Michael Harrison Quotes (31 Quotes)

We did a good job of executing at the end of the game. Most of the time, we don't even get shots up. Jason got a good look, and Cory got a good look.

Ratings are not the same as votes. (Some) people like to listen to people they disagree with. We learned that when Rush had his drug problem it made him more interesting.

It's very common in radio for people to re-hire someone they let go. Opie and Anthony have ratings in New York and a loyal following, and they know how to do the shock genre successfully, which not many people do.

That Stern's listeners seem to have disappeared is reflective of the dirty secret that radio ratings are extremely unreliable, inaccurate (and) misleading. People listen to more than one show and one station. Thus, Stern's listeners are all over the place as they have always been.

Many said that what was going on was terrible, and that immigrants participating should go back to Mexico.

The lost market share only shows that Stern, love him or hate him, is one of the biggest radio attractions in the modern era, ... He's a phenomenon.

Stern's departure comes as stations are thinking of switching from music formats, which Stern's show complements, to talk programming, which has been a boon to AM radio. It's ironic two things are going on at the same time, ... There's a real predispositi

He is irreplaceable. Stern is one of a kind, among the very, very small handful of people that were THE broadcasters of the 20th century and carrying into the 21st.

I don't think the vote will be a joke because George Bush is in more trouble with his conservative backers than ever, particularly talk radio hosts.

Stern as a property is far more expendable to Clear Channel than to (Viacom), taking into account the money involved and the politics of dealing with the FCC,

There's no question in my mind that satellite radio will take its place in the evolution of radio and that Howard Stern is a catalyst for it happening faster. But it's not going to replace FM or AM radio.

If passed, the bill will ruin commercial radio, ... Radio is the medium of the street. If you can't talk the language of the people and of the day, then you're no longer effective. You might still be able to exist. But you can't evolve on a competitive level.

No one will pick up where Stern has left off, ... Howard is a one-of-a-kind broadcasting phenomenon who has not just a brilliant intellect and personality but an enormously well-honed set of radio skills and natural talent. Infinity faces a major challenge losing him, and Sirius will be the beneficiary of tremendous buzz.

The game plan is for (Jason) and I to play aggressive and try and get people in foul trouble. We are playing our best basketball, so we have a lot more confidence each day.

Remember, talk radio is show business and it's not considered a breaking of the rules to play the show-business angle.

I'm ready. It's time. Shout it out loud, ... It's time. It's time. It's time.

You're in a dark, quiet room, there's nobody there, and you may not get your first ratings for a year. If you don't enjoy the process, you're not going to get the instant gratification. Radio is not fulfilling to an ego that needs instant excitement and a loud crowd.

Everybody knew this wasn't working out. You can't blame CBS for saying it would stick with Roth, but it was a bad mix wrong guy, wrong job, wrong time.

A lot of people in political talk radio are still on that left-versus-right formula because it's been working. You can be sure that if it continues to show a decline in ratings, they'll alter the course.

We came in with the focus that we wanted to get stops. We just didn't do a very good job of getting back in time.

God is going to make sure what is to happen, happens, ... irregardless if you recognize it or not.

Half of (the dilemma) has been caused by technological advancements and affordable portable technology, ... and the other half has been the corporatization of radio. It has taken away from the excitement of diversity, that every market was so different.

When young people no longer see radio as the center of their culture... when young people stop doing something and it ceases to be an icon, an institution in their lives, it doesn't bode well for the future,

We knew we had a lot of advantages at every position. So we knew offensively it wasn't going to be a problem tonight getting points. But we've got to do a better job of getting back on defense.

The radio business is a tough business and Howard Stern generates a ton of money, ... I don't think (Viacom) ever wants to cut him loose. It would be a nuclear-sized event if they did part company.

All across the board, most of the major companies have enacted some type of hard-core rules that basically set the record straight that the talent has to take every opportunity to keep indecency off the air, ... slightest infraction.

Historically, it's been hard to make the transition from radio to television and from television to radio. They involve different psychologies. But he's a talented guy, and I think this is a smart way for him to go.

We just wanted to play good defense. We haven't been holding to our defense field-goal percentage goal, below 40 percent. That's our goal, and that was our emphasis.

He has to be considered one of the broadcasters of the 20th century. Within a couple years, in large part due to Howard Stern, FM will be dominated by talk.

We just came out and decided we were going to let our defense fuel our offense.

The radio industry has sent out directives to all of the talent, putting them on notice that if they do anything that could be interpreted as obscene, they're fired. There's zero tolerance.