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Alito Offered XM Radio Deal to Counter Howard Stern

by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 4 Comments · · Print This Story Print This Story

(2006-01-10) — After watching the early hours of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito, XM Satellite Radio offered Judge Alito his own drive-time talk radio program that it plans to run against Howard Stern’s new Sirius Satellite Radio show.

“Alito is smart and he’s edgy,” said an unnamed XM executive. “I watched him on C-Span this morning and kept thinking, this would be so much better if I weren’t watching it. On radio, the audience can’t tell that you’re not moving, or gesturing or even blinking.”

Judge Samuel Alito, right, along with sister Rosemary, left, and wife, Martha, succumb to the pull of lunar gravity during a 15-minute monologue by Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Sam Alito Show, running on the subscriber-based radio network, won’t be subject to FCC content regulations, which means that the future Supreme Court Justice could “really let loose,” the XM source said.

“On C-Span, he’s limited to giving 8th-grade civics lessons to U.S. Senators,” he said. “But on satellite radio, he could really explore the subtleties of Constitutional law with an audience that could understand and appreciate it.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman said C-Span plans to market a DVD of the most thrilling moments of the Alito Supreme Court hearings, for only $19.95. The full price will be covered by the new Medicare prescription drug plan.

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