning guy, but I have to say that it sounds funny but Stern's show really did make my morning existance easier, more lighthearted... It always gave me fuel for jokes and conversation with my buddies when we'd all get together on the weekend... It meant a lot to me, in a weird way.
I'm happy and sad right now... It's weird listening to what is his last show as the fans know it. It's something that really was a big part of my teen to adult life actually.