I had a thought the other night.
Back in 2004, when the contract was first announced, how many fans REALLY knew about the inner technical workings of Sirius XM? Hell, Howard didn't even know how the things worked.
So, maybe there really was a third channel in the contract, but let's flash forward:
We want those various music channels to come back, right? Super Shuffle, the various rap channels, the vacation music channel, planet jazz, etc.
According to Sirius, the channels can't come back, because there's no space...every time they add a channel, they have to remove another one, right?
My guess is that there's simply no space for a third channel, unless "music space" and "talk space" are two different sets of space. The Howard-related content is obviously there for one. They could do something in the morning, Bubba live from 10-2, Ellis from 3-7, replays of Bubba and Ellis at night, more special shows, more Mastertape Theatre, maybe a live Friday Show later in the mornings, etc.
Ideal Example:
100/101 schedules say exactly the same as now:
Monday - Thursday. All times US ET:
6 - 10: Re-airs of Ellis?
10 - 2: Bubba Live
2 - 3: Spice Boy Wrap-Up Show. Kick Bubba out, give control to Spice and allow for interns, back office people, etc. to come in.
3 - 7: Ellis live. This would obviously mean that Faction would play regular music during their 3-7 slot.
7 - 12: Re-air of Bubba and Spice WUS
12 - 4: Ellis replay
4am - 6am: Reairs of 101 Special Shows? Reairs of the old stuff (fart-a-thon, craptacular? the old 2005 stuff?)
The only real issues here (money, bandwidth aside) would be what to reair in the overnight hours AND the fact that 10-2 on Fridays you'd have Bubba live on two channels.
The whole thing would be easier if:
Howard worked on Fridays (not gonna happen, plus we'd be bitching about how miserable he'd be)
Bubba's FM gig wasn't around
There were fewer or more hours in a day. Things don't want to add up.
Back in 2004, when the contract was first announced, how many fans REALLY knew about the inner technical workings of Sirius XM? Hell, Howard didn't even know how the things worked.
So, maybe there really was a third channel in the contract, but let's flash forward:
We want those various music channels to come back, right? Super Shuffle, the various rap channels, the vacation music channel, planet jazz, etc.
According to Sirius, the channels can't come back, because there's no space...every time they add a channel, they have to remove another one, right?
My guess is that there's simply no space for a third channel, unless "music space" and "talk space" are two different sets of space. The Howard-related content is obviously there for one. They could do something in the morning, Bubba live from 10-2, Ellis from 3-7, replays of Bubba and Ellis at night, more special shows, more Mastertape Theatre, maybe a live Friday Show later in the mornings, etc.
Ideal Example:
100/101 schedules say exactly the same as now:
Monday - Thursday. All times US ET:
6 - 10: Re-airs of Ellis?
10 - 2: Bubba Live
2 - 3: Spice Boy Wrap-Up Show. Kick Bubba out, give control to Spice and allow for interns, back office people, etc. to come in.
3 - 7: Ellis live. This would obviously mean that Faction would play regular music during their 3-7 slot.
7 - 12: Re-air of Bubba and Spice WUS
12 - 4: Ellis replay
4am - 6am: Reairs of 101 Special Shows? Reairs of the old stuff (fart-a-thon, craptacular? the old 2005 stuff?)
The only real issues here (money, bandwidth aside) would be what to reair in the overnight hours AND the fact that 10-2 on Fridays you'd have Bubba live on two channels.
The whole thing would be easier if:
Howard worked on Fridays (not gonna happen, plus we'd be bitching about how miserable he'd be)
Bubba's FM gig wasn't around
There were fewer or more hours in a day. Things don't want to add up.