ninja, 1., Agreed. I don't think Howard has ever seen Beth for who she really is. She spends all her time with him grinning and waiting for him to marry her. Howard is still probably the best of all the radio performers but he's taking advantage of his loyal fans. I would never get involved with a speculative plan such as his satellite radio show.

His day has come and gone and right now he's short-changing his listeners with having them pay to listen to ads as I suspected he was going to. It happened like that with cable TV when that was promoted as you will never have to watch an ad again - right!

Howard was great for years but nothing is forever. He left at the top of his game and this is down time.