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TerryGale
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 Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject: Is Howard the "Oprah" of men? |
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A really good question asked at SFN.. Is Howard the "Oprah" of men?
| Quote: | | We all know about Oprah and the power she possesses over the female audience. I do however rack my brain to come up with her male counterpart, and although- yes, she is more successful than him, it has to be Howard! Even on satellite, I can't think of another man that holds his audience and the media at large like he does. Like Oprah, Howard is a way of life. I was in the Adult-Video-Store, sneaking in at age 16 to rent "Seven Deadly Sins" for OUR porno of the month club. Help me out, is there another, or is Howard not the "Oprah" of male America? And, yeah, I know: Howard is a separate entity all his own...but purely for comparison's sake, am I right? |
Maybe he is. Oprah is allegedly "beloved" (2004 - Michael Powell, formerly of the FCC). Many are very loyal to Howard in the US.
He used to have his staff and fans do those commercial spots at KRock, "What does Howard Stern mean to me?" |
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Mic Man
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It almost seems too obvious, but don't we have to give consideration to Dr. Phil as Oprah's male counterpart?
That guy's pimping out all sorts of products these days, and his/her sheep are buying it all up like hotcakes.......in greater numbers than we're doing with Howard's stuff. |
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Lush Rimbaugh
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:28 am Post subject: |
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"Howard Stern, Caucasian Jew Man of the North."
I dont think Oprah is more successful than Howard. If you consider the fact that Howard is a household name on radio - that means alot. I was thinking about the Oprah /Howard comparison Tuesday - if Oprah suggests a book, broads will read it - how many men will see Brokeback now that Howard has endorsed it? Plenty. Once a website is mentioned by Howard, hundred of "looky-Lous" go look at it. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe Oprah is the "Howard" of women?? |
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TerryGale
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Howard started off Friday's show by discussing the XM announcement of Oprah's 3-yr, $55M deal with XM..
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060209/xm_radio_oprah.html?.v=2
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| MarksFriggin wrote: | * Oprah's XM Deal Amusing To Howard. 02/10/06. 6:00am
Show opening bits and songs included: The Madison Show audition tape, George Takei recording session audio clip, ''The King of Comedy'' movie audio clip.
Howard started off the show (Yes, he was live today) taking a call from King of all Japs who said he loves the show. He asked Howard to replay some of the old clips from the old days. Howard told the guy that they're writing some new bits including one that's a parody of Brokeback Mountain called ''Buttcrack Mountain.'' The caller said that all of this stuff is new and fresh to him because he wasn't able to hear stuff from the WNBC days.
Howard said he was laughing over the stories in the news about XM hiring Oprah Winfrey as if it's a big deal. He got a little sidetracked after that. He was having some technical problems with his microphone so he was trying to figure out where it was coming from. He was moving his head and talking and that's what was causing a strange noise. Scott the Engineer came in and pointed out that it was a camera motor from the In Demand guys. Howard told them they're driving him nuts and it's got to stop. He told them not to tape the show if that's what he has to hear.
Scott DePace came in and said that the sound has been there since day one and it wasn't a problem until now. Scott said that he didn't know how to stop it so Howard told him to shut the camera down and go home for the day if they can't stop it. Howard said that it's fine when it's not moving. He told Scott he can't have that for the next 5 years.
Howard got back to the XM story. He doesn't think that it's any bigger of a deal than the Martha Stewart deal on SIRIUS. He said that Oprah is never going to show up at XM. She's going to do a half hour show a week for 3 years and $55 million. He said he can picture the people over at XM in a meeting talking about hiring her. Oprah probably told them that she was too busy so they figured they'd have her just show up once a week. Oprah probably called her friend Gail and told her to do the show with her because it's only 30 minutes a week.
The women who watch Oprah are not the type of people who will go out and buy satellite radios in Howard's opinion. He read that it will be Oprah's friends on her show and he figures Oprah will not put any effort into this show. She doesn't put any effort into her ''Oprah After Hours'' show so she probably won't put it into this new XM show.
Howard said that XM's stock price shot up a bit after the Oprah show. He found an article about the deal and said that Hugh Panero and the people at XM are desperate to stay on top now that Howard Stern is on their competitor's service. He said that Oprah's show is going to be an inferior product because she's not going to put the time into doing this show of hers. Howard said that he's there working on his show constantly and it's a lot more work than she expects.
Howard said he laughs at the XM deal. They did get some nice press though. He said that his picture was right there next to his so it's good for him too. He said that she will probably get 100,000 people to sign up but then word will spread that she's not appearing on there that much and people will drop off. She'll walk away after 3 years with $55 million worth of XM's money.
Robin said that Oprah will probably give away XM radios on her show to her fans. Howard said that everyone will forget about this deal in a few days and it will quietly go away. He figures that XM paid $55 million for some free publicity. He said that Oprah did a phone interview with some reporters yesterday. $55 million for a phone interview and a half hour a week show.
Howard doesn't think that XM will make money back with the Oprah deal. He said that they pulled Ellen Degeneres into their service but Ellen doesn't even show up to the studios like they show on their commercials. Ellen just replays her TV show for them. Howard said that they need exclusive content to make something like that worth listening to.
Howard read that Oprah's show is going to be 30 minutes a week, for only 39 weeks a year. It's not even the whole year. Oprah is now working on content for her channel so Howard figures she has nothing figured out yet. He said that Oprah will probably have her friend Gail talk to her for 30 minutes and that's it. Oprah is calling her show ''reality radio'' but Howard said that it won't be real because she won't be honest on her show. A bunch of Oprah's regular guests will be on her show but none of them are radio people either. They won't be rebroadcasting her TV show either.
Howard read that Oprah did radio when she was in high school but she obviously bailed out on it for TV because she couldn't do anything with it. Howard figures she's just going to phone in the show and take XM's money. He played some news reports about the deal and they were saying that Oprah is getting paid much better than Howard Stern is because of the amount she's making for a 30 minute show. Howard said that XM appears to be in panic mode now because SIRIUS isn't going away. He said he may have to subscribe to XM just to hear the awful Oprah show for himself.
Howard played another audio clip where some reporters were comparing the Oprah deal to Howard Stern's deal. One guy said you can't underestimate the power of Oprah and he thinks that she's going to bring in a lot of her audience. Howard said that the arguments that the reporters were having were a joke. The reporters were yelling at each other over the subject. |
http://www.marksfriggin.com/news.htm#fri
http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/2-6.htm |
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pfa
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Mic Man wrote: | | It almost seems too obvious, but don't we have to give consideration to Dr. Phil as Oprah's male counterpart?... |
 Dr Phil IS Oprah! As to his gender...??
And, yes, I think Howard contributes to the 'feminazation of America', but on a much smaller scale than Opry.
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good one
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