Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge has renewed his contract with SIRIUS Satellite Radio to continue hosting his uncensored afternoon talk show on channel Howard 101.
The Bubba the Love Sponge Show features several co-hosts and is regularly visited by stars from the worlds of sports, comedy, and music. It is broadcast live Monday through Friday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm ET on Howard 101 from Bubba’s studio in Tampa, Florida.
“We launched the radio revolution with Howard Stern, and I am grateful he brought me to SIRIUS,” said Bubba the Love Sponge(R). “We will continue to do uncensored, groundbreaking radio on Howard 101.”
“We are happy Bubba has renewed with SIRIUS,” said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS’ President, Entertainment and Sports. “Bubba has steadily created an enthusiastic national fan base since he launched his show on Howard 101. That fan base will continue to expand on SIRIUS.”
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SIRIUS Satellite Radio will celebrate what would have been Frank Sinatra’s 92nd birthday with a line-up of exclusive shows on SIRIUSLY Sinatra, the world’s only 24-hour commercial-free music channel dedicated to the legacy of Frank Sinatra. The celebration will air December 12 on SIRIUS channel 75.
Other exclusive programming will include a special edition of The Chairman’s Hour, SIRIUSLY Sinatra’s unique and innovative weekly show hosted by Frank Sinatra himself through the use of archival materials, and Playing Favorites featuring artists Linda Ronstadt and Michael Feinstein, each playing their favorite Sinatra songs and sharing stories.
For a complete schedule, check here…
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Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) originally supported the merger between satcasters SIRIUS and XM, but the New York congressman has had a change of heart.
Meeks indicated he was swayed by Georgetown Partners LLC’s argument against the merger.
He voiced his opposition to the merger in a letter to the FCC.
Meeks writes, “By allowing a minority-controlled entity to be the lessee, the Commission would serve the public interest by achieving diversity of ownership in this large medium as well as enhanced minority media ownership in general - two areas that the Commission has been asked to address.”
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SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced that it will broadcast an in-depth interview conducted by former Democratic presidential candidate, and SIRIUS host Senator Bill Bradley with presidential candidate John Edwards on Monday, December 10th on SIRIUS Stars channel 102.
Senator Bradley’s interview with John Edwards will air December 10th at 5:00 am, 7:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 11:00 pm, all times ET.
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SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today its sports programming schedule for December 6 - 12, 2007. Comprehensive sports event coverage of the NFL; NBA; College Basketball; Soccer; Skiing… Click More to See the entire schedule.
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The satellite radio industry in Canada could be facing some competition from a terrestrial broadcaster after a media source in Canada revealed a large Canadian broadcaster has been quietly testing the appetite for a rival for the XM and Sirius.
But… and there always seems to be a but, when these things occur; the broadcaster only has until Dec. 31, 2007, to launch its terrestrial radio subscription service.
CTVglobemedia had requested the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications (CRTC) extend their terrestrial subscription radio service licence until June of 2009. But they were only granted a three-week extension. It now seems unlikely that the new service will fly. But….. and there always seems to be a but in thise situations…
“We are still reviewing our options,” said Paul Sparkes, who is in charge of regulatory affairs for CTVglobemedia.
Talk Radio Nation will keep an ear out for developments…..
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It’s the big buzz in satellite radio and all the players concerned wait patiently for the decision to come down. I’m talking about the merger, of course. Today, XM’s chairman said he remains “hopeful” the deal will close this year.
The chairman of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Wednesday he remains “hopeful” that the company’s $5 billion acquisition by rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. will close this year, although he acknowledged that time is running short.
Read the full story here…
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Bentley Motors Canada Ltd., and SIRIUS Canada, today announced an exclusive agreement for the inclusion of SIRIUS in Bentley vehicles in Canada.
SIRIUS will be available as a standard feature available in all Bentley Continental GT, Continental GT Speed, Continental GTC and Continental Flying Spur vehicles beginning in the 2008 model year. A subscription to the SIRIUS Canada service will be provided for the lifetime of the radio.
“SIRIUS’ exceptional content and programming is a natural complement to Bentley’s prestigious vehicles,” said Mark Redmond, President and CEO, SIRIUS Canada Inc. “We are thrilled that Bentley drivers in Canada will be able to listen to SIRIUS in their vehicles.”
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David Frear says he expects to close the Sirius-XM transaction by the end of the year.
Frear argues that the so-called “original rule” that prohibited XM and Sirius from merging when the original licenses were granted by the FCC, was of a different time, not relevant to the music/media market today. He says former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, who created the initial rule, agrees.
Check out more of Frear’s address to the UBS’s Global Media conference here…
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It’s not just an act, Martha Stewart is all that, and very Sirius when it comes to Christmas trees and the Sirius Radio lobby.
Howard Stern’s producer, Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate, revealed on the Stern show that the homemaking diva insisted on completely redoing the lobby’s unacceptable Christmas tree.
Stewart brought in the heavy hitters and gave Sirius’ Christmas tree a complete makeover, featuring ornaments of the Sirius logo dog, chocolate likenesses of Howard Stern and his fiancée, Beth Ostrosky and other Martha Christmas tree treats.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may not be approved by a Tuesday deadline, according to one analyst.
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Radar Online has a piece on Howard Stern and well, his bitch.
“At Thursday night’s DogCatemy party in Manhattan, shock jock Howard Stern kept his female on a tight leash—one of them, anyway. Stern arrived with Beth Ostrosky, his fiancée, and Bianca Romijn-Stamos-O’Connell, his English bulldog.”
Want more? Bitch here…
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Good grief Charlie Brown, Howard Stern’s sidekick, Artie Lange is going to appear in Playboy. Hold on to your pants, he’s going to be interviewed, not appearing in the flesh. For a moment there, we had you scared, didn’t we!
The interview, by Playboy’s Mike Guy which will appear in the January issue was previewed yesterday in the New York Daily News.
“The 40-year-old Jersey boy lives alone in a Hoboken apartment, he’s grossly overweight, diabetic, abuses booze and drugs and lots of people are waiting for him to die,” the Daily News’s Leo Standora writes. But is Artie depressed? Yes… about the Yankees.
Lange vents about Alex Rodriguez, saying the third basemen Alex Rodriguez gets his goat.
“F—— A-Rod. Can A-Rod get one f—— hit in October?” the forever Yankee fan asked. “A double down the line - something?”
Unable to resist a gag, Lange adds that Rodriguez is “a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs last year he went to a hospital and promised a dying kid he’d ground out to second for him. … It’s true … I was there. A-Rod pointed to second base.”
Of his big regret, Arte says his heroin addiction destroyed his only long-term relationship, a love affair with a New Jersey school teacher.
“I was in my mid-30s, and I was more stable than ever. I just couldn’t make it work.”
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Georgetown Partners L.L.C., a minority-owned private equity firm with a commercial interest in the proposed Sirius-XM merger, today reported it has made a filing with the Department of Justice involving, among other documents, a specific letter to the head of the Antitrust Division, Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett, detailing its concerns about the antitrust consequences of the proposed merger as structured and urging the Department to fulfill its responsibility to block the transaction in court.
In its filing, Georgetown said that recent public reports have stated that the Antitrust Division’s non-political professional career staff has concluded that the proposed merger needs to be blocked under the law but that the staff is being stymied by Mr. Barnett. Georgetown asserts in its filing that the transaction as structured violates antitrust law and would have adverse economic consequences for the American public.
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Howard Stern was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning by Martin Bashir. The title of the programme was ‘The Best DJ You’ve Never Heard in Your Life.’
The Times Online described Stern as the ‘richest and filthiest man in the history of radio.’
Richest and filthiest? No kidding, we knew that. Check out the article ‘Mouth Almighty’ here.
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