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He’s still on the air, and no one cares!

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The self-proclaimed “King of All Media” Howard Stern will remain on the air after all. For months rumors were flying all over that Stern’s contract with Sirius/XM would not be renewed. As for us, we remained silent because there was no official work from either Stern or Sirius/XM.

Stern was brilliant in remaining silent all summer as the buzz was building up to see if Stern was returning. Stern was supposed to return on September 2nd. But that was postponed until today. Then today Andy Cohen took over the microphone stating that Stern was no longer with Sirius/XM. Then later in the broadcast Stern came on the air and said he is still employed by Sirius/XM.

People in the industry and former fans were hoping that this was the end of Stern. The industry people wanted Stern’s gig. But, 30 years ago Stern could relate to his millions of male listeners as they have to slug it in to work, slug it back home, dealing with a nagging wife, kids and less than satisfactory sex life. Stern also had great talent including Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling and Billy West. Stern’s show was outrageous with members of the KKK, lesbians, and all sorts of impolite conversations. Then, Stern’s biggest rivals Gregg “Opie” Hughes and Anthony Cumia came on the scene in New York and Stern went to management at CBS and Sirius/XM to silence Opie and Anthony. Then as Stern started to amass his fortune, the stories of him including clearing the halls of Sirius/XM come out, Stern married a trophy wife, and there was the show itself. Stern went from blue collar to Hollywood. No more immature adult humor. Instead, listeners get to hear about Stern going to parties in the Hamptons, hanging out with A list Hollywood types and interviewing Hillary Clinton and Rosie O’Donnell. Needless to say, Stern’s listenership has declined with some saying he only gets 125,000 listeners per day. Stern is a shell of his former self. Someone put together a clip of Howard Stern berating Don Imus for staying in radio for too long. Anthony Cumia plays the clip and states that Stern did in fact turn into Imus who’s show was horrendous!

As for us, we won’t change. We’re still the same people since day one. Yes, Scoop may be able to sneak into some lovely parties with gorgeous ladies, but (unfortunately) it’s Scoop! But he takes us into those parties with photos and live broadcasts!

Run Dani!

Hochul’s “new” idea has been done before!

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By: Scoop Stanton

Well the Governor of New York wants to have cops patrolling the New York City subways on every train in the city overnight. In the immortal words of Marko in Taken: “Good luck.” This idea is not new. How do I know? Because 28 years ago, my first assignment was the Bronx Transit Task Force (BTTF). This was one of the worst details in the NYPD. The people who were sent here were: rookie cops, rookie bosses and screw ups! Cops with Highway, Mounted and Harbor were not looking to transfer here. People weren’t using “hooks” to get this detail. You worked from 8p to 4a or 10p to 6a. You had one cop with a schedule to ride trains up and down the line. If you got a break here or there or got a summons or call for service, you could get off the train, and catch a fare beater or something. Glamourous it was not.

Now; here’s why it will not work. Hochul wants two cops on each train. Not only is that expensive, that’s near impossible. Cops are leaving in droves and nobody is signing up to take the test! Next. When an MoS has a “collar.” The mope wont be charged because DA’s like Alvin Bragg won’t prosecute most crimes. Add to the fact that Bragg and company has no problem going after cops! Then, there bail reform which has been a disaster so nobody spends time on Rikers Island! There is no consequences for criminal actions in New York State! So the cops that you do hire will “coop” in the back rooms, solving nothing. And where is Governor Hochul going to get the money for all those cops!? Oh yeah, from the congestion pricing! If that doesn’t work, she can add a 100% tax on the U Haul trucks going one way!