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Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and television personality and author. 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. Stern has broadcast on Sirius XM Satellite Radio since 2006.

Stern landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University. From 1976 to 1982, Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, and WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985. In 1985, he began a 20-year 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. Stern won numerous industry awards, including Billboard’s Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year eight consecutive times, and 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 $2.5 million to station owners for content it deemed indecent. Stern became one of the highest paid radio figures after signing a five-year deal with Sirius in 2004 worth $500 million. In recent years, Stern's photography has been featured in Hamptons and WHIRL magazines. From 2012 to 2015, he served as a judge on America's Got Talent.

Stern has described himself as the "King of All Media" since 1992 for his successes outside radio. He hosted and produced numerous late night television shows, pay-per-view events, and home videos. Two of his books, Private Parts and Miss America , 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 US box office in its opening week and grossed $41.2 million domestically. Stern performs on its soundtrack, which charted the Billboard 200 at number one and was certified platinum for one million copies sold. Stern's third book, Howard Stern Comes Again, was released in 2019. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. January 1954
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Famous Howard Stern Quotes

“I cut my pubes last night. My hairs were getting longer than my penis.”

Howard Stern

Stated at the beginning of his radio show on 13 September 2006.

“It occurred to me that to have a naked woman on the radio would be outrageous. And yet really who would it offend? It's all theater of the mind. You don't even really know if she's naked or not.”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)

“Whenever I say something, I say it right at the moment I'm thinking it. As soon as I saw Magic Johnson's press conference, I said, "Hey, this is bullshit. Why are you idolizing a guy who runs around and is a tremendous womanizer? He's running around having unprotected sex in a day and age when he should know better. I don't think you should treat him as a hero.”

Howard Stern

Playboy interview, Playboy magazine (April 1994).

“I still feel like I gotta prove something. … There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.”

Howard Stern

[Ana Marie, Cox, Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars, 2005-03, Condé Nast Publications, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/stern.html, Wired News, 2007-12-30].
Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars, Wired Magazine (March, 2005)

“I'm in a war, a cultural war.”

Howard Stern

[David, Carr, Howard Stern, Silenced in Some Cities, Gains Some Others, 2004-07-01, The New York Times Company, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DE1338F932A35754C0A9629C8B63, The New York Times, 2007-12-30].
Howard Stern, Silenced in Some Cities, Gains Some Others, New York Times (July, 2004)

“I think it's my identity. Like, this is who I am. This is what I do…. Like I'm Babe Ruth, you know?”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)

Howard Stern Quotes

“Jay [Leno] is insane. He's not fit to scrub David Letterman's feet. Yes, I don't know why he's beaten David Letterman in the ratings. It's beyond my comprehension. America must be filled with morons who at night lay in bed -- the ones who are watching him. They must be in a coma.”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)

Night

“Don't let the government win.”

Howard Stern

Speech on his last syndicated FM broadcast (December 16, 2005).

“What's wrong with being naked? I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I pay my taxes. I'm a good man. I'm a good father - try to be, anyway. I try to do the right things in life.”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern, What I've Learned, Esquire Magazine (January 2006)

Life , Thinking

“I love America. I love our freedom. And nowhere could a guy like me, a schlub like me have success with -- where would I get this freedom of speech? They don't allow this anywhere.”

Howard Stern

[Piers, Morgan, Howard Stern almost retired last year, 2011-01-18, CNN, http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/01/18/howard.stern.piers.morgan/, Piers Morgan Tonight, 2011-01-19]
Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)

Love , Guy , Freedom , Success

“Courage is standing up for what you believe in. There are so many people who aren't willing to stand up. You've got to fight.”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern, What I've Learned, Esquire Magazine (January 2006)

People , Courage , Fight

“Really, why am I doing this anymore? It makes me crazy. I hate getting up early in the morning, and I don't particularly like doing the show.”

Howard Stern

Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)

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