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- From: mxl@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (marc.a.levy)
- Subject: FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.131439.2769@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:14:39 GMT
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- Archive-name: howard-faq
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- This newsgroup was formed so that fans of Howard Stern can discuss the
- happenings on the show, the comings and goings, and other activities
- of Howard Stern. Some folks don't like Howard Stern. We know that.
- You don't have to take time out of your busy schedule to tell us that.
- The answer here is the same as Howard's answer: If you don't like it,
- turn the dial, switch bands, change the station, find another
- newsgroup.
-
- Frequently asked questions about Howard Stern:
-
- 1. Who is Howard Stern? (Frequently heard from NONUS folks.)
- 1a. Howard Stern is a radio personality. He came to national
- attention in the USA while working in New York, and currently
- resides there. He also has a syndicated TV show. He is
- frequently labeled a 'shock jock'. Your immediate thought might
- be, "Oh, like xxxxxx (insert name of local shock jock in wherever
- you are)." No, xxxxxx is like Howard Stern. He has been around
- for years, he is well known, and chances are that this week xxxxxx
- is doing whatever Howard was doing last week. If xxxxxx has the
- balls.
-
- 2. What station does Howard Stern's TV show play on in my area?
- 2a. The Howard Stern TV show no longer exsists. You may be able
- to catch some re-runs on your local station. Howard has a new
- show on the E! network.
-
- 3. Howard has a new TV show? What is it? When is it? Where is it?
- 3a. Howard's new TV show is a one-on-one interview show. This show
- dones not include the whole gang, just Howard. The show is on the
- E! Cable Network, and will be played multiple times during each month.
- The E! network is also known as the "Entertainment Network", not to be
- confused with "Arts and Entertainment". If you dont get the E!
- network, your outta luck.
-
- 4. Where can Howard be received on the Radio?
- 4a. New York, NY (WXRK-FM, 92.3)
- Philadelphia (WYSP-FM, 94.1)
- Baltimore (on WJFK-AM 1300)
- Washington, DC (WJFK-FM, 106.7 FM)
- Los Angeles, CA (KLSX-FM, 97.1 FM) tape delayed from 6 to 11am.
- Chicago, IL (WLUP-AM, 1000)
- Clevland, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Albany, NY
- Las Vegas, NV
-
- No, you can't hear these signals if you are in Boston. Bay area
- is out of luck as well. (Folks, please email me
- frequencies and call signs, and I'll fill them in.)
-
- 5. I'm not in any of those places. Is there a satellite feed for
- WXRK?
- 5a. Yes, WXRK is broadcast by SCPC on Hughes Galaxy 2 channel 03.
- Again, you will need to be able to decode this feed, and you
- should ask your dish dealer, or in rec.video.satellite, how to
- decode it.
-
- 6. How can one be expected to figure out who is who among the
- regulars on the show?
- 6a. Listen for a while. Want to take a shortcut? Here is an effort
- to explain:
-
- Howard Stern - The head of the asylum. The ruler of the roost,
- the King on NY Radio, and other points.
-
- Robin Quivers - Howard's sidekick. Officially his news reporter,
- she is also the confidant and instigator in many cases, and also
- (occasionally) feeds him lines from the privacy of her news
- studio. Her news reports normally consist of reading the paper,
- and a few things that are put together by her interns. None the
- less, the news reports are frequently the most entertaining part
- of the show, as Howard comments on everything.
-
- Fred Norris, King of Mars - Fred handles sound effects (paints)
- and also keeps the show on schedule. When Howard started
- broadcasting in NY, frequently he would just push off the
- commercials for an hour. Now that they are syndicated, he has to
- take breaks at regular intervals. Fred cracks the whip. He is on
- the writing team. Fred also does voices for the occasional (these
- days) radio 'movie' and as the Nazi in the 'Guess who's the Jew'
- bits.
-
- Jackie (The Jokeman, Penthouse Jokepage) Martling - Jackie is a
- comic who never quite made it big, notably because his standup
- isn't very good IMHO. He writes full time for the Howard Stern
- show, and makes a fair bit of money doing local appearances as
- well, pushed by plugs from the show. One wonders when he sleeps.
- Maybe during the show. +1 516 922 WINE gets you a schedule of his
- upcoming appearances, and it is a normal toll call (no 900 style
- surcharge) but has a few ads. There is more than 30 minutes of
- material on the new all-digital line. He is also on the writing
- team, as the head writer.
-
- Gary (Baba Booey) Dell'Abate (sp?) - The show's producer. He
- arranges guests, insures that the office part of the show gets
- done, and so forth. For those of you who've read Gulliver, he is
- also Howard's chief flapper - he is generally the one who makes
- the judgment as to whether or not someone speaks to Howard when
- they call up with a beef. He is called Baba Booey after his
- mispronunciation of Baba Looey, Quick Draw McGraw's sidekick on
- the Hanna-Barbera cartoon show. He was buying animation cels,
- and didn't know how to pronounce the name of the character,
- despite professing fandom. Gary does occasional personal
- appearances, for which he gets plugs.
-
- John (Stuttering John) Melandez - Hero of the stupid. A paid
- performer on Channel 9, officially on WXRK he is just an intern.
- He is paid in notoriety (he gets to plug his band appearances and
- occasional personal appearances, and might yet get a record
- contract because of his connections) and is typically sent out to
- interview celebrities. The questions are all prepared, but
- sometimes he gets to adlib.
-
- Scott the Engineer - mixes tapes, inserts the bleeps so that you
- can still hear the cursing in the background, and is hapless when
- it comes to fixing the console. He is employed by WXRK as Chief
- Engineer, and he is in the Union. He is making additional money
- because he gets a daily plug, which he has used to build up a DJ
- business. He has a number of DJ's who work for him and provide
- canned music for parties, weddings (Gary will soon be married and
- will use Scott's service, Rocket Entertainment) and so forth.
- This is good, because Scott smokes like a chimney and I wouldn't
- want him at one of my parties.
-
- 7. How can you listen to someone who is as racist/homophobic/anti
- woman/etc. as Howard Stern?
- 7a. You just don't get it, do you? Howard is none of those things, in
- spades: He is an equal opportunity denigrator. Sooner or later he
- will kick one of your sacred cows in the balls, to mix metaphors
- in an udderly improbable manner. But he is still very funny.
- Someone on this newsgroup once said that a lot of Howard's humor
- comes from the sort of attitude that says, "Look at all of this
- crap in the world around us! Isn't it wierd? Isn't it funny?
- Sit in our circle and we'll let you in on the joke." Well, some
- of us think that we get the joke.
-
- 8. Is Howard Stern half Jewish?
- 8a. Definitely. The question is, what is the other half? According
- to Howard, it is not Jewish, perhaps WASP. However, several alert
- readers of alt.fan.howard-stern believe that (with some reasonable
- proof), in fact, the other half is Jewish, and that the half-Jewish
- identity is something that Howard puts on so that he can insult
- both Christians and Jews with impunity. However, he is equally
- free with insults of Muslims, Hindus, etc., and does not claim to
- be partially Muslim, so I, personally, don't know who to believe.
-
- 9. I want to write to Howard and tell him (what a dickhead | how
- wonderful) he is. What is the address?
- 9a. His address is:
- The Howard Stern Show
- 600 Madison Avenue
- New York, NY 10016
-
- Particularly vehement and stupid hate letters are likely to
- get read on the air. Clueless ones will may earn a phone call.
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