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BaBaBooey!
Reuters is reporting that CBS’s radio division sued Howard Stern Tuesday, claiming its former star shock jock breached his contract with them when he moved to Sirius Satellite Radio. The lawsuit, which also names Sirius and Stern’s agent as defendants, claims that Stern improperly used CBS radio’s air time to promote his new show with Sirius, which began last month. Stern, for his part, claims that the lawsuit is based on a “personal vendetta” and was filed to “bully” him. He also noted that CBS condoned his references to Sirius on the air.
I’m not sure what’s up CBS Chairman Les Moonves’ ass - the guy had 14 months of Stern after he signed onto Sirius, a period in which CBS radio had the ability to censor anything Stern said. I suspect this has a lot more to do with the failings of Stern’s replacements, Diamond David Lee Roth - who lost his luster sometime around 1985 - and Adam Corrolla, the only guy as overexposed as Stern is. I suppose Moonves is just trying to set Stern up as his scapegoat, but the most likely result is an on-air assault against Les and CBS over at Sirius. And now that Stern is FCC-free, his tired, shock-free diatribes against “The Man,” will now include a litany of profanities, which will make them no more amusing or shocking than bringing two lesbians into the studio to make out for the 4,123rd time in his career.
Congratulations CBS. The publicity you have given Stern has invited even more attention onto the one man in the world who needs it even less than our Vice President.
