This is the only time they have balls to talk about Howard. When he is away

And now they all work for the same company, after the merger.

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You just don't get it.

They're like a virus. Spreading across America.

Whatever..........

Well what are they saying?

Boar feast?

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the two times i listened to O&A all they did was talk about Howard, 'howard sucks this' 'robin sucks that' 'Stern fans are Sheep'...blah blah, the bashing was just boring.

'Boar Feast'

:jj:

You listen to those fucks :jj:

i really wish Opie would be hit by a car, face first

SATELLITE STATIC
CARMEL GROUP THROWS WRENCH INTO SIRIUS/XM MERGER
By PETER LAURIA

April 3, 2007 -- The Carmel Group, the influential research firm whose analysis helped kill the 2003 merger of EchoStar and DirecTV, will release a new report today that outlines the strongest arguments yet against merging satellite radio companies Sirius and XM, The Post has learned.

Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, which has already come out against the deal, the 11-page independent white paper includes a point-by-point rebuttal to the six main arguments put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger.

It concludes - in precisely the opposite terms that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin has espoused - that approval of the deal will result "in less service, less affordability, less diversity and less choice in content and hardware."

A key element of the report, and one likely to be a main focal point for regulators, is the "ping-pong chart" in the appendix, which lists nine actions initiated by either Sirius or XM and the reaction they provoked in the other.

For instance, under "retail promotion," the chart notes that in December 2002, XM launched its first portable satellite radio, which prompted Sirius to do the same just 5 months later.

The chart is designed to show that "competition, even in a duopoly, forces improvements in service, choice and pricing" and that "consumers benefit when Sirius and XM compete to do a better job to earn and retain their subscriptions."

The Carmel Group devised a similar chart in its analysis of the EchoStar-DirecTV merger that is widely credited with providing the foundation for the arguments that the Federal Communications Commission applied in unanimously rejecting that deal.

The report's author, Carmel Group Chairman Jimmy Schaeffler, focuses much of the analysis on debunking the most generally acceptable argument put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger - that the competitive marketplace includes terrestrial radio, MP3s, Internet radio and music-enabled cellphones.

Schaeffler notes that while those services may become competitors to Sirius-XM in the future, not one of them is "substitutable" for satellite radio today.

"[We are] hard-pressed to find any instance where Sirius and/or XM acted in a competitive manner against [these] so-called digital competitors," claims the report.

Schaeffler also charges that the merger attempt reflects "remarkable impatience," on the part of Sirius and XM, noting it's been just five years since the companies launched, and both have plenty of cash reserves on their balance sheets.

"Sirius and XM are merely showing the level of their impatience - and greed - by offering this merger proposal today."

The report concludes with this simple statement: "With all due respect, this proposed merger should not be approved - under any conditions - by the U.S. government."

peter.lauria@nypost.com
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i really wish Opie would be hit by a car, face first

Anthony already was, by the looks of him.

I listened to o&a once recently and they played a song by this guy "brother joe" it was some parody and it wasnt funny. They played the whole thing anyway because its one of thier brothers.

SATELLITE STATIC
CARMEL GROUP THROWS WRENCH INTO SIRIUS/XM MERGER
By PETER LAURIA

April 3, 2007 -- The Carmel Group, the influential research firm whose analysis helped kill the 2003 merger of EchoStar and DirecTV, will release a new report today that outlines the strongest arguments yet against merging satellite radio companies Sirius and XM, The Post has learned.

Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, which has already come out against the deal, the 11-page independent white paper includes a point-by-point rebuttal to the six main arguments put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger.

It concludes - in precisely the opposite terms that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin has espoused - that approval of the deal will result "in less service, less affordability, less diversity and less choice in content and hardware."

A key element of the report, and one likely to be a main focal point for regulators, is the "ping-pong chart" in the appendix, which lists nine actions initiated by either Sirius or XM and the reaction they provoked in the other.

For instance, under "retail promotion," the chart notes that in December 2002, XM launched its first portable satellite radio, which prompted Sirius to do the same just 5 months later.

The chart is designed to show that "competition, even in a duopoly, forces improvements in service, choice and pricing" and that "consumers benefit when Sirius and XM compete to do a better job to earn and retain their subscriptions."

The Carmel Group devised a similar chart in its analysis of the EchoStar-DirecTV merger that is widely credited with providing the foundation for the arguments that the Federal Communications Commission applied in unanimously rejecting that deal.

The report's author, Carmel Group Chairman Jimmy Schaeffler, focuses much of the analysis on debunking the most generally acceptable argument put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger - that the competitive marketplace includes terrestrial radio, MP3s, Internet radio and music-enabled cellphones.

Schaeffler notes that while those services may become competitors to Sirius-XM in the future, not one of them is "substitutable" for satellite radio today.

"[We are] hard-pressed to find any instance where Sirius and/or XM acted in a competitive manner against [these] so-called digital competitors," claims the report.

Schaeffler also charges that the merger attempt reflects "remarkable impatience," on the part of Sirius and XM, noting it's been just five years since the companies launched, and both have plenty of cash reserves on their balance sheets.

"Sirius and XM are merely showing the level of their impatience - and greed - by offering this merger proposal today."

The report concludes with this simple statement: "With all due respect, this proposed merger should not be approved - under any conditions - by the U.S. government."

peter.lauria@nypost.com
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dosent take much to get you excited does it?

Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, which has already come out against the deal, the 11-page independent white paper includes a point-by-point rebuttal to the six main arguments put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger.

-LAUGHABLE!

SATELLITE STATIC
CARMEL GROUP THROWS WRENCH INTO SIRIUS/XM MERGER
By PETER LAURIA

April 3, 2007 -- The Carmel Group, the influential research firm whose analysis helped kill the 2003 merger of EchoStar and DirecTV, will release a new report today that outlines the strongest arguments yet against merging satellite radio companies Sirius and XM, The Post has learned.

Sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, which has already come out against the deal, the 11-page independent white paper includes a point-by-point rebuttal to the six main arguments put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger.

It concludes - in precisely the opposite terms that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin has espoused - that approval of the deal will result "in less service, less affordability, less diversity and less choice in content and hardware."

A key element of the report, and one likely to be a main focal point for regulators, is the "ping-pong chart" in the appendix, which lists nine actions initiated by either Sirius or XM and the reaction they provoked in the other.

For instance, under "retail promotion," the chart notes that in December 2002, XM launched its first portable satellite radio, which prompted Sirius to do the same just 5 months later.

The chart is designed to show that "competition, even in a duopoly, forces improvements in service, choice and pricing" and that "consumers benefit when Sirius and XM compete to do a better job to earn and retain their subscriptions."

The Carmel Group devised a similar chart in its analysis of the EchoStar-DirecTV merger that is widely credited with providing the foundation for the arguments that the Federal Communications Commission applied in unanimously rejecting that deal.

The report's author, Carmel Group Chairman Jimmy Schaeffler, focuses much of the analysis on debunking the most generally acceptable argument put forth by Sirius and XM in favor of a merger - that the competitive marketplace includes terrestrial radio, MP3s, Internet radio and music-enabled cellphones.

Schaeffler notes that while those services may become competitors to Sirius-XM in the future, not one of them is "substitutable" for satellite radio today.

"[We are] hard-pressed to find any instance where Sirius and/or XM acted in a competitive manner against [these] so-called digital competitors," claims the report.

Schaeffler also charges that the merger attempt reflects "remarkable impatience," on the part of Sirius and XM, noting it's been just five years since the companies launched, and both have plenty of cash reserves on their balance sheets.

"Sirius and XM are merely showing the level of their impatience - and greed - by offering this merger proposal today."

The report concludes with this simple statement: "With all due respect, this proposed merger should not be approved - under any conditions - by the U.S. government."

peter.lauria@nypost.com
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look frist time pest , long time dumb fuck.

to the pest
we understand why you guys hate the merger.
opie and anthony wont have a five hour show
on sat.radio because they have talked shit.
not about stern but of mel k. its not his fault
either. its your boys fault.they did sex for sam.
but hey thats neither here nor there. you'll still
have them on old boring radio while bubba the love sponge
is doing mornings on howard 100 unless stern doesn't retire

have a nice day pest.

You're all a bunch of two-faced fucks. You all claim you hate O&A, yet it seems you listen. People used to blast Howard non-stop, and still listen. Even people that hated him. If O&A have that control over you, you should fucking kill yourselves immediately.

By listening to them, you're only giving them ratings and bettering their chances of CBS/XM signing them after the merger.

But hey..maybe that's what you want. Don't they talk shit about Howard almost every fucking day? Who gives a shit anymore? It's not post-worthy at this point. It was in 99. The only time I listen to them is when people post clips of them on here. That should be the same for everyone.

I never knew people were actually waking up, and tuning into FREE FM. Doesn't that sort of defeat the fucking purpose of having Sirius...when you're listening to something called "FREE FM"?

Like Artie was saying recently...musicians stand for nothing anymore. They're always selling out. Seems to be the same way with a lot of people that are on these boards. Whatever happened to people being passionate as fuck about the show? People subscribe to Sirius, and then listen to fucking Free FM?

Murder yourselves...sheep. You're all embarrassments.

You're all a bunch of two-faced fucks. You all claim you hate O&A, yet it seems you listen. People used to blast Howard non-stop, and still listen. Even people that hated him. If O&A have that control over you, you should fucking kill yourselves immediately.

By listening to them, you're only giving them ratings and bettering their chances of CBS/XM signing them after the merger.

But hey..maybe that's what you want. Don't they talk shit about Howard almost every fucking day? Who gives a shit anymore? It's not post-worthy at this point. It was in 99. The only time I listen to them is when people post clips of them on here. That should be the same for everyone.

I never knew people were actually waking up, and tuning into FREE FM. Doesn't that sort of defeat the fucking purpose of having Sirius...when you're listening to something called "FREE FM"?

Like Artie was saying recently...musicians stand for nothing anymore. They're always selling out. Seems to be the same way with a lot of people that are on these boards. Whatever happened to people being passionate as fuck about the show? People subscribe to Sirius, and then listen to fucking Free FM?

Murder yourselves...sheep. You're all embarrassments.

Listening to any show does not give them ratings. What, do you think there is some kind of transmitter in your radio that sends a signal to a big Arbitron reciever? Arbitron sends out a questionaire and listeners respond with what station they listened to and at what time. You could just lie and say what you want.

As far as sheep go, they follow one shepard and each other blindly. If these people are listening to various radio shows how would they be considered sheep? They in fact would be anything but sheep.

If they are paying $13 a month for Stern (and thats the reason most people subscribe to Sirius) who cares what they listen to after the show or when it's in reruns. I know a guy who has Sirius and XM. Is there something wrong with him? He likes Stern, O&A, Football, Baseball ect.

I say live and let live. If you don't like O&A don't listen, if you do like them then listen, if you hate them but get some joy on hearing them whine and complain about Howard and the show then listen.

Who fucking cares and if you do care why do you care?

I can proudly say I have never listened to them,i've heard them in someones else car for like 2 minutes and they both sound alike and one of them was whining like a pussy about some shit.
The guy driving said that's what he listens to since Howie left,I said buy a Sirius Radio,STAT!!
Dumb Fuck deserves to listen those two maggots.

i like some of the bits

i like some of the bits what bits, all they do is make fun of radio shows that are better than them. the only thing they got going for them is that joel hollinger is afucking moron for hiring them and trying to make history as a double broadcast or whatever they do at 9. and they wont get fired 1 they paid them once for not doing nothing when they first got fired ,2 there already payng dlr for not doing nothing ,and 3 there probably making to much money to get fired. maybe the new guy running the show at free fm and give them a real kick in the ass and make em start in the afternoon where they belong

wouldn't count on Oral and Anus being retained when Xm and Siri merge