Adam Carolla’s Podcast to Fill the Void on Howard 101
In a move that can only be described as puzzling, Adam Carolla’s podcast radio show will be filling the afternoon void, left behind by former Sirius XM employee Bubba The Love Sponge on Howard 101.
Today Adam Carolla could be heard on in his self titled podcast The Adam Carolla Show talking about the new possible opportunity which he said was set to kickoff on January 24th.
“We are going to be doing a little experiment with Sirius XM and Howard Stern and the Howard Stern network over at Sirius XM about simulcasting this show on the Sirius XM Howard Stern network while we’re doing it.”
Lets just hope that this “little experiment” is just that because, as far as I am concerned, a two hour long, nonexclusive podcast is not what the doctor ordered for this company. If things go well and the fans turn out in droves, sign this guy to an exclusive deal but otherwise, please don’t tell me we are going have programming that we could listen to for free taking up the afternoon on Howard 101.
That said, there is potential here. Carolla has created quite a following, knows how to utilize social media like facebook/twitter, and still manages to get a pretty solid stream of celebrity guests. One could imagine, this being good news for both Sirius XM and Adam, if they could lock him up to an exclusive deal. Sirius XM would get Carolla’s built in die-hard following and he would get to stay right in his current studio with presumably a few more dollars in his pocket.
Although, I should note that Adam did make a point to reassure his current fans that his podcast wasn’t going away. I’m sure that everyone has their price.
So basically they are doing a exclusive podcast deal with Adam and they could have done the same thing with Bubba LOL. I’m glad Bubba is gone and I welcome Carrolla It’s still lazy programing why not hire a show full time? Instead they are just simulcasting podcasts (yes I know this is exclusive) but it isn’t better then live programing.
simulcasting a FREE podcast….nothing exclusive about it.
I’m sure this will be a temporary solution. Better than nothing. Or at the very least, better than a no name talent filling in. People will listen to Corolla on Howard. He’s good and has a following.
By the time it matters, I am sure they will either have signed Adam to an exclusive contract OR found another exclusive talent to fill the gap.
In the meantime….it’s not the end of the world.
Heck, people listen to CNBC and FOX on Sirius, and they could watch it on tv. So it’s not a big deal.
Why do I need Sirius to get this show? Did anybody break the news to Mel and Greenstein that you can get this for free pretty much anywhere?
I’m just wondering can’t we get basic cable on both dish and direct tv, and ofcourse, cable. I think Spencer made a good point, in an early post, that Sirius/xm has the best delivery tecnology so,this is good news. There could eventually be some basic radio channels that are found everywhere just like your basic cable channels. The artist/studios create the content the internet/sirius/xm provide the pipes. What Sirius/xm can offer is satellite and internet pipes. Also, the pockets to have premium content like Howard which is Sirius/xm’s HBO. I’m thankful that Carolla considers sirius a viable media outlet for his show. There’s some really talented people out there that with test runs like this could eventually be scooped up and be exclusive sirius/xm content.
there is no way Carolla will go ‘exclusive’ with Sirius. He has the most listened to and profitable podcast out there. He has millions of podcast listeners. Sirius working with him is a great content, Stern fans will really dig his show. He almost took the spot that Artie Lange took on the show in 2001.
He clarified when announcing this ‘experiment’ that the show on sirius will be live (which his podcast is not, they sometimes have a ustream video of the show i think). His podcast version of these show will feature 2 and half hours of content as the live show on Sirius will have breaks for commercials.
Smodcast, director Kevin Smith’s popular podcast has a deal with sirius where they produce one sirius exclusive a show every month and rerun old smodcast favorites. Smodcast is a free podcast, that rivals Adam Carolla’s ACE Broadcasting Network
I don’t know how much truth is in it but I heard Carolla on Howard one time describing how much it cost him each time someone downloads his show. They were joking about maybe he shouldn’t be promoting his pod cast.
Sirius should go after the Bob and Tom show. They would strike a blow to terrestrial radio while adding great talent to their own line-up.
I agree. Maybe,as others have suggested, instead of spending money on names like Oprah,Eminem etc. who don’t really even show up, they could find regional talent or put the big money toward big names that already have a following that will actually do a show. I think the Dr. Laura deal could bring some subs., but I would also think about Chelsea Handler,Danny Bonaduce, Sarah Silverman or even Jesse Ventura. Maybe do a deal with Rolling Stone and get behind the music on sirius/xm
I am glad Bubba is gone. He really is Jery Springer and that means no advertising. I care about generating revenue. Carolla has the potential to bring in ad revenue. Bubba does not and never will. I think most of the names you have on here could bring in ad revenue as well.
I simply can’t believe that in this whole country of ours … there’s nothing better in the way of content than “Adam Carolla” or “Bubba the love sponge”?? Sirius-XM might do well to be thinking along the lines of a new PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR instead.
Carolla is awesome!
I think Sirius made a mistake by not signing Kid Chris who is a friend of Howard. His show is hilarios and would have been great uncensored. However, Adam is funny, but his show needs to be a live and not a podcast.
I am a carolla podcast listener who just returned to Stern via the iPhone.
Fun to hear Howard again but listening on his terms vs. my terms via podcast and the endless commercials is a killer.
Give Adam a chance. He is smart and very funny.
You can also hear his podcast on the stitcher app.
Bababooey to y’all
bubba sucked adam carolla is boring ..
improve on better music programing…
who care’s if stern goes away or for that matter bubba the love whatever give us better music and i stay forever.
Have I missed something?? I haven’t heard Adam on Sirius/XM nor have I heard him mention it on the podcast.
Did the deal fall through? Love both Bubba and Adam but would rather they both stay were they are. I can now listen to the entire Bubba show on my smartphone and Adam on my Ipod.