Howard Stern, is facing a stern reality - the vast majority of his estimated 12 million listeners didn't go with him to satellite radio.
Stern jumped to satellite broadcasting where industry execs expected subscribers to pay to relish his vulgarity. Sirius, the satellite company that charges subscribers $13 a month for Stern, will not release numbers. But industry analysts believe Stern has managed to corral no more than 1-2 million members of his old audience. Stern's reality shows what an empowered FCC can do to keep the public airwaves decent for America's families.
Despite the FCC's successes Congress has yet to give them the tools it needs to clean up broadcast television. A major obstacle is Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) who continues to resist get-tough broadcast decency legislation. All the while he has hailed his own efforts in the Senate Commerce Committee, which he chairs, as "family friendly" and even claims support from "faith-based" organizations.
The reality is that the broadcast indecency measure has passed the House, has received almost unanimous support in the Senate, but the bill H.R. 810 is being held up by Sen. Stevens. Let's hope that will soon change.
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