Tag: Satellite Radio (1-7 of 7)

Mar 1 2013 03:00 AM ET

Entertainment Weekly to launch SiriusXM radio channel

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Starting this spring, you can listen to EW! That’s right, we’re partnering with SiriusXM radio to launch a channel that will broadcast the best (and worst!) in entertainment 24/7. Entertainment Weekly Radio will feature original shows hosted by EW editors and contributors, covering breaking news, opinion, Hollywood scoop, TV recaps, and more.

“We are thrilled that we will be able to expose Entertainment Weekly’s trusted voice and sharp insight to SiriusXM’s passionate and devoted audience,” said Jess Cagle, EW’s managing editor. “Sirius XM’s line-up contains some of the best brands in the world and we are excited to be among them. Entertainment Weekly radio is the latest way in which we’re expanding our brand to engage our fans wherever they are and whenever they want us.”
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Sep 21 2011 09:47 AM ET

Tony Bennett says President Bush confided Iraq War 'a mistake'

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Tony Bennett is under fire for telling Howard Stern that President George W. Bush admitted to him that the Iraq War was a mistake. The 85-year-old singer visited Stern’s satellite radio show on Monday to promote his new album of duets, and he shared his encounter with the then-president from the 2005 Kennedy Center honors. “He told me personally that night, he says, ‘I think I made a mistake,’” Bennett said, referring to the Iraq War.

A spokesperson for Bush told NBC News that “This account is flatly wrong … President Bush never said that to Tony Bennett or anyone else.” Watch the clip below. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 27 2011 06:15 PM ET

Howard Stern says Artie Lange 'no longer a sideshow,' refuses to discuss Lange's 2010 suicide attempt

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Howard Stern opened up about former sidekick Artie Lange on his Sirius XM radio show, getting angry at a caller who wanted gory details about Lange’s gruesome January 2010 suicide attempt.

The stand-up comedian and radio personality repeatedly stabbed himself with a kitchen knife, before being found in his Hoboken, N.J. apartment by his mother, barely clinging to life. It was the culmination of years of personal drama, much of it aired publicly on The Howard Stern Show, involving major drug abuse and erratic behavior.

With Lange set to launch a new comedic sports show on Fox Sports Network this September with Nick DiPaolo, a caller on the Stern show suggested that he should call in to discuss his suicide attempt. Stern responded, “I don’t discuss Artie’s business on the radio … Stop with the nonsense! Artie needs care, and me commenting on Artie — on whether he called me, whether he didn’t call me — it’s irrelevant. Artie needs to survive. Artie is no longer a sideshow. In my world, Artie can’t be a sideshow. Artie calling in and giving us all the details? All the gory details?”  READ FULL STORY »

Nov 2 2010 01:30 PM ET

President Obama talks Jon Stewart, Halloween and buying flowers for Michelle

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Barack-ObamaPresident Obama phoned in to Ryan Seacrest’s syndicated radio show this morning in an effort to encourage listeners to head to the polls this voting day. During their 10-minute chat, Seacrest asked about negative campaign ads and unemployment, which the prez addressed by appealing directly to America’s youth:

“The most important message I have is make sure you’re doing everything you can to maximize your education and your skills, because we live in a competitive global environment and the more that we have the best trained young people in the world — not only is that going to be good for them, that’s going to be good for the whole country.”

But this being Ryan Seacrest and not say, The Daily Show, the radio host also got Obama to chat about some lighter fare. Speaking of Jon Stewart, in response to Seacrest’s question about whether Obama was offended that Stewart called him “dude,” the President said: “Of course not. I promise you, as president you’re called much worse than ‘dude.’ That’s guaranteed.” READ FULL STORY »

Jun 29 2010 06:00 PM ET

Disney to revive the radio serial: The bee's knees or hogwash?

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radio-disneyImage Credit: Radio: Dave Bradley Photography/Getty ImagesThe cryogenically frozen body of Walt Disney isn’t the only thing the House of Mouse is planning on resuscitating. Radio Disney has announced its plans to breathe life into the dusty and desiccated form of the radio serial with a scripted series called My Dream, about a teenager trying to break into the music industry. Of course it’s been adapted to match the current goldfish-minded generation: Each episode will only last 90 seconds.

With the upcoming release of the Green Hornet – which began as a radio serial in the 1930s — it looks like ol’ timey radio may be having a comeback. I think it might be cool to see some shows currently on TV try to go after that coveted octogenarian demographic and do some radio episodes. The sexy sultry voices of True Blood would work, and Glee seems custom made for the medium. And think how awesome Lost would have been if we could solve the mystery of the numbers with our Little Orphan Annie decoder rings.

Anyone else want to get in this time machine with me? Do you think any kids even know what a radio is, let alone a radio serial? Hoping Disney has a plan in the works to telegraph a whole episode of Hannah Montana?

Oct 24 2009 10:00 AM ET

Bob Marley (no, not THAT one) on his new Sirius comedy show and his role in 'Boondock Saints II'

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Comedian-Bob-Marley_lStand-up comic and actor Bob Marley admits that sharing a name with a certain reggae superstar has had its ups and downs. “When I was junior high, I started getting a lot of flack about it,” says the comedian, 42. “I was like, ‘What is this? I don’t understand. I said to my dad, who was a six-foot-three, 380-pound Irish guy, ‘What’s the deal?’ He said, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’m not into “reggie” music.’” If Marley is unlikely to ever eclipse his namesake fame-wise, he is a sizable draw on the stand-up circuit and from next week he will front his own weekly show on Sirius’ Raw Dog Comedy channel for five weeks. Bob Marley’s Wicked Awesome Show is the latest in the channel’s “Residency” series, which has previously been hosted by Judah Friedlander, and Kristen Schaal from Flight of the Conchords. Meanwhile, Oct. 30 sees the release of Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, the long delayed sequel to the cult 2000 action movie, in which Marley reprises the role of none-too-bright Boston cop Detective Greenly.

After the break, the comedian talks about all of the above—plus the possibility of becoming Billy Connolly’s son-in-law.

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Feb 11 2009 11:38 PM ET

Howard Stern business proposal: If satellite radio crashes, why not do a podcast?

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Howardsternsirius_lWith the news that the struggling satellite radio conglomerate Sirius XM may be filing for bankruptcy, fans of fart jokes and Artie Lange death-watchers everywhere are asking the question: What will happen to Howard Stern?

If Sirius XM needs to cut costs, getting rid of Howard would certainly free up some cash: $100 million a year, actually, which would pay for an awful lot of classic-rock deep cuts. But then again, cutting loose Howard Stern is a good way to lose a lot of subscribers. Stern was saying on his show just this morning that there’s nothing to worry about, it’s just a minor snafu and satellite radio will be ruling the free world on schedule. Obviously, that’s what he needs to say — it wouldn’t do to have the flagship host crapping his pants on air. And if it comes to pass that satellite radio does sign off, Stern’s listeners needn’t panic because satellite radio needs him more than he needs satellite radio.

I was e-mailing with marketing wizard and lifelong Sternophile Ernest Lupinacci (here’s some Stern inside-baseball trivia: Ernest is the man who orchestrated the Robert Goulet version of “Restless Restless.” If you’re a fan, you’ll know what that means), and he proposed that Stern could easily do the show on his own and sell it as a daily podcast, using the Ricky Gervais model. “In the new digital age, distribution is fungible,” Ernest wrote, adding that if Stern builds himself a studio, he can record a daily show and then easily distribute it to subscribers. Let’s say he has 3 million listeners willing to pay just $3 per month for daily podcasts. (As compared to Sirius XM’s $12.95 monthly rate.) That’s $108 million in revenue a year. And, Ernest adds, “he could hire a competent sales guy, and if they can generate (conservatively) another million a month in ad revenue — that’s $12 million more.” It ain’t Sirius money, and he’d likely have to pare down his staff, but it’s enough to keep his core group of cohosts and producers happy, with a little money left over for a Purell budget. (You don’t want to know the germs that a guest like Jeff the Vomit Guy will leave behind.)

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