I completely understand why my local station dropped Howard. I don't disagree with their decision. He was becoming a royal pain in the ass with his whining and complaining about what his job had become. Instead of making the best of the time left in his contract, he seemed determined to make the worst of it. And why should stations continue to carry his program when all he did was encourage people to subscribe to Sirius? Not a very bright move unless Howard was looking for a way out of the time left on his current running contract. Which is probably why he's doing what he's doing. No point in being naive.
However, the problem is that when my local radio station dropped Howard, they replaced him. Of course they would do that. The thing is, they replaced Howard with two flaming idiots. Whatever Howard Stern is, he's not a flaming idiot. I may not like all the T&A Howard promotes, but he is about more than that so I can overlook what there is of it. And even though I don't agree with much of Howard's politics these days, that's not all he's about either. I could overlook his political tantrums because there was always something that eventually took its place.
Now there's no relief from the flaming idiots. They begin and end their program with pathetic nonsense, and they use all the time between the beginning and end with the same horribly stupid content. They call themselves Nipsy and Earl. I call them Ditzy and Hurl.
The only people who think Ditzy and Hurl are funny are Hurl and Ditzy. They think they're hilarious, so they giggle and cajole each other through segments that can only be described as painful.
I knew Howard's time was limited, but I just wasn't ready yet to have something like Ditzy and Hurl replace him. I believe if Howard would just shape up, the local station would take him back for the duration of his contract. I wish there were some way to appeal to Stern, but I haven't got anything he'd want. So I'm doomed to Ditzy and Hurl for as long as they last. This could be the death of public radio as we know it.
