Pretty much a nice PR interview. Not much to challenge here. Just about the only radio CEO who would get this treatment…or that any major business publication would find interesting. WSJ makes this available free on the Web today. LINK: “NPR Chief Ken Stern Rides the Airwaves”

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What do you do with a problem like Howard? After decades of profits and FCC indecency fines as routine budget items, Howard Stern, king of all pottymouth radio guys, followed his enabler Mel Karmazin to Sirius Satellite Radio, leaving CBS to make up a hundred million in revenue (They sold stations) and fill the void for the half of Howard's loyal audience who didn't choose to buy a new radio and pay fifteen bucks a month for a few more, ranker epithets.
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