http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2009/11/re-oprah/ Movies, TV and Popular Culture with Rich Heldenfels Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2009/11/re-oprah/comment-page-1/#comment-91251 Rich Heldenfels Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:54 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=7767#comment-91251 I think Stern went to satellite radio for content reasons, because he was tired of hassles with the FCC. But you don't hear as much about him as you did when he was on broadcast radio. And Sirius may have gotten more subs with Howard, but it continued to be unprofitable. So I keep wondering if, and for how long, Oprah would be satisfied with a smaller, cable stage. I think Stern went to satellite radio for content reasons, because he was tired of hassles with the FCC. But you don't hear as much about him as you did when he was on broadcast radio. And Sirius may have gotten more subs with Howard, but it continued to be unprofitable. So I keep wondering if, and for how long, Oprah would be satisfied with a smaller, cable stage.

]]> http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2009/11/re-oprah/comment-page-1/#comment-91214 Gus Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:05 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=7767#comment-91214 I'm almost wondering if this is like Howard Stern moving from K-Rock/syndication to Sirius. Oprah may be done with the syndicated show, but there's nothing stopping her from doing her show on OWN, maybe 2-3 times a week and with significantly more vacation time. She'll still be there, but maybe a bit more out-of-sight/out-of-mind for some people. It'll be interesting to see how many cable systems add Discovery Health/OWN and what its ratings do between now and then. Look at the spike Howard gave to Sirius. I'm almost wondering if this is like Howard Stern moving from K-Rock/syndication to Sirius. Oprah may be done with the syndicated show, but there's nothing stopping her from doing her show on OWN, maybe 2-3 times a week and with significantly more vacation time. She'll still be there, but maybe a bit more out-of-sight/out-of-mind for some people. It'll be interesting to see how many cable systems add Discovery Health/OWN and what its ratings do between now and then. Look at the spike Howard gave to Sirius.

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