Jesus. I've tried listening to him almost every morning since he went on the air. Everyday I make it until I'm almost out of my apartment complex before I can't stand it anymore and switch over to NPR. I didn't really like Stern but at least I could actually listen to him. I'd rather drill a few sheetrock screws through my scrotum than listen to Roth.

What they have done is fairly smart.

No, not hiring Roth, but giving different affiliates different shows. See which shows do better, in which types of markets and with which demographics, and then ramp those up while stations dump the shows (like Roth's) that are sucking rocks.

Dumber thing to do would be to peg one show as Stern's replacement and implement it nationwide.

Here in Las Vegas the Stern station picked up Adam Carolla. He's carried half a show before (Love Line). I haven't listened to it. Got better things to do in the morning.

My decision to purchase a Sirius subscription was slightly influenced by one decision on the part of Infinity:

They changed their radio station name to "Free FM." It served, to me, as a constant reminder whenever I to listen to those stations that I could not only still be listening to Howard Stern (whom is a far more interesting broadcaster than the sum of all of the replacements), but I could also be listening to uncensored and commercial free music, in a wide variety of genres.

Great sentance. Bigwigs and clusterfuck in the same line is A+ journalism. I love how clusterfuck just flies at you with its purple-pink hyperlinkness.

Glass house, meet stones.

I listen to Adam Carolla in the mornings because it's on before the show I really want to listen to, Frosty, Heidi, and Frank. Adam Carolla's show is kinda annoying he tends to ramble on, but I wasn't too big on Stern either. Like I said I listen because it's on before the show I really like (it was the same reason I listened to Stern), and I only have to wait an hour, so I can deal.

what did they expect? Roth was only good when he did the occassional Stern show....

Terrestrial radio really is on it's way out it seems. This year for my mom's birthday me and my sister bought her a couple of years worth of a subscription and one of the portable receivers for Sirius radio, but had to go to three stores to find one that wasn't sold out of the receiver we wanted.

My town (Vegas) doesnt' really have anything good on the radio at anytime. Outside of NPR.

There is no good alt-music station, there's one for the kids with an "Xtreem" format. There's another alt-mix for the gals who haven't yet turned 34, when they'll switch tastes to Celine and Elton John. Sort-of, kind-of alternative, with a bunch of your Hooty type stuff.

There used to be a college station before I moved here, but the campus admin decided it would be better for the community to pay for it. And it gets readily sponsored so it can carry a "lite jazz" format that already exists on a commercial station.

So for me there's the alt-talk station (which has gone alt-talk-and-sports-"for men" so I've given up on it all and now listen to NPR.

And Terry Gross spent the better part of an hour interviewing Iggy Pop last year. Not even Howard Stern would do that. I get to hear non-soundbyte news, no commercials, and programming that doesn't insult my intelligence.

Um being a talk format radio host is very very not easy. It takes years to get the rhythm and formula. So I don't blame Roth for his incompetence. And Infinity wanted a name to draw an audience. Miscaculation, they should have found a legit talent.

here in nyc...

Roth just rambles and rambles...I switch to another station often. I like the radio chick and booker on FREE FM but I will be getting my Sirius soon enough.

My decision to go with XM over Sirius was mostly (well, almost entirely) based on the fact that I think XM's music is far better than Sirius', but I've been pleasantly surprised by O&A. And I like Ron & Fez too.

Ron and Fez are on XM? i didn't know that

Also how is Adam Carolla doing on the west coast?