47 Facts About Howard Stern Show

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Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005.

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In 2004, Howard Stern Show signed the first of several five-year contracts with Sirius; the first was reportedly worth $500 million.

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Howard Stern Show landed his first professional radio job while at Boston University, performing on-air skits, news casting and production duties at 1550 WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts, from August to December 1975.

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4.

Howard Stern Show hosted a show with three fellow students on WTBU, campus radio station, named The King Schmaltz Bagel Hour which was cancelled during its first broadcast for a sketch called "Godzilla Goes to Harlem".

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5.

Howard Stern Show produced a more outrageous audition tape, playing Robert Klein and Cheech and Chong records mixed with flatulence routines and one-liners.

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Howard Stern Show was hired for the job, his first in a large radio market.

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Howard Stern Show would ask more unusual type questions to his guests, such as their dating habits.

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Howard Stern Show held a two-day boycott of Shell Oil Company during the summer of the 1979 energy crisis, which put Howard Stern Show and the station into the national news.

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Howard Stern Show began a new morning shift at WWWW, a struggling rock outlet in Detroit, Michigan, on April 21,1980.

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Howard Stern Show made a brief, half-hearted attempt to be a country radio DJ but realized it wasn't to his liking.

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Howard Stern Show left the station soon after and declined offers to work at CHUM in Toronto, WXRT in Chicago and WPLJ in New York City.

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On March 2,1981, Howard Stern Show began his third morning job, this time at WWDC-FM, a rock station in Washington, DC He was determined to become a success, and noticed the importance of news segments for satire.

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Howard Stern Show requested for a news person to riff with him in the studio and not just deliver news briefs, returning to the newsroom when they were finished.

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Howard Stern Show formed the Think Tank, a cohesive trio of male listeners who conversed with Stern and played along with quizzes and routines, which helped the show sound more natural.

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Howard Stern Show had more than tripled the station's ratings during his stay.

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Howard Stern Show continued to break out of the station's strict format.

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17.

Howard Stern Show had a naked woman on the show for the first time and attempted to make another reach orgasm through her radio speaker, both of which were reenacted in his film Private Parts.

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Howard Stern Show began a rivalry with the number one host John DeBella of WMMR, and was determined to beat him in the ratings.

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Howard Stern Show achieved his goal in April 1990, and held a celebratory "funeral" for DeBella on May 10 in Rittenhouse Square which aired live.

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20.

Between September 1986 and February 1987, Howard Stern Show hosted a three-hour Saturday morning program with a live audience which was syndicated to 45 markets across the country by DIR Broadcasting.

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21.

That year, Howard Stern Show returned to the Washington, DC, market after a six-year absence when he was syndicated on WJFK, his third affiliate.

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22.

Howard Stern Show rivaled with the KLOS morning team of Mark and Brian, who for three years had the area's top-rated program.

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23.

In January 1992, Howard Stern Show reached the number one spot in New York by overtaking the news station WINS, who had enjoyed a ten-year reign.

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Howard Stern Show was reaching over one million listeners a week there, and hosted a live victory parade in Times Square to celebrate.

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25.

In October 1992, Stern became the first person to have the number one show in New York and Los Angeles simultaneously, as he acquired a 9.

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In January 1993, Howard Stern Show overtook Philadelphia news station KYW-AM in the morning ratings which ended the station's 14-year run at number one.

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27.

Howard Stern ran for 11 years until the last original episode aired on July 8,2005.

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28.

On December 7,1994, Howard Stern Show made national news by preventing a man from committing suicide who was to jump off the George Washington Bridge.

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Howard Stern Show responded to the reaction with a statement in Spanish, arguing that his comments were not intended to cause pain to her family, friends and loved ones.

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30.

Howard Stern Show aired on Canadian airwaves for the first time on September 2,1997, to CHOM in Montreal and CILQ in Toronto.

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31.

Day after the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20,1999, Howard Stern Show's comments regarding the incident drew criticism from some listeners.

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32.

Howard Stern Show argued his comments were taken out of context, and accused critics of being overly sensitive.

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33.

At some point Howard Stern Show suggested that Plato do a urinalysis to prove them wrong, while Plato agreed to give a hair sample for analysis.

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34.

In December 2000, Stern renewed his contract with Infinity Broadcasting to continue the radio show for five years.

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35.

In March 2001, Howard Stern Show announced the departure of Martling, who was unable to reach an agreement over a new contract with WXRK.

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36.

Howard Stern Show aired live during the terrorist attacks on September 11,2001, and continued to broadcast with most of his staff until around 12:15 pm.

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37.

On October 6,2004, Howard Stern Show announced his five-year contract with Sirius Satellite Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service, free from the FCC's regulations.

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Promotion of Sirius met with controversy as Howard Stern Show mentioned the service on air, instructing listeners in purchasing receivers and subscriptions.

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When off the air, Howard Stern Show traveled to the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on an open-top bus and met Martha Stewart, who was broadcasting on her own Sirius channel, Martha Stewart Living Radio.

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40.

Howard Stern Show made its debut broadcast on Sirius on January 9,2006.

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41.

In May 2006, Howard Stern Show claimed he had received offers from three major companies to return to terrestrial radio.

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Rumors arose in September 2006 that Howard Stern Show would be returning, and were denied by Howard Stern Show and Sirius.

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43.

Howard Stern Show announced on June 7,2006, that the lawsuit settlement with CBS Radio finally gave Sirius the exclusive rights to his entire back catalog of broadcasts from WXRK, totalling almost 23,000 hours.

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44.

On December 9,2010, Howard Stern Show announced the signing of a new five-year contract with Sirius XM which ended in December 2015.

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45.

On December 15,2015, Stern announced he signed a new deal with SiriusXM to continue his radio show until December 2020.

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46.

In June 2020, Howard Stern Show faced criticism for a 1993 sketch from his New Year's Rotten Eve Pageant special in which he appeared in blackface.

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47.

Howard Stern Show had previously denied having used the n-word during an interview on The View, but used the word several times in the segment.

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