NEW YORK (CNN) - For those who can't get enough of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Sirius Satellite Radio has launched what it is calling "Client 9 Radio," a special channel dedicated to covering all aspects of the Spitzer saga.
The new station began broadcasting Friday at 5 p.m. ET, the company announced. Programming will continue only until midnight on March 17, a statement from Sirius said.
Spitzer resigned Thursday after a federal probe looking into suspicious money transfers linked him to a prostitution ring.
He apologized for not living up to expectations, but did not admit to anything specific. Spitzer has not been charged with any crime.
The new channel was launched in response to strong interest shown by Sirius' audiences in the story, the company said.
It will offer a "forum for this national conversation," where listeners are invited to call in and discuss all aspects of the story.
Additionally, "Client 9 Radio" will offer segments produced with Sirius commentators and experts, such as Judith Regan and Bill Bennett, the statement said.
– CNN's Amy Sahba
From CNN Politics
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This will last. cough, cough, gag!
What a nation are we ?
Top quality journalism.
Yes, I want to hear commentary from "high-priced prostitutes"
Siriusly, That's low blow Sirius.
Sex sells more then any other topic. The Bush admin. gets away with lies, illegal wire taps, treason ex: Valerie Plane, and nothing is said or done about it. A little tyrst and bingo your dead meat.
Let's see...
Time to update my Don't Listen To list.
Judith Regan
Bill Bennett
John McCain
Ed Koch
Got it! Thanks.
Clearly, a station set on doing something to help this country.
It's not like our economy is tanking or we are in a war that we can't get out of or gas prices are high or anything like that.
Let's listens to some hookers!
People from Sirius must be as sick as the people that will listen to this garbage.
What a disgrace. It's the steamrollers you have to watch out for, the uptight, hard right creeps that take no prisoners. They are secretly a bunch of letches. How many have fallen in the past two years, about 10 or so.
Why don't they just leave the poor guy alone.... He made a mistake and paid for it.
Why aren't they doing a wall-to-wall show about the continuing lies, corruption, and offenses of Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc..?
How stupid is that.
OH PLEEEEEZE!!!!
So that paragon of high roller morality Bill Bennett will be a commentator. Why am I not surprised. Even high rollers like Bill need a few bucks now and then. Oh Bill. If only we could all be as moral as the Vegas high roller Ed Czar. You are such a greal role model for all that is virtuous and upright about America. We need high minded models of moral turpitude like you to vanquish monsters like Spitzer. Long Live Bill!!! Long May He Roll!!!!!
The key line here is "Spitzer has not been charged with any crime." And yet Sirius is going to devote hours of air time for a "national conversation"? How about an ongoing dialogue on more substantive issues, such as our sinking economy?
Tabloid Nation.
That's us.
5 dolla make me holla?
Come on. John McCain and Ed Koch have better things to do than tie themselves to the Eliot Spitzer debacle.
And what does it say about this society that Sirius Radio would think they could profit and draw customers by broadcasting this trash?
Americans would do far better to educate themselves on the real issues facing this country and not waste time on a has-been governor's tawdry sex life.
We have real problems that need real solutions – and we need them soon. Issues like our dependence on foreign oil, the state of the economy, the war in Iraq, and climate change. There is no way Eliot Spitzer's dallying can hold a candle to any of those problems.
And what will Americans do when the bills all come due on the real issues? Probably cry and whimper and blame someone else for their troubles.
Wake up, America. On all of the real issues, individuals can do far more to help our current state than an unwilling and preoccupied Washington.
Tune out the Client 9 channel and get busy working on things that will actually impact your lives and the lives of your children.
Unlike Bill, he was not doing his job while getting a job!
You would think that an ex-attorney general would know better than crossing state lines to get his jollies.
Whatever happend to "shop locally" – I'm sure the citizens of NY are peeved!
The media needs to find something better to do isn't there a war going on I mean really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come On, Bubba!
Let's go beat a dead horse and then eat it.
For the record he should be prosecuted, but so should every person that has lied under oath, or committed a crime and is a elected officials
Enough time wasted on this seedy subject. I want cheaper gas for my car, what do I care about Client 9, there are better things to talk about, Enough already.
Oh yeah and for the people that are hosting this show, what's in their closet?
Does that mean Spitzer can get away with a crime, AND make money off of the crime.
Sounds like THE NEW AMERICA FOR CRONIES
Sex and humiliation sells. Why should the Internet have all the fun? If this proves popular, expect more stuff like this popping up in the future.
and CNN has to try and profit from trashing sirius.
HO WMUCH DID SIRIUS PAY TO HAVE THIS "NEWS" STORY ON CNN?
the same people who would be intersted are the same people who will help elect a president .... yikes!
Judith Regan and Bill Bennett ?
That's your idea of commentators on this issue?
Bury that hyocritical LIBERAL!
What a joke. First, Ms. Dupre may have actually just kick-started her 15 minutes, and now this. To me, this whole story is an indication of how bad the economy really is...if you can't even get a high-priced 'ho to keep her mouth shut (no pun intended), you know you're screwed (also, no pun intended).
Let's rewart the Crooks and the Cronies! GO AMERICA!
Obama from Day 1 White Woman of 63 for Obama!
I'm sorry – this guy's life is ruined and this girl will end up with a record deal, book deal, centerfold and probably her own reality show....
The initial shocker up until the resignation was news. Everything after that is garbage and Sirius should be ashamed.
The guy looks like an evil puppet ! ! !
Didn't some Republican do the exact same thing recently to exactly zero media attention?
Charlotte,
I have some time on Thursday afternoon if you can fit me in.
OMG...And to think, in a matter of time this company is going to take over XM...Time to cancel my XM subscription, especially if this is the level that satellite radio is going to sink to...
Sex Scandals matter more than War Crimes.
Go America!!!
I heard that when Spitzer was 'caught,' Wall Street cheered.
This is probably related. Their piggy little moneygrubbing paper ruffling stiff-collar executives probably had this equation in mind.
Criminals cheer louder when the sheriff's out of town. The louder the cheer, the more they have to hide.
Where do you think he was getting all his info on the rascals he was trying to prosecute? Those 'captains of industry' , bankers and all that rabble sleep around, too. Call it 'under cover work.'
Now I know what to do till Midnight 03/17.
Get a life Sirius for God's sake. Do something more productive... like educate people how to not call 'call-girls' because of this that and other reasons.... but wait, then no one will listen to you...
People, it's only one life. Try to make more out it.
X-em (clearing throat) You can't be Sirius!
Why?
How stupid can you be?
A politician sex life is more important than, torturing people, sagging economy, record debt, housing Market collapsed, war, etc..
How stupid can you be???
I can only wonder what would happen if we spent more time empowering people to solve their problems, like health care costs & prescription drug costs, and less time gossiping about Spitzer's sex life.
Let's see. The hooker's lawyer is complaining because "racy" pictures are posted on the Internet. Of course Dupre didn't pose for those pictures. I'm sure she used a body double, the same way she's not guilty of prostitution. She was only performing a service to a political figure.
Let's face it. The only difference between the hookers on Seventh Avenue and Ms. Dupre is the price. Is it really necessary to devote a radio program to this ..... this whatever?
Shhh!!! If you listen closely enough, you can almost hear Nero's fiddle.
A "jump in the hay" and being involved in Prostituion was obviously more important than holding a responsible position for Spitzer.. Quit wasting time with trash. IT IS DONE, IT IS OVER – MOVE ON!!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ......
Whorish, just whorish, Eliot Spitzer and Bill Clinton are true paragons of fidelity.
Don't blame Sirius, blame the people with no lives whose overwhelming interest created demand for this programming. Sirius is just a company supplying their customers with what they want. It's called the FREE MARKET SYSTEM. Real Americans may have heard of it.
They should subtitle the new radio cast: Paleface Tick Baby.
what he did was wrong , but every time you cover this stories, you are hurting his wife and daughters, you are makinf it hard on them , they have to go to school and listen to this,and you are promoting a prositute.
And we want to know why this country is going down the tubes....
God be with you and your family.
Sad
What a idiot. his wife is the one who will suffer, an his children.
What a loser.
Republicans are the same as democrats why should they say
anything their no better.
can they give this family a break ? There are a lot of issues more important to care about . I can't stand the media sometimes.
Wake up American media! Your lazy journalism will not sustain you. Leave the gossip to the useless and ignorant.
Here's an idea, "Irag war radio" dedicated to covering all aspects of the Iraq war. Or how about "Radio Afghanistan", "Venezuela radio", "Columbia Radio", "Iran radio", "North Korea radio" or "Radio China". Or do you think American's are too stupid to tune in?
The only other reputable commentators missing from this group are both Clintons.
The comment (sorry forgot your name) that media should be focused on Bush/Cheney destruction of everything in our lives, is right on target.
I guess no one was interested in hearing about "Diaper" fetish Rep. Vitter's prostitute stories.
keep doing what you are doing. his name should be posted on all networks just like the sex offenders are. if this is done it would be a deturent for all the people who are doing the same thing.. one of the rules if you get caught.
post a list of all the people who do this sort of thing along with their picture on national and local news
is there any picture of this guy without him biting his lip?
National Enquirer Radio
Didn't Bill Bennett waste 7 million dollars playing slot machines? Why should we take anyone like that seriously?
I'm sure Spitzer's millions will soften the," blow"? The thing that perplexes me, is his wife by his side. Perhaps their old fashioned mormons,and buddies with the Romney's?
Gotta.
Be.
Kidding.
Me.
Jerry Springer called he wants it ALL back.
Hello – this is another radical right wing tactic to help McCain win the election. The dollar is at record lows, oil at record highs no end in sight to a tanking economy that we might even have to stop using the "r" word and go to the much stronger "d" word.
So what should the voters be focusing on? Why a sex scandal of course! That's SO much more important than people's lives and livelihoods being trashed.
For Pete's Sake....Please leave the guy alone!
The other guys are envious of him.
He only broke the Eleventh Commandment
............. ..............................."Thou Shalt Not be Caught!
Des
Why don't they have the Obama story front and center??????
This is a problem for America. Instead of denouncing this act that has pained a family and upset state, we capitalize, we sell sex and find glory in the downfall of power.
Lots of smart people on this blog. Seriously who cares about his guys private life. He was good at his job and that's all I care about.
Get over it people.
Let's get past this. No use to hearing about the garbage of Gov. Spitzer. We know he was wrong and that's that. How is rehashing it all over again going to benefit America??
The ex-Gov made a mistake. He got caught doing what comes naturally,big deal. I End!!!!!!!!
Geesh kick them in the ground when they are down. Just give it a rest!
Pathetic.
Now THAT is family entertainment!
I can't wait 'til the movie comes out. Hopefully we'll have 3 versions like the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafucco trist.
Slight correction here, since I don't think some of you understand:
John McCain, Ed Koch, et al. have nothing to do with this radio show. The only thing they have in common is they're on TheLeftNut's "Don't Listen To List".
Having said that, I agree with the proposition that enough has already been made of this.
What Spitzer did was abominable on at least several accounts:
1) Paying for a prostitute is illegal, whether you think it should be or not.
2) He was the governor, and before that the Attorney General of NY. That gives him that much *more* reason to be obeying the law.
3) He *prosecuted* prostitution rings, apparently at the same time he was frequenting a prostitute.
4) Beyond all that, he used public money to *pay* for the prostitute(s).
There's no way to paint this as purely a private matter.
it's an entertainment station. get over yourselves.
that being said, corruption in government, hypocritical dirtbag new york politicians who think they are above the rules – why is this not an important issue to any of you antibush-bots?
you've got a governor in office committing felonies and you think it's not an issue? lol. a governor that prosecuted people and sent them to jail for the very same thing, no less.
i, for one, await the day when public servants serve the public, and aren't just looking out for their careers and their self-absorption.
well, at least he's not a kennedy.
HE AINT GOT NO TEETH!
He even a bigger idiot for resigning!
Why can't politicians get better sex or is it only the voters that believe their lies?
Who cares..He is a white man and he got laid...He also had fun with his OWN MONEY...
Hhahahah I love it!
this is absolutely pathetic jornalism
how low can people go!!!
think about this mans family for Gods sake!!!
put yourself in their shoes !
Now this is really stupid.
White America forgets, in all this media frenzy, that Barack Obama would not be ahead in the popular vote and the electoral vote if it were not for the white vote. He is one of you, afterall, too. Are you going to abandon him now??????????
Well, I just don't think we have any honest politicians anymore. It is disqusting to see our country going downhill. I guess it all comes down to greed, money ,sex, religion, etc.
Maybe we can talk about how CNN just aired a piece on the candidates, gave Hillary a big block of time (like 10 mins) to talk about her plans for the country and why she's qualified and then they go to commercial and when the commercials are done there's just dead air. Ok, so much for hearing what the other candidates are offering.
Shame on you CNN...
Just come out and endorse Hillary already so we all know you're compromised as an accurate source of info
Very distasteful.
I want to see the video.
leave him alone,
Sirus want to get popular because somebodyelse pain
back off please
I still find it hard to believe this guy was elected. I suppose his rotten, abusive, bulldog and blantant nature was not known until it was to late......Sure, it's fine going after the bad guys. However, it is never good to bully people. My only sympathy is with the wife....
Seems like Eliot may have wound up on the wrong side of somebody.
If this has been going on for 10 years, why now is it all of a sudden a big problem?
Then of course, we have the question regarding clients 1 thru 8 and 10 to whatever. Who are they? I think Eliot may be small potatoes to the rest of the client list. Isn't anyone else interested in knowing who the "unknown" are?
Just thought I'd ask.
What Spitzer really needs is a spritzer...........
C'mon folks – Spitzer has good taste.
This is stupid. Way to distract America from issues with real substance. I didn't realize CNN was so into tabloid journalism. If the media had any integrity they would denounce this type of journalism.
The personal confusion and delusion that Eliot Spitzer suffers from is obviously one of the things that brought him down. Aside from his arrogance it is shocking that he has the nerve to talk about the subject of glory during his resignation. I read in the Times the other day that he said something like the glory is not in that you don't fall but that you rise each time. Who is he to talk about glory at a time like this, how could he think that we want to hear his opinion on what and how glory is achieved. He should be talking about shame, and how he needs to earn the forgiveness of his family after publicly discracing himself and humiliating them.
Amir Nawabi
You pay people for this crap and then put it under politics? Thanks for dumbing down America just a little bit more.
Spitzer is a bad guy and merits the spectacle he's generated. On the other hand, the Sirius "expert" commentator Bill Bennett whom you cite–could he be the same William Bennett who served under Bush senior, then wrote a best seller about "Virtue," then was discovered to have a million-dollar gambling addiction?
Don't they already have the Howard Stern show? He's can MC for them.
This is disgusting!
Judith Regan–give us a break. Hell, isn't she a quasi hooker? What will she be offering, a critique of Ashley's technique?
Regan is the same slimeball who put out a statement excoriating those who exploit women while knowingly having an affair with a very married Bernie Kerik–at an apartment intended to benefit 911 recovery workers. Give us a break.
this is what we've come to, huh? pathetic. the man was wrong, for sure, but that's no reason to sink as low.
Just when we thought the media could get no more lower...
I am cancelling my subscription to Sirius over this. I didn't know they were a right wing Republican organization.
The media needs to let them be they have enoughproblems coming.I am praying for the wife she don't even know what hit her.her husband should be ashame of him self ,now the future is gone.
Please media let the family have peace they have alot of other things to be worried about ,like jail .What about the call girl she is getting rich off some one else misery.This could have been avoided if spitzer just would have been faithful he would not be in this mess now..
IF THIS DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF STATE THIS COUNTRY'S IN, NOTHING WILL. PATHETIC.
That story was over two days ago. Sirius' audience needs to get a life!
Is this good public relation for Sirius Radio?
Does anyone know what channel I will need to tune to catch the client 9 radio show?
Sleaze sells,thats why Rome fell.
You can't take anything serious on sirius... they love controversy, they fuel divisiveness, oppression, and anything sexual. This has got to be the most absurd topic CNN could post.
So what's the channel for Larry Craig, Mark Foley... oh wait, it must be more of that biased liberal news media. Ridiculous that there is even a channel dedicated to this. Can't anyone move on from anything in this country and focus on something that really matters?
Sirius is well within their rights to have a, "Client 9" radio station. If you don't like it, simply don't listen to it, flip the station. It is that easy people.
All Spitzer has to do is denounce those call girls.
Was the 6 deliberately dropped?
Charlotte, "a little tryst and bingo you're dead meat" seems to apply mainly to Democrats, not Republicans, does it not?
You worry about this stuff when the people in this country are about to throw our country down the tubes and put Baraki on a political ballot for PRESIDENT along with a wife that hates our country calls us a bunch of animals and she learned it all from their preacher and friend for over 20years and his mentor how will we live with a man like that in the White House . Leave the guy alone the press is already trying to blame that on Hillary too i don't see how but she has been blamed for everything thats said about Baraki as it is you know if she is that influencal to so many people she should make one he_ _ of a PRESIDENT !!!