Opie And Anthony Provide Sirius Solution
The BEST OF programming on Sirius XM Radio may provide a shock jock solution for Sirius subscribers who love their Howard Stern, but express frustration on the days when Stern is on vacation, or when there are replays of the Stern show instead of a live show.
It is no secret that Howard Stern gets a lot of time off. After all, the King of All Media gets three day weekends thanks to a contract that allows him to take of every Friday. Last year, Sirius added Jay Thomas to the Friday morning slot on Howard 101 which provided a solution to the problem of no live programming on Friday’s. The solution was great, and as a fan of Jay Thomas, I enjoy being able to catch him in morning drive. Jay already has an afternoon drive slot on Sirius Stars 102.
However, what is a fan to do when they want a topical shock jock show when Stern and the crew are on vacation? One potential answer is Opie and Anthony. Now for passionate Stern and O & A fans, the crossover idea may seem strange. After all, there seems to be no love loss between Stern and O & A, and that attitude permeates through to the core fans. However, there exists a large group of subscribers that simply want to be entertained, and their allegiance to one brand over another is not so strong that they will ignore a quality show in the absence of their usual listening.
Lately, the Stern channels have been running replays. With Stern getting married, and regularly scheduled vacations, fans have not received the live entertainment that they have come to love. Subscribers who have taken advantage of the BEST OF programming now have a solution in the form of Opie and Anthony from the XM line-up.
For O & A, this is an opportunity to shine, and a chance to expand their own audience. The duo have been putting on entertaining shows, and are likely getting a bit of exposure from frustrated Stern fans who are seeking something other than a replay to listen to. If you are into Stern, and sometimes want a change of pace, the BEST of programming offers a great way to keep your shock jock options open.
Position – Long SIRI
THis is CRAZY. We just dipped into the 30 cent range. This is either getting DANGEROUS or the chance of a lifetime to load up.
Personally I have so much already vested in the stock…I can’t pull the trigger anymore.
BUT….if Sirius drops to 25 CENTS (GULP!) I would consider grabbing 4000 shares for $1,000.
Thats INSANE. Just a couple of years ago 4,000 shares would cost you over $16,000.
TALK about AVERAGING DOWN!!!!!
friggin – Are we allowed to exchange personal emails? I’m not sure if that is okay with this sites rules. If so I’d love to talk about a couple of things not appropriate for public post.
Whatever they have to announce, it better come very, very soon…because there may be nothing left.
And it better be a helluva lot bigger than Beck taking over a station.
Side question: Who exactly is selling at this rate?
Siriushope,
Where did you read that about Blalock?
I spoke with IR earlier this week… It wasn’t with Blalock, but they didn’t say anything about a major announcement.
Seems my last post didn’t go through, so I’ll try again: Who exactly is selling at these levels?
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…i read it on yahoo board
I’m pretty sure we got that big announcement today–Beck taking over a channel at Sirius.
Mel has been working exclusively on that deal for weeks. SUCCESS!
I cant believe I bought at 70 cents acouple of weeks ago, hahaah, that is already down 40%. This stock is the worst thing that has ever happened. What a slow painful fuckin death. I hope the Sirius building topples over and lands on Mels head.
.41 fucking cents. This is becoming obsurd. I just bought 500 shares for $200. Fuck it.
I could pick up quite a few shares by dumping the change out of the ash tray in my car.
I heard on cnbc today that GM has a market cap of 4 billion…anyone know what siri market cap is now?
The damn media is 80% of the problem. What i dont get is who is selling at these levels? Do we have a chance here guys? Wheres Mel with some confidence? He owns us that for God’s sakes.
Does anyone think we’ll start to see companies that are loaded up with cash buy up these other companies that are totally depressed in value?
It’s ridiculous, but Apple could buy GM and still have $16 billion left.
…start selling freaking iCars…
I bought again today at .4099 to average down to 1.25 on 8500 shares.
Why would a company buy another company with sh!tloads of debt when that company should go BK, reorganize and start over while the consequences of buying it could wipe the good company out as well. The name of the game right now is preservation. Capital preservation.
TOILET MOUTH STERN?
I SiriuslyHope you can get a sense of humor. If you are an investor, that “toilet humor” is going to make you a tidy profit if you hold long. I believe he still has millions of shares, so his own best interest happens to be ours as well.
Anyway, I first listened to O&A when Stern left terrestrial radio. While not as good, in my opinion, they are funny and a welcome addition to the morning lineup, especially when Stern is on vacation.
opie and anthony are the 2 biggest no talent asshole’s on radio, the solution is there was no problem, hello have you not been listening to bubba the love sponge for the past 3 years. he has more talent in his fat baby balls than O and A combined