That may make Stern a dinosaur, something that broadcast historians will study in the future, so it is now just a matter of how long Stern will keep at it now, when he clearly doesn’t care anymore.Ĭritics and pundits say he will last two years. This further marginalizes Stern and his particular glorious brand of humor. This spells imminent danger for the show, as his fans get older and die off, they are not being replaced by any younger listeners. Few, if any, millennials even know that one of the old-man judges on America’s Got Talent even has a active radio show. They get to choose how they are remembered and Stern has chosen the worst path of all: Mediocrity.ĭespite its continued decent ratings on Sirius XM Satellite radio, The Stern Show may have overstayed its welcome in the public’s collective consciousness. These radio darlings of yesteryear appear to be destined to fade into the static at the end of the radio dial. Its just the same for the other old-stagers of radio from the bygone glory days. There seems that there is no fitting place for Stern to live out his final useful years.
Despite his lauded success over the years, his show may now seem irrelevant in the modern, internet connected world. Times sure have changed since Stern emerged on the scene in the late 1980’s as the King of All Media. After a 2008 merger, that company ultimately become the ‘Sirius XM Radio’ powerhouse that it is today. In 2006 he moved his Howard Stern Show to satellite radio and to the newly minted ‘Sirius Radio’.
Stern originally developed his career on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 at various radio stations. Over a thirty year period, Stern single-handedly changed the very nature of radio in the United States. No-one can deny the impact The Howard Stern Show has had on medium of radio.
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