Artie Lange show cancelled

Just goes to show ya why I don't listen to Stern, he gets on my nerves too.......

Nervous breakdown, my arse!

He either IS in rehab OR going
into rehab, AGAIN.

Guy hasn't been funny since MAD TV.

Even then, he was only so-so.

Alex Borstein, now there's a hot piece of Jewish tail.

BABA BOOEY !

Who dat?

A few years back when Stern was on the Zone this would've sold out! Now they can't sell enough tix to even bother trying to put the show on! What's Satellite radio? Howard sold himself, his relevance and his audience out for $100,000,000 bucks!

Whats Satellite wrote:

A few years back when Stern was on the Zone this would've sold out! Now they can't sell enough tix to even bother trying to put the show on! What's Satellite radio? Howard sold himself, his relevance and his audience out for $100,000,000 bucks!

so because you are too poor to buy satellite radio you blame stern for selling out?

Never heard of Artie and I didn't know that Stern was still on the air. I can't beleive that there are enough people who enjoy that kind of sophomoric humor to keep him on the air. What-everrrrr

its really frustrating to see so many big names and successful people with these stupid breakdowns

i couldnt imagine being anything but happy with half of what some of these people get, and they still blow it on hard drugs alcohol and insanity

What a bunch of jealous haters. If you don't like Howard then why spend your time posting about him or Artie? It has nothing to do with ticket sales Artie is cancelling shows to take time off. Artie could sell out in Rochester every weekend that's a Stern town. And it's $500,000,000 not one hundred get exactly what it is your so jealous of right. BABA BOOEY!

customer wrote:

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so because you are too poor to buy satellite radio you blame stern for selling out?

Household Income:$120,000
Desire to blow $10 a month on satellite radio: 0
If you think that your $10 radio is proof that you've made it... that you're wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.... well.... I feel sad for you.
My point was that Howard Stern is now a cultural non-event. His words used to make headlines. His comics used to sell tickets. Neither of those things do not happen any more. I enjoyed his show for years, but I wasn't about to spend money or jump through a single hoop to hear it. Obviously I was not alone.
Before the Sirius XM merger "Daily News" writer David Hinckley reported that "Arbitron has released its first-ever ratings for XM and Sirius, covering April-June 2007, and they show that in an average week, 1,225,000 listeners at some point heard Stern." That's the TOTAL for the week, so at any given moment, Stern has maybe a few hundred thousand listeners. Anyway you look at it, that's a sorry ratings number for the former terrestrial radio god.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10262493-47...

Whats Satellite wrote:

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Household Income:$120,000
Desire to blow $10 a month on satellite radio: 0
If you think that your $10 radio is proof that you've made it... that you're wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.... well.... I feel sad for you.
My point was that Howard Stern is now a cultural non-event. His words used to make headlines. His comics used to sell tickets. Neither of those things do not happen any more. I enjoyed his show for years, but I wasn't about to spend money or jump through a single hoop to hear it. Obviously I was not alone.
Before the Sirius XM merger "Daily News" writer David Hinckley reported that "Arbitron has released its first-ever ratings for XM and Sirius, covering April-June 2007, and they show that in an average week, 1,225,000 listeners at some point heard Stern." That's the TOTAL for the week, so at any given moment, Stern has maybe a few hundred thousand listeners. Anyway you look at it, that's a sorry ratings number for the former terrestrial radio god.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10262493-47...

Very valid point and I agree with you completely.

Artie had a nervous breakdown because it was the anniversary of his fathers sudden death, he died at 42. Which is Artie's age. And he has said that he is dealing with alot of survivors guilt about living longer than his father, which is also understandable. I wasn't going to go, but I have a good friend that was, and although my friend is upset by the cancellation, he is also human enough to understand that not everyone grieves the loss of a parent or loved one the same. Who cares whether or not the man is off heroin, I personally hope he is and can come back.

And as far as I am concerned the only good stations are 90.5 and everything left of the dial.

I had my issues with Howard when Alan Levin was still on at 96.5 WCMF ,but after Alan left us high and dry for a few more dollars I realized these people are all the Same.Howard is only it for the money and Alan Levin is the same but with much less talent as his latest ratings prove.Talk radio has turned its last screw and it is just a matter of time before it all goes back to music ,mark my words on that.

Whats Satellite wrote:

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Household Income:$120,000
Desire to blow $10 a month on satellite radio: 0
If you think that your $10 radio is proof that you've made it... that you're wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.... well.... I feel sad for you.
My point was that Howard Stern is now a cultural non-event. His words used to make headlines. His comics used to sell tickets. Neither of those things do not happen any more. I enjoyed his show for years, but I wasn't about to spend money or jump through a single hoop to hear it. Obviously I was not alone.
Before the Sirius XM merger "Daily News" writer David Hinckley reported that "Arbitron has released its first-ever ratings for XM and Sirius, covering April-June 2007, and they show that in an average week, 1,225,000 listeners at some point heard Stern." That's the TOTAL for the week, so at any given moment, Stern has maybe a few hundred thousand listeners. Anyway you look at it, that's a sorry ratings number for the former terrestrial radio god.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10262493-47...

No, not a good point.
Those Arbitron numbers you show are from TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS AGO. Anybody objective person would not judge today by ratings 30+ months old!
Plus, those are cars, not including countless people who listen online and the fact that more than one person may be riding in each car.
The Sirius/XM CEO said the ONLY thing that has paid for itself at the company has been the Howard Stern deal, not NFL or baseball or Oprah. Sirius would have been destroyed by XM; Howard joins Sirius and THEY acquire XM!
Quentin Tarantino saying on Howard he smoked hash with Brad Pitt made tabloid headlines worldwide very recently.
Artie Lange commands one of the highest one-show fees in the business, receiving $80,000 a night for some performances.
The freedom from censorship and endless commercial breaks along with great new bits and other programming have made the Howard Stern Show better than ever.
You said it yourself- you don't buy satellite. So you're discussing a product you've NEVER tried and no NOTHING about.
Jealousy! Trying to hate on others because of your own boring life.

Hey Arden,

Think again. What Artie claims and what he really gets paid are completely different amounts. I canceled my sub last January?
Why, well, the show has been existing in a vacuum since shortly after the switch to Sirius.
Between Howard's crying about how the world is so hard on him, his marriage to Beth and Artie's claiming to be a man of the people, yet acting like a big baby by jaking shows, not going to work etc...I just find no fun in the show anymore.
Face it, anyone who thought they could sell out the aud at the prices he was asking must be on heroin.

TDH-
well, if you really are a listener that no longer enjoys the show and cancels their subscription, what can I say? I would say what Howard would say, which is "fine don't listen anymore. Go listen to something else."
My comments were directed to the people who have never heard a single satellite broadcast yet proclaim Howard to no longer "has it."
If, as you say. you canceled because the show now "exists in a vacuum"...well that makes no sense at all to me. You quit listening because the show doesn't get enough media coverage? That's what you mean by "in a vacuum", right? Curious.

Never cared for Stern - satellite or not. Wease is my man!

Anden wrote:

TDH-
well, if you really are a listener that no longer enjoys the show and cancels their subscription, what can I say? I would say what Howard would say, which is "fine don't listen anymore. Go listen to something else."
My comments were directed to the people who have never heard a single satellite broadcast yet proclaim Howard to no longer "has it."
If, as you say. you canceled because the show now "exists in a vacuum"...well that makes no sense at all to me. You quit listening because the show doesn't get enough media coverage? That's what you mean by "in a vacuum", right? Curious.

Hey dick-bag.... my point was that Stern's listenership drove off a f-cking cliff when he left terrestrial radio. That is indisputable. He now reaches a little over 1 million listeners. In 2004, on terrestrial, he reached over 10 million.

I appreciate that you're a fan, and that's great - like I said, I used to be as well - but put it in perspective! Locally, a radio station like 98PXY will reach over 170,000 people each week. Soooooo Stern, a one-time international industry icon now reaches less than 10x the audience of a Rochester Top 40 station. It's indisputable that fewer people listen to his show now than in 2004. That is what makes him less culturally relevant - and leads to his sidekick having to cook up "nervous breakdowns" to cover for the fact that he didn't sell any tickets to his show.

Also, your phony claims that he commands $80,000 per show are very suspect when his value in Rochester has VERY recently been established as $0.00 a show.

Seriously wrote:

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Hey dick-bag.... my point was that Stern's listenership drove off a f-cking cliff when he left terrestrial radio. That is indisputable. He now reaches a little over 1 million listeners. In 2004, on terrestrial, he reached over 10 million.
I appreciate that you're a fan, and that's great - like I said, I used to be as well - but put it in perspective! Locally, a radio station like 98PXY will reach over 170,000 people each week. Soooooo Stern, a one-time international industry icon now reaches less than 10x the audience of a Rochester Top 40 station. It's indisputable that fewer people listen to his show now than in 2004. That is what makes him less culturally relevant - and leads to his sidekick having to cook up "nervous breakdowns" to cover for the fact that he didn't sell any tickets to his show.
Also, your phony claims that he commands $80,000 per show are very suspect when his value in Rochester has VERY recently been established as $0.00 a show.

Thats nice- "dick-bag." Bringing up the old nickname for your mother's mouth has nothing to do with this.
One million a week? There are nearly 10 million Sirius subscribers, another 10+ XM Subscribers, many of which now receive Howard, and an average of 2 people listen per subscription. That's over 20 million people who he "reaches." where you got 1 million, who knows.
And I'm sure your local Rochester station gets a small fraction of whatever ratings you cite or what they got with Howard. All the terrestrial radio stations are worth pennies on the dollar than they were a few months ago.
I got the Artie Lange figure from an interview where the journalist SAW him receive his $80000 check. It was HARDLY a positive article. And I'm sure he commands $0 in mighty Rochester there are SOOOO many other fun things to do there. That Artie visits there should bring you to your knees in gratitude nobody else is coming there.
You are so jealous of Howard and his wife, and you wish you had Arties "problems". You couldn't take it and had to cancel I get it...

Anden wrote:

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Thats nice- "dick-bag." Bringing up the old nickname for your mother's mouth has nothing to do with this.
One million a week? There are nearly 10 million Sirius subscribers, another 10+ XM Subscribers, many of which now receive Howard, and an average of 2 people listen per subscription. That's over 20 million people who he "reaches." where you got 1 million, who knows.
And I'm sure your local Rochester station gets a small fraction of whatever ratings you cite or what they got with Howard. All the terrestrial radio stations are worth pennies on the dollar than they were a few months ago.
I got the Artie Lange figure from an interview where the journalist SAW him receive his $80000 check. It was HARDLY a positive article. And I'm sure he commands $0 in mighty Rochester there are SOOOO many other fun things to do there. That Artie visits there should bring you to your knees in gratitude nobody else is coming there.
You are so jealous of Howard and his wife, and you wish you had Arties "problems". You couldn't take it and had to cancel I get it...

Wow. Wow. Wow. You Stern supporters take it way too far. Your dedication is cute, but you should realize that you know nothing about the media business. Just because there are 10 million radios that COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE the Howard Stern show DOES NOT MEAN that the owners of these radios ACTUALLY LISTEN to the show. That's like saying that since 300 million Americans have TV's, CSI reaches every one of them. and since more than 1 person has access to a TV, apparently they watch it twice.

Also, you moron, but the radio station I listed in Rochester is just for reference..... top 40 stations are not generally known for hosting Stern shows, so I wasn't comparing the station pre-satellite and post-satellite, but merely the size of the audience in general. I could've just as easily informed you that the Rochester AM News-Talk reaches 160,000 people or that our local AC station reaches 145,000.

.....and the fact that you think Rochester is such a small and pathetic place only reinforces my point. If a radio station in our little bullshit town can get a tenth of the listeners that your guy can get NATIONWIDE.... well.... that's all that needs to be said. And if there is nothing going on in Rochester, as you claim, that makes it even more telling that Artie couldn't sell tickets here. And if you were in the entertainment industry even a little, you'd know how out of wack your $80,000 figure is. The room he was attempting to play in Rochester holds 2000. That means that $40 of every ticket would have to pay Artie. Then you have to cover rent, security, and other staffing. That means that a sellout would've cost this promoter money. I'd guess your pal Artie is more closely in the $5,000-10,000 range. That's the only way booking him makes any sense financially.

It's the Coke babby !!!Who would pay money to see that fat pig.