Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern born January 12 1954 is an American broadcaster comedian and media personality He is best known for his radio show The Howard Stern Show which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 He has broadcast on SiriusXM since 2006 Stern landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University From 1976 to 1982 he developed his onair personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor New York WCCC in Hartford Connecticut WWWW in Detroit Michigan and WWDC in Washington DC He worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985 In 1985 he began a 20year run at WXRK in New York City his morning show entered syndication in 1986 and aired in 60 markets and attracted 20 million listeners at its peak From 2012 to 2015 he served as a judge on Americas Got Talent Stern has won numerous industry awards including Billboards Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year eight consecutive times and he is the first to have the number one morning show in New York City and Los Angeles simultaneously He became the most fined radio host when the Federal Communications Commission issued fines totaling 25 million to station owners for content it deemed indecent Stern became one of the highestpaid radio figures after signing a fiveyear deal with Sirius in 2004 worth 500 million Stern has described himself as the King of All Media since 1992 for his successes outside radio He hosted and produced numerous latenight television shows payperview events and home videos Two of his books Private Parts 1993 and Miss America 1995 entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number one and sold over one million copies The former was made into a biographical comedy film in 1997 that had Stern and his radio show staff star as themselves It topped the American box office in its opening week and grossed 412 million domestically Stern performs on its soundtrack which charted the Billboard 200 at number one and was certified platinum for one million copies sold Sterns third book Howard Stern Comes Again was released in 2019