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I've lived in two different markets where the radio station that carried the Howard Stern Show quit carrying it. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the hardcore Stern fans in those markets were traumatized, and literally grieved for months when the show was taken away from them.
There is a TIVO-like device for satellite radio receivers that records, I think, up to 12 hours of programming. I was in Radio Shack today, and a guy was buying one to use as a "backup," in case he missed the Stern show.
Manjoo says that Stern's plan is to try to take his show back to the "old days." As a long-time fan, I welcome that, if he can pull it off, and not because the show was more vulgar in the old days. I welcome it because, in my opinion, the show pretty much jumped the shark when Stern and his wife divorced, and especially when he hooked up with his girlfriend, Beth. Since then, he's spent way too much time yammering about their relationship. But I can say that, because I'm still a fan of the show.
If you don't "get it," then I'm sorry, but I can't explain it.
