Word: 80s
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...quest to breathe life into radio--and one day turn a profit for shareholders. Based in New York City and run by pugnacious radio-industry veteran and media icon Mel Karmazin, Sirius broadcasts 65 channels of commercial-free music, sliced and diced in formats from Broadway-show tunes to '80s hair bands, along with channels dedicated to sports, news, weather and niche shows like Derek and Romaine's, which would be fined into extinction if the FCC had its way. This being satellite radio, whose subscribers pay a $12.95 monthly fee, the content cops have no say in what...
What XM lacksand what Sirius is gambling onare marquee names like Howard Stern and Martha Stewart, stars who CEO Karmazin is convinced will differentiate his brand and lure subscribers and, eventually, big ad dollars. Stern, whose history with Karmazin dates to the mid-'80s, fits in naturally with Sirius' bad-boy image. Frustrated by the feds' indecency crackdown, Stern is literally counting down the minutes (on his website) left on his contract with Infinity, his current home. He has been a relentless promoter for Sirius, trying to coax his 12 million listeners over to pay radio. He is also charging...
...WHAT'S YOUR WORST SKATING-FASHION FAUX PAS? There was a scary neon movement in the '80s, and I was a participant in that. If there's anyone I blinded with my outfits back then, I'd like to apologize...
...Tell her admission to the Leverett 80s dance is free if she brings her red folder...
...sleepy, no-hope backwater. Today, Malaysia has raced far ahead of Vietnam, which is still hobbled by corruption, bureaucracy and ugly politics. Vietnam lost a generation of progress because it did not spawn leaders like Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad to set the country's economic course in the '80s...