Howard Stern: King of the Future..Not.
I will start off by saying that I am not the biggest Howard Stern fan…That said, do I think that his move is a watershed movement against censorship or a shift from traditional radio? No. That movement started last year with podcasting…
Last year, we saw a big explosion of podcasts from people that want to be heard, and as a listener I can choose what I want to listen to. Be it Science, News, Humorous or Explicit, it is available for everyone to hear, world wide. Not just Satellite radio subscribers only in the US. I say that is the thumbing the nose to censorship and a shift from traditional radio.
I am sure that Howard Stern will be entertaining without his constraints to regular radio markets…but think of this…Why pay for Satellite Radio to listen to Howard Stern and all the100’s of other channels and shows that you will never listen to (You can’t there just isn’t that much time) when you can take that monthly payment, get an mp3 player, and support some podcasters and pick and choose the Free content that is available to you. I will dare say that podcasts are more entertaining, because the people that make them want to…and are not just getting paid to do it.
Howard Stern: King of the Future
Will Howard Stern’s rebirth on satellite radio eventually represent a pivotal shift in societal limits on censorship? The pervasiveness of material that historically has been deemed objectionable has proved almost impossible to avoid in an increasingly digitized world. Already, some studies claim that exposure to readily accessible online pornography has fundamentally altered youths’ attitudes toward sexual behavior.
December 15th, 2005 at 10:23 pm
Howard Stern RULES!! I love his Radio and TV Shows, and I will “B” gettin’ “SIRIUS” about tuning into his satellite shows!!!!
-MB
December 15th, 2005 at 10:27 pm
You do bring up a good point, though. PODCASTING may be free, and may give you unconditional control to what you are listening to, but keep in mind the RIAA made C2CAM remove their “music headers and trailers” from their PODCasts. RIAA don’t want to simply die….
December 15th, 2005 at 10:31 pm
That is all for now.
December 15th, 2005 at 10:58 pm
RIAA? I say big deal. Let them have thieir way, the way they act will be their undoing. There is also a lot of good music that is out there that they have nothing to do with. music.podshow.com and Grageband.com
December 16th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
I agree 100%. I very rarely listen to mainstream radio thanks to podcasts. And given what the music industry has been up to lately (rootkits, suing children, and advocating for jail time for distributing lyrics), I’ve decided to stop giving my money to them and start giving it directly to the artists of “podsafe” music.
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:53 pm
I really don’t give a crap about the RIAA, and you of all people should know this. The RIAA wrote their name on their casket, and are ultimately putting nails in their casket.
I hate the fact they are trying to attack coasttocoastam.com, and tell them that they can’t podcast with all the music encoded. For that is what they are currently up to.
-M.