It’s risky business for FCC chairman Michael Powell to go on the air and talk about what he does, especially when callers can quiz him, and one of those callers happen to be sworm enemy, Howard Stern.
Now, I’m no fan of Stern. Fact is, I hate his guts. He’s a lowlife paranoid hypocrite who hasn’t come up with any new material to keep his listeners, and I got bored with him back in ’96. Late last year, Stern derided satellite radio as being the place “where all the washed up DJs go,” but then began whoring himself to Sirius when his job was on the line, conveniently forgetting his earlier wash-up comments in favor of his “I’m going to revolutionize satellite radio” comments.
While he does bring up good points in his his verbal spar with Powell, I can only assume it’s a publicity stunt orchestrated by Stern to keep his name and face fresh. He has a a long time in which to keep this act up though, as his Sirius contract doesn’t take effect for another 19 months. And besides, more-successful-rival XM Radio has their wittier, fresher shock jocks on today.