Citadel rocker 95X (WAQX) has once again changed its morning show. Effective today, the syndicated Opie & Anthony Show is out, and locally-programmed “Shut Up & Rock Mornings” are in. WAQX had carried the O&A show since January 2007. [More »]
After two months without a morning show, Syracuse active rock station 95X (WAQX) welcomes a new local morning team to replace Howard Stern’s syndicated show which the station dropped in late December. Guy “Beaner” Patton and Ken Heron, who were last paired together on the air in Birmingham, Alabama, aren’t looking to duplicate Stern’s show, instead opting for more shtick and less shock.
Howard Stern is back from his two week vacation, but not in the five markets where Citadel Communications had been broadcasting the shock jock’s show. [More »]
Today’s Howard Stern Show was peppered with talk throughout the morning of 95X’s recent decision to bail out of Stern’s syndicated show each morning at 10 a.m. [More »]
Howard Stern is saying goodbye to the FCC and broadcast radio. The syndicated shock jock announced this morning that he has signed a five-year deal with Sirius Satellite Radio where he’ll oversee programming on three of the service’s channels and host his own morning show. [More »]
Matt Drudge is reporting that executives at CBS have Howard Stern’s name at the top of a short list of possible replacements if David Letterman decides to move to ABC. The talks are being described as “serious”, with Stern’s agent Don Buchwald said to be on the phone nearly “non-stop” with the network. Stern’s syndicated morning show is heard locally on 95X.
Local singer-songwriter Ashley Cox appeared recently on Howard Stern’s nationally syndicated morning show. Cox, who described the experience as “awful”, took part in an on-air contest during the show’s recent trip to Las Vegas. (Link to a New Times article posted at rway.com is no longer active.)
Oprah Winfrey has ordered syndicated shock jock Howard Stern to stop playing tapes from her show on his program. [More »]
In a display of national unity, as requested by President Bush, radio stations across the country suspended their normal programming at 8:46 this morning, the three-month anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, to play the National Anthem. [More »]
After poor ratings and an increasing number of affiliates opting not to carry Howard Stern’s Saturday night television show, King World has decided to pull the plug. [More »]