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{{short description|American radio and television personality (born 1954)}}
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| birth_name   = Howard Allan Stern
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1954|1|12}}
| birth_place  = [[New York City]], U.S.
| education    = [[Boston University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation   = {{hlist|Broadcaster|media personality}}
| party        = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=232}}
| years_active = 1975–present
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'''Howard Allan Stern''' (born January 12, 1954)<ref name=Biography.com>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/media-figure/howard-stern|title=Howard Stern Biography (1954–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]]|access-date=November 24, 2020|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201119232935/https://www.biography.com/media-figure/howard-stern|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American broadcaster 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 on-air personality through morning positions at [[WXPK|WRNW]] in [[Briarcliff Manor, New York]]; [[WCCC (FM)|WCCC]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]; [[WLLZ (FM)|WWWW]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]; and [[WWDC-FM|WWDC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He worked afternoons at [[WNBC (AM)|WNBC]] in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985. In 1985, he began a 20-year run at [[WINS-FM|WXRK]] in New York City; his morning show entered syndication in 1986 and aired in 60 [[media market|markets]] and attracted 20 million listeners at its peak. From 2012 to 2015, he served as a judge on ''[[America's Got Talent]]''.

Stern has won numerous industry awards, including [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]{{'}}s 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]] [[FCC fines of The Howard Stern Show|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.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/10/07/sirius-lands-a-big-dog-howard-stern/0c7ee3dc-5e1a-4094-8f4b-243ce9afb9b5/ |title= Sirius Lands a Big Dog: Howard Stern |first1= Frank |last1= Ahrens |first2= Howard |last2= Kurtz |date= October 7, 2004 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date= December 18, 2015 }}</ref>

Stern has described himself as the "King of All Media" since 1992 for his successes outside radio. He hosted and produced numerous [[Howard Stern television shows|late-night television shows]], [[Howard Stern videography and discography|pay-per-view events, and home videos]]. Two of his books, ''[[Private Parts (book)|Private Parts]]'' (1993) and ''[[Miss America (book)|Miss America]]'' (1995), entered [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] at number one and sold over one million copies. The former was made into a [[Private Parts (1997 film)|biographical comedy film]] in 1997 that had Stern and [[List of The Howard Stern Show staff|his radio show staff]] star as themselves. It topped the American box office in its opening week and grossed $41.2&nbsp;million domestically. Stern performs on its soundtrack, which charted the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number one and was certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] for one million copies sold. Stern's third book, ''[[Howard Stern Comes Again]]'', was released in 2019.

==Early life and education==
Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, the second child of Ben (1923–2022) and Ray (''[[née]]'' Schiffman) Stern (b. 1927), in the [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] neighborhood of [[Queens]] in New York City.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=2}} Stern's parents are [[Jewish]]. Their families are from Poland and [[Austria-Hungary]].{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=2}} Ray was an office clerk in New York City{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=2}}{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=44}} before she became a homemaker and later took up work as an [[respiratory therapist|inhalation therapist]].{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=92}} Ben served in the U.S. Army on Long Island and in California during the war.{{Clarification needed|reason=Which war?|date=April 2025}} He later worked as a radio engineer at [[WZRC|WHOM]] in [[Manhattan]]{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=7}} and as a co-owner and operator at Aura Recording Inc., a Manhattan recording studio where cartoons and commercials were cut.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=7}} Stern described his older sister Ellen as the "complete opposite" of himself and "very quiet." {{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=46}}
[[File:Howard Stern high school yearbook, 1972.png|left|thumb|Howard Stern as a high school senior in 1972]]
In 1955, the family moved to [[Roosevelt, New York]], on [[Long Island]],{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=3}} where Stern attended Washington-Rose Elementary School followed by [[Roosevelt High School (Roosevelt, New York)|Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School]].{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=9}} Stern also attended [[Hebrew school]] where he was given the name Tzvi.<ref>{{Cite episode |first= Howard |last= Stern |series=[[The Howard Stern Show]] |date= September 15, 2014 |station=[[Howard 100]] |time= 7:00 a.m. hour }}</ref> As a youngster Stern took five years of piano lessons<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/wahoo_gazette/1001578/ |title= Dave and Howard Stern dance and make up |date= November 22, 2013 |work=[[CBS]] |access-date= February 20, 2015 }}</ref> and took an interest in [[marionette]]s, using them to entertain his friends with explicit shows. He formed a band with two school friends, the Electric Comicbook, on vocals and keyboards.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=6}} From the age of nine to his second year at university, Stern spent his summers at Camp Wel-Met, a youth camp in [[Narrowsburg, New York]] where he worked camper, kitchen, and counselor duties. He recalled his time there as "the greatest experience." {{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=172}}
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Stern wished to be in radio at the age of five.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=111}} He was an infrequent listener in his youth, but names talk personalities [[Bob Grant (radio host)|Bob Grant]] and [[Brad Crandall]] as early influences.<ref name=billboard2014/><ref name=kingtranscript/> His father set up a microphone, tape machine, and turntable in the basement of his home, which Stern used to record his make-believe radio shows, incorporating different characters and pre-recorded prank calls, sketches, and commercials.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=6, 9}} He made several visits to his father's recording studio and witnessed "some of the great voice guys" work with him, including [[Don Adams]] and [[Larry Storch]] voice ''[[Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales]]'', which began his desire to be on the air and "do a show", rather than play records.<ref name=kingtranscript>{{cite news |url= http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/05/lkl.01.html |title= Interview With Howard Stern |work=[[Larry King Live]] |publisher=[[CNN]] |date= January 5, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130728060103/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/05/lkl.01.html |archive-date= July 28, 2013 }}</ref>{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=114}}{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=113}}

In the late 1960s, Roosevelt became a predominantly black area; Stern remembered just "a handful of white kids" had remained in his school and repeated instances of bullying from black students.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=65}} In June 1969, the family moved to nearby [[Rockville Centre, New York|Rockville Centre]], and Stern, at age fifteen, transferred to [[South Side High School (Rockville Centre, New York)|South Side High School]] where he became "a total introvert."{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=17}} He graduated from the school in 1972;{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=16–17}} his yearbook lists Stern's sole student activity, a membership of [[Key Club]].<ref name=Ketcham>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/nyregion/about-long-island-at-the-repository-of-high-school-memories.html?pagewanted=all |first= Diane |last= Ketcham |title= At the Repository of High School Memories |access-date= September 12, 2013 |date= February 12, 1995 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref>

In 1972, Stern declined a place at [[Elmira College]] to instead pursue a communications degree at [[Boston University]],{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=28}} but his average high school grades caused him to spend the first two years in its College of Basic Studies.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=115}} In his second year, he started work at the campus radio station [[WTBU (college radio)|WTBU]], where he played records, read the news, and hosted interview programs.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=115}} With three fellow students, he later co-hosted a weekly comedy show named ''The King Schmaltz Bagel Hour'', which was initially canceled during its first broadcast for a racial sketch named "Godzilla Goes to Harlem".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|pp=115–117}} Stern took cannabis, [[Methaqualone|Quaaludes]], and [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] during his studies, but he quit after he experienced a difficult trip on too much LSD.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=114}}

In 1974, he gained admission to the university's [[Boston University College of Communication|School of Public Communications]].{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=31, 33}} He then studied for a diploma at the Radio Engineering Institute of Electronics in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], Virginia, in July 1975, which earned him a first-class [[General radiotelephone operator license|radio-telephone operator license]], a required certificate for all radio broadcasters at the time, which was issued by the [[Federal Communications Commission]].{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=121}}<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VWQzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4720%2C66309 |title= Stern's Start |work=[[The Free Lance-Star]] |first= Michael |last= Zitz |date= July 1, 1994 |access-date= May 14, 2010 }}</ref> With the license, Stern landed his first professional radio job at [[WNTN]] in [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], Massachusetts from August to December 1975 doing air shifts, news casting, and production work.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=123}} For the next five months, he taught students basic electronics in preparation for their own [[FCC]] exams.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=123}}

In May 1976, Stern graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a 3.8-[[grading (education)|grade point average]]. His major was broadcasting and film, and his minor was English and speech.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=115}} In the past, he funded a scholarship at the university.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bu.edu/bulletins/com/item19.html |title= Boston University 2009–10 College of Communication Bulletin |work=[[Boston University]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511134619/http://www.bu.edu/bulletins/COM/item19.html |archive-date= May 11, 2010 }}</ref>

==Career==
{{see also|The Howard Stern Show}}

===1976–1981: WRNW, WCCC, and WWWW===
In his search for radio work following his graduation, Stern took up an offer to work evenings at [[WXPK|WRNW]], a [[progressive rock]] station in [[Briarcliff Manor, New York|Briarcliff Manor]], New York.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=118}} He was unsure of his talent and questioned his future as a professional in the industry, writing "I freaked out. I got real nervous that I wasn't good enough".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=118}} Stern accepted a marketing role at [[Benton & Bowles]], a New York advertising agency, which he soon "quit without giving notice" in favor of a position in the creative department. He lasted three hours before he was fired "because their personnel department realized that I was the guy who just quit".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=118}} Stern then worked in Queens as a radio salesman selling advertising time without considerable success. He wrote, "All of a sudden&nbsp;... I realized I had turned down a job in radio". With encouragement from his mother and girlfriend, Stern contacted WRNW for work and agreed to take cover shifts surrounding the Christmas holidays in 1976.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=123}}{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=119}} Impressed with his reliability and professional approach, the station's director hired Stern full-time for a four-hour midday shift for six days a week, for $96 a week.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=121}} After several months, Stern became the station's production director, which lasted until November 1977 when he became its program director for an increased salary of $250 a week.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=123}}{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=122}} To save money, Stern rented a room in a [[monastery]] in [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]], New York.<ref name=rs1990>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/who-is-howard-stern-rolling-stones-1990-feature-83306/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title= Who Is Howard Stern? Rolling Stone's 1990 Feature |date= March 16, 2011 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= David |last= Wild }}</ref>

In 1979, Stern spotted an advertisement in ''[[Radio & Records]]'' for a "wild, fun morning guy" at rock station [[WCCC (FM)|WCCC]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], Connecticut.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=125}} He used some morning airtime to assemble an [[aircheck]] with more outrageous bits, including [[Robert Klein]] and [[Cheech and Chong]] records with added flatulence routines and one-liners.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=45}} Stern was hired for the same salary but worked a more intense schedule. After four hours on the air, he voiced and produced commercials for another four. On Saturdays, following a six-hour show, he did production work for the next three. He also completed duties as the station's public affairs director and hosted a Sunday morning talk show that he favored above playing records,{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|pp=126–127}} as it "represented what I wanted to do on the radio more than anything. Take the average guy and dissect what he does".{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=157}} In the summer of the [[1979 energy crisis]], Stern urged listeners to a two-day boycott of [[Shell Oil Company]], a stunt that attracted media attention.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=48}} It was at WCCC where Stern first met [[Fred Norris]], the overnight disc jockey, who went on to become Stern's writer and producer since 1981.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=74}} Stern left WCCC in early 1980 after he was denied a "lousy, stinking twenty-five-dollar-a-week raise".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=128}} At the same time, local rival station [[WHCN]] had assembled tapes and press clippings of Stern and forwarded them to Burkhart/Abrams, a radio consulting firm, to get Stern out of the Hartford [[media market|market]] as a rise in his ratings increased his threat to the station's numbers.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=51}} The tapes were received by Dwight Douglas, a consultant at Burkhart/Abrams, who offered Stern work in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], Ohio, but Stern declined.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=128}}

In his search for new work, Stern found an advertised position in ''Radio & Records'' for a morning host at [[WLLZ (FM)|WWWW]], a struggling rock station in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. His aircheck was well received by management who made an offer,{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=52}} but Douglas advised Stern against the move and suggested he wait for an offer from a better station. Stern went ahead regardless and accepted a deal, starting on April 21, 1980.<ref name="act1guide">{{cite web |url= http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1198688730431 |title= The History of Howard Stern Act I Interactive Guide |work=[[Sirius Satellite Radio]] |date= December 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100907090019/http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius%2FPage&c=FlexContent&cid=1198688730431 |archive-date= September 7, 2010 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He thought of new ways to improve his show and to be more open on the air, "to cut down the barriers&nbsp;... strip down all the ego&nbsp;... and be totally honest".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=57}} His efforts paid off with his first industry recognition, winning a ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Award for Album-Oriented Rock Personality of the Year For a Major Market and the debut Top Five Talent Search contest in the album-oriented rock category from radio syndication firm [[Drake-Chenault]], which then distributed the winning radio segments to stations across the country.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=134}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Billboard's Radio Winners Named |date= August 1, 1981 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 25 |volume= 93 |issue= 30 |issn= 0006-2510 |access-date= February 14, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ASQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT24 }}</ref> Despite the success, WWWW continued to decline in the ratings and failed to overtake the three more popular rock stations in the area. The quarterly [[Arbitron]] ratings released in January 1981 showed no signs of a strong audience, causing the station to change [[radio format|formats]] overnight from rock to country music, to Stern's surprise and annoyance. He lasted another two weeks before "it was time to hit the road again. Somehow, I couldn't see myself as Hopalong Howie".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=61}} He declined offers to work at [[WXRT]] in [[Chicago]] and [[CHUM-FM|CHUM]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=134}}<ref>{{cite web |title= Stern warning |date= September 4, 1997 |first= Jeff |last= Craig |work=[[Jam!]] |access-date= August 12, 2010 |url= http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Artists/S/Stern_Howard/1997/09/04/761973.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626234705/http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Artists/S/Stern_Howard/1997/09/04/761973.html |archive-date= June 26, 2015 }}</ref>

===1981–1985: WWDC and WNBC===
Douglas found Stern's next job, hosting mornings at album-oriented rock station [[WWDC (FM)|WWDC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Stern was cautious about the offer at first as the general manager "was not really aware of what I did," but he accepted the offer and started on March 2, 1981.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=62, 67}} During his time relocating from Detroit, Stern spent several weeks planning out a new show, determined to become more successful as the station presented a good chance for him to work in New York City, his career goal. He was determined to "kill my competition. I was going to say whatever the fuck I was going to say&nbsp;... The first step was to put my team together". He sought a co-host with a sense of humor to riff with on news and current events.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=135}} The station then paired Stern with [[Robin Quivers]], a former nurse in the [[United States Air Force|air force]] and news reporter at [[WJZ (AM)|WFBR]] in [[Baltimore]].{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=63}} Quivers was sent a tape of Stern interviewing a prostitute on the air, and she accepted the job without meeting him. She assumed she "would come in and do the news&nbsp;... but it wasn't that way".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=68}} Despite several issues management had over content, which led to the installation of a [[Broadcast delay|seven-second delay]] to censor questionable moments,<ref name=washpost1982>{{Cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/03/13/howard-stern-to-leave-dc/7eef442c-94a3-4acf-9040-5ed08f0e729e/ |title= Howard Stern To Leave D.C. |date= March 13, 1982 |first= Joe |last= Brown |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> Stern "kept chipping away at management's archaic approach, and we began to assemble the program I had envisioned", which included the addition of Norris as his writer and producer. In one incident, Stern revealed his wife's miscarriage on the air. In January 1982, Stern had the second highest-rated morning show in the city.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|pp=138–140}}

Impressed with his rapid rise in the ratings, WWDC management offered Stern an initial one-year extension to his contract, but Stern wished for a more long-term deal.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=78}} At the same time, he was offered a five-year deal worth $1&nbsp;million to work afternoons at [[WNBC (AM)|WNBC]] in New York City, then an [[adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] station, after radio manager [[Jerry Nachman]] became a fan of Stern and suggested his name to the station.<ref name=washpost1982/> Stern signed with WNBC in March 1982, four months before his contract with WWDC was to expire.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=81}} His relationship with station management declined from then on, and he repeatedly criticized them and other deejays on the air, including an incident when he revealed the manager's salary.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=87}} The situation culminated on June 25, 1982, when Stern was terminated from the station. Towards the end of his stay, Stern had more than tripled his ratings since he began, and ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|The Washingtonian]]'' named him the city's best disc jockey.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=87–89}} It was often believed that Stern was suspended over a controversial bit regarding the 1982 crash of [[Air Florida Flight 90]] that made people believe he had called the airline and asked for prices to the [[14th Street Bridges|14th Street bridge]], the site of the crash, and if it would be a "regular stop". But Stern said it was false, claiming "no one ever complained about it".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=187}} In his last few months, Stern secured a $35,000 advance deal with Wren Records to produce a comedy album of song parodies with Norris, titled ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography|50 Ways to Rank Your Mother]]''. It was reissued in 1994 as ''Unclean Beaver''.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=82}}

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In April 1982, four months before he started at WNBC, ''[[NBC Magazine]]'' aired a critical news report on [[shock jock|shock radio]] by [[Douglas Kiker]] that centered around Stern and the controversial nature of his show.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=91–93}} The piece caused NBC executives to discuss the potential withdrawal of Stern's contract, but rather than spend money on buying Stern out of the deal, management agreed to control Stern. To make matters worse, the station did not allow Stern to bring his show partners at first,<ref name=washpost1982/> which caused some friction between Stern and Quivers for several months.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=86}} Stern began his afternoon show at WNBC on August 30, 1982,<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= WNBC's Stern Is Rendered Speechless |date= September 11, 1982 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |issn= 0006-2510 |volume= 94 |issue= 36 |page= 16 |access-date= February 25, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT15 }}</ref> and was closely monitored, instructed to avoid discussions of a sexual or religious nature.<ref name=nymag92>{{Cite magazine |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |title= Bad Mouth – Howard Stern vs The FCC |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date= November 23, 1992 |access-date= August 19, 2010 |first= Jeanie |last= Kasindorf |pages= 38–45 |issn= 0028-7369 |volume= 25 |issue= 46 }}</ref> In his first month, he was suspended for "Virgin Mary Kong", a sketch about a video game where a group of men pursued the [[Virgin Mary]] around a singles bar in [[Jerusalem]].{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=91–93}} The station then hired an attorney to operate a seven-second delay if Stern said something potentially offensive. This soon became the task of program director [[Kevin Metheny]], who Stern infamously feuded with and nicknamed "Pig Virus".{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=91–93}}<ref>{{cite web |last= Hinckley |first= David |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/kevin-metheny-radio-director-ridiculed-howard-stern-dead-heart-attack-article-1.1963082 |title= Kevin Metheny, radio director ridiculed by Howard Stern, dead at 60 |work=[[The New York Daily News]] |date= October 4, 2010 |access-date= March 30, 2018 }}</ref> While at WNBC, Stern also began his longtime feud with its morning host [[Don Imus]].

In 1984, Stern acquired Don Buchwald as his agent, who supervised Stern's new three-year contract with WNBC in early 1985.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=142}} His popularity with the audience grew despite management's continual restrictions. On May 21, 1984, he made his debut appearance on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' and was featured in ''[[People magazine|People]]'' magazine, increasing his national exposure.<ref name="act1guide"/> Around this time Stern appeared in the low budget comedy film ''Ryder, P.I.'' (1986) as Ben Wah, an out of control newscaster, for which he was paid $1,000.{{sfn|Menell|1993|pp=156-157}} In May 1985, Stern claimed the highest ratings at WNBC in four years with a 5.7% market share of the afternoon audience.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=128}} In a sudden turn of events, Stern and Quivers were fired shortly before they were to go on air on September 30, 1985, for what WNBC management termed "conceptual differences" regarding the show.<ref name=act2guide>{{cite web |url= http://www.sirius.com/wo/i/howard/history_II/part_a/hoh-120908_a.swf |title= The History of Howard Stern Act II Interactive Guide |work=[[Sirius Satellite Radio]] |date= December 2008 |access-date= November 16, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Program director [[John Hayes (radio)|John Hayes]] explained: "Over the course of time we made a very conscious effort to make Stern aware that certain elements of the program should be changed&nbsp;... I don't think it's appropriate to say what those specifics were".{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=12}} Stern was not told whose decision it was. In 1992, he believed Thornton Bradshaw, chairman of WNBC owner [[RCA Corporation|RCA]], heard his "Bestiality Dial-a-Date" segment that aired ten days before his suspension and ordered the show's cancellation.<ref name=nymag92/>

===1985–1993: WXRK and early television and video projects===
After his firing from WNBC, Stern kept in touch with his audience by booking dates at clubs with a live stage show.<ref name=nymag92/> He declined offers to work in [[Los Angeles]], including NBC's offer of $50,000 if he accepted the move,{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=185}} but chose to stay in New York to "kick NBC's ass".<ref name=rs1990/> In a press conference held in October 1985, Stern announced the signing of a five-year contract with [[Infinity Broadcasting]] worth an estimated $500,000{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=147–148}} to host afternoons on its rock music station [[WINS-FM|WXRK]] from November 18.<ref name=act2guide/> WNBC agreed to let Stern out of his contract. Otherwise, the station was obliged to pay him for the remainder of his deal.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=147–148}} Determined to beat Imus and WNBC in the ratings, Stern moved to the [[prime time]] morning slot in February 1986. The show entered syndication on August 18 that year when [[WIP-FM|WYSP]] in [[Philadelphia]] began to simulcast the program.<ref name=act2guide/> In the New York market, Stern had the highest-rated morning radio program between 1994 and 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/hot-97-returns-top-article-1.902936 |title= Hot-97 returns to the top |last= Hinkley |first= David |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= April 23, 2001 |access-date= September 1, 2010 }}</ref> During Stern's twenty years at WXRK, his show was syndicated in 60 markets<ref>{{cite news |last= Deggans |first= Eric |title= Bubba, Relaunched |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date= December 11, 2005 |url= http://www.sptimes.com/2005/12/11/Artsandentertainment/Bubba__relaunched.shtml }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Tucker |first= Ken |title= Communication Sharpens Syndie Sword |work=[[Billboard Radio Monitor]] |date= March 3, 2006 |url= https://business.highbeam.com/437739/article-1G1-148092952/communication-sharpens-syndie-sword |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911084843/https://business.highbeam.com/437739/article-1G1-148092952/communication-sharpens-syndie-sword |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref> across North America and gained a peak audience of 20 million listeners.<ref>{{cite news |last= Condran |first= Ed |title= Stern producer flourishes by the skin of his teeth |work= [[The Morning Call]] |date= July 31, 1998 |url= https://www.mcall.com/1998/07/31/stern-producer-flourishes-by-the-skin-of-his-teeth/ |access-date= August 22, 2016 |archive-date= October 12, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161012131906/http://articles.mcall.com/1998-07-31/features/3214780_1_stern-s-radio-show-baba-booey-gary-dell-abate |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= James |first= Renee A. |title= Hmmm? Stern's critics are plugged into regular radio |work=[[The Morning Call]] |date= October 1, 2006 |url= https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2006-10-01-3707939-story.html |access-date= February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Sullivan |first= James |title= Love him or hate him, Stern is a true pioneer |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date= December 14, 2005 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |url= https://www.today.com/popculture/love-him-or-hate-him-stern-true-pioneer-wbna10454035 }}</ref>

Stern's first venture into television began when the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network sought a replacement for ''[[The Late Show (1986 TV series)|The Late Show]]'', a [[late-night talk show]] hosted by [[Joan Rivers]]. Following discussions with the network that began in late 1986,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/285428298 |title= Inside New York |work= [[Newsday]] |date= November 24, 1986 |first1= Michael |last1= Fleming |first2= Karen |last2= Freifeld |first3= Susan |last3= Mulcahy |url-status= live |access-date= August 16, 2016 |archive-date= August 26, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160826105719/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/285428298.html |id= {{ProQuest|285428298}} }}</ref> Stern agreed to [[Howard Stern television shows#The Howard Stern Show (Fox)|five one-hour pilots]] that were produced for an estimated $400,000, with guitarist [[Leslie West]] as his band leader and comedian [[Steve Rossi]] as the show's announcer.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=181}} The show was subject to [[screen test]]s among focus groups in California,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/277867425 |title= Inside New York |work= [[Newsday]] |date= June 4, 1987 |first1= Michael |last1= Fleming |first2= Karen |last2= Freifeld |first3= Susan |last3= Mulcahy |url-status= live |access-date= August 16, 2016 |archive-date= August 26, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160826113030/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/277867425.html |id= {{ProQuest|277867425}} }}</ref> after which Fox decided not to pick it up. One Fox executive described the pilots as "poorly produced", "in poor taste", and "boring".<ref>{{cite news |last= Kubasik |first= Ben |title= TV Spots |work= [[Newsday]] |date= August 12, 1987 |access-date= August 19, 2010 |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104577134.html?dids=104577134:104577134&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+12%2C+1987&author=By+Ben+Kubasik&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=TV+SPOTS&pqatl=google |archive-date= September 7, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100907041423/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104577134.html?dids=104577134:104577134&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+12%2C+1987&author=By+Ben+Kubasik&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=TV+SPOTS&pqatl=google |url-status= dead }}</ref> Stern went on to host his first pay-per-view event, ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Negligeé and Underpants Party|Howard Stern's Negligeé and Underpants Party]]'', in February 1988.<ref name=act2guide /> The special was purchased in 60,000 homes and grossed $1.2&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=186}} After Stern joked about drugs being used backstage at the show, [[Michael Levine (DEA)|Michael Levine]] of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] complained to the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' which sparked media attention, though no investigation was made.<ref name=rs1990/> In October 1989, fans sold out [[Nassau Coliseum]] in four hours for ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores|Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores]]'', a live event that featured a tennis match between Stern and his producer [[Gary Dell'Abate]] following an on-air challenge.<ref name=rs1990/><ref name=act2guide /> Stern released both events for home video.

In its 1990 feature on Stern, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' predicted he was "on the fast track to multimedia stardom".<ref name=rs1990/> He re-signed with Infinity Broadcasting that year to continue his radio show for five years, a deal that ''[[New York Magazine]]'' estimated was worth over $10&nbsp;million.<ref name=nymag92/> In July 1990, Stern became the host of the Saturday night variety television show ''[[The Howard Stern Show (WWOR)|The Howard Stern Show]]'' on [[WWOR-TV]], starring himself and his [[The Howard Stern Show staff|radio show staff]]. Initially produced as four, one-hour specials and broadcast during the summer, the show continued to air and entered syndication in 1991 to a peak of 65 markets across the country, including cities where the radio show did not air.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=197–201}} In the New York area, the show frequently beat ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the ratings during the thirty minutes when the two overlapped. Stern ended the program after 69 episodes, in 1992.

By this time, the radio show had been the subject of [[Federal Communications Commission fines of The Howard Stern Show#First Infinity fine (1988–1991)|several fines]] issued by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) over material it deemed indecent. As part of his rally against the FCC's actions, Stern released a compilation album of censored radio segments titled ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography|Crucified by the FCC]]'' in early 1991.<ref name=act3guide>{{cite web |title= The History of Howard Stern Act III On-Air Schedule |work=[[Sirius Satellite Radio]] |url= http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1258752021436 |date= December 2009 |access-date= January 10, 2010 }}</ref>

Stern's rise as a popular radio and television figure in 1992 led to the first instance of his self-proclaimed title "King of All Media".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/528605489/ |title= Shock jock will rock big screen |date= July 25, 1992 |newspaper=[[The Herald-News]] |page= 2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date= March 25, 2019 }}</ref> This was initially a tongue-in-cheek jab at [[Michael Jackson]], who had been dubbed "King of Pop".<ref>Donofrio, Craig (April 25, 2019) [https://www.workandmoney.com/s/howard-stern-facts-bio-5f25817e281546e3 Hey Now! How Howard Stern Became the King of All Media] ''Work+Money''. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref> In October 1992, Stern became the first to have the number one morning radio show in the New York and Los Angeles markets simultaneously.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern Talks His Way to No. 1 Status |date= October 7, 1992 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-07-ca-640-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first= Claudia |last= Puig |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> In the same month, Stern released ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography|Butt Bongo Fiesta]]'', a home video containing the highlight feature of "butt bongoing", an act Stern described as "frenetic spanking in time to a rock record playing in the background".{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1993|p=441}} The video was a commercial success; approximately 260,000 copies were sold for a gross of over $10&nbsp;million.<ref name=act3guide/><ref name=mills/> In November 1992, Stern returned to Saturday night television as the host of ''[[Howard Stern television shows#The Howard Stern Interview|The Howard Stern "Interview"]]'', a weekly one-on-one celebrity interview series on the [[E!]] network which ended in 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1993/01/22/howard-stern-interview |title= The Howard Stern Interview |first= Ken |last= Tucker |date= January 22, 1993 |access-date= November 8, 2014 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> Stern appeared at the [[1992 MTV Video Music Awards]] as [[Fartman (Howard Stern)|Fartman]], a fictional superhero originating from the humor magazine ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]''. Presenting an award with [[Luke Perry]], Stern appeared on stage in the Fartman costume with his buttocks exposed. According to the trademark Stern filed for the character in October 1992, he first used Fartman at WWDC in July 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74323667&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch |title= Fartman Trademark |work=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] |date= October 16, 1992 |access-date= November 9, 2014 }}</ref> Development for ''The Adventures of Fartman'', a feature film based around the character, began in late 1992 with Stern reaching a verbal agreement with [[New Line Cinema]] to release it.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=202}} Screenwriter [[J.&nbsp;F.&nbsp;Lawton]] was hired to prepare an outline to a script and to direct the film with producer [[David Permut]], and it received a budget of $8–11&nbsp;million. Lawton described the film as "a real comedy with a beginning, middle and an end with a strong story".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/1992/film/news/lawton-directs-stern-in-wind-breaking-film-101587/ |title= Lawton directs Stern in wind-breaking film |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= November 24, 1992 |access-date= August 22, 2016 |first= Andy |last= Marx }}</ref> In 1993, the project was abandoned due to disagreements between Stern and New Line regarding the film's content, rating, and merchandising rights.<ref>{{cite news |last= Brennan |first= Judy |title= Stern's New Year's Party Fallout 'The Miss Howard Stern Pageant' was a pay-TV bonanza but may have cost him a movie career |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= January 30, 1994 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-30-ca-16883-story.html |access-date=February 4, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first= Stephen |last= Schaefer |title= Howard Stern's "Fartman" movie a no-go |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= May 7, 1993 |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1993/05/07/howard-sterns-fartman-movie-no-go |access-date= May 7, 2010 }}</ref>

In November 1993, Stern was again in talks with Fox to host a late-night talk show, this time replacing [[Chevy Chase]], whose [[The Chevy Chase Show|show]] had been cancelled in October of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox network courting Stern to replace Chase, insider says|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date= November 25, 1993 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-nov-25-1993-p-49/ |access-date= September 18, 2019}}</ref>

===1993–1994: ''Private Parts'' and run for Governor of New York===
After ''The Adventures of Fartman'' was shelved, Buchwald started to pitch deals with book publishers as "there was a perception that [Stern] had taken a hit&nbsp;... we thought of the book as something that would both produce income and suggest to people that Howard had economic clout".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=221}} In early 1993, Stern signed a deal with [[Simon & Schuster]] worth around $1&nbsp;million to write his first book, ''[[Private Parts (book)|Private Parts]]''.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}} He spent the summer writing it with collaborator [[Larry Sloman|Larry "Ratso" Sloman]] and editor [[Judith Regan]], calling the experience "the most challenging thing I have ever done in my career".{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=94}} Upon its release on October 7, 1993, ''Private Parts'' was an immediate commercial success. The entire first print of 225,000 copies sold within hours. In five days, it became the fastest selling title in the history of Simon & Schuster.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-10-23-9310230382-story.html |date= October 23, 1993 |first= Ed |last= Bark |title= The Bad-word Man |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref> Over one million copies were distributed after two weeks.<ref name=mills/>{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}} ''Private Parts'' entered [[New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best-Seller list]] at number one and stayed on the list for 20 weeks.<ref name=carter>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/business/media/11stern.html |first= Bill |last= Carter |title= Where Some See Just a Shock Jock, Sirius Sees a Top Pitchman |access-date= April 8, 2010 |date= October 11, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Stern held book signings across the country, with sessions lasting as long as seven hours.<ref name=stone1994/> The first, held in New York City, was attended by an estimated ten thousand people.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}}
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In its twentieth anniversary issue in 1993, ''Radio & Records'' named Stern "the most influential air personality of the past two decades".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=254}} In February 1994, Stern was featured in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine for his first of three cover stories.<ref name=stone1994>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/howard-stern-man-or-mouth-rolling-stones-1994-cover-story-83899/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title= Howard Stern: Man or Mouth? Rolling Stone's 1994 Cover Story |date= March 16, 2011 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= Rick |last= Marin }}</ref> That year, ''Billboard'' magazine added the Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year category to its annual awards, based on "entertainment value, creativity, and ratings success";<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Honoring Best In Broadcasting |date= October 21, 2000 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 89 |issn= 0006-2510 |volume= 112 |issue= 43 |access-date= July 20, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89 }}</ref> Stern was awarded the title each year from 1994 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= WLTW, KKBT, KROQ, WQYK Lead Billboard Radio Awards |first= Steven |last= Graybow |date= March 30, 2002 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 78 |volume= 114 |issue= 13 |issn= 0006-2510 |access-date= July 20, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Radio Awards Dial Up First-Time Winners |first= Steven |last= Graybow |date= February 22, 2003 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 47 |volume= 115 |issue= 8 |issn= 0006-2510 |access-date= March 26, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 }}</ref> In late 1993, Stern urged his listeners to elect [[Christine Todd Whitman]] as [[Governor of New Jersey]] after Stern promised to support the first candidate to phone in his radio show. In March 1995, following her election success, Whitman named a highway rest stop after Stern in exchange for his endorsement on [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey)|Interstate 295]], south of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], New Jersey. A $1,000 plaque was installed at the stop, which was stolen days later and mailed to Stern.<ref>{{cite news |last= Davis |first= Mark |title= Ladies And Gentlemen, It's The Shock Jock Pit Stop. Howard Stern Finds His Place In Posterity |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date= January 27, 1995 |url= http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-27/news/25711238_1_howard-stern-shock-jock-jim-florio |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626162822/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-27/news/25711238_1_howard-stern-shock-jock-jim-florio |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 26, 2015 |access-date= July 29, 2015 }}</ref> The rest area closed in 2003 as part of budget cuts by Governor [[Jim McGreevey]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern rest stop closed, New Jersey cites $1 million in savings |agency= [[Associated Press]] |work= [[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] |via= [[National Organization for Women|National Organization for Women New Jersey]] |date= February 6, 2003 |url= http://www.nownj.org/njNews/2003/0206%20Howard%20Stern%20rest%20stop%20closed.htm |access-date= July 29, 2015 |archive-date= January 30, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160130072915/http://www.nownj.org/njNews/2003/0206%20Howard%20Stern%20rest%20stop%20closed.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Stern held his second pay-per-view special, ''[[The Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant]]'', on December 31, 1993. The show centered around a mock beauty pageant with celebrity judges to crown the first "Miss Howard Stern". An estimated 400,000 households purchased the show for a gross of $16&nbsp;million, breaking the subscriber record for a non-sports event held by a [[New Kids on the Block]] concert in 1990.<ref name=mills>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/24/business/he-keeps-giving-new-meaning-to-gross-revenue.html?pagewanted=all |last= Mills |first= Joshua |title= He Keeps Giving New Meaning To Gross Revenue |work=[[The New York Times]] |date= October 24, 1993 |access-date= May 5, 2010 }}</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' called it "The most disgusting two hours in the history of television".<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1994/01/21/howard-sterns-new-years-eve-pageant-tv-special-may-alter-his-career |last= Svetkey |first= Benjamin |title= Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Pageant TV special may alter his career |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= January 21, 1994 |access-date= August 20, 2010 }}</ref> The show was released for home video in early 1994, entitled ''Howard Stern's New Year's Rotten Eve 1994''. It cost Stern a second television deal with Fox after network executives had disliked the content of the event and ceased discussions.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4208112.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034918/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4208112.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 20, 2017 |title= Fox, Stern Nix Plans for Talk Show |date= January 6, 1994 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |first= Verne |last= Gay |url-access=  |access-date= August 19, 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:"Howard Stern Libertarian Party" (8912489145) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Stern at the Libertarian Party convention during his candidacy for Governor of New York]]
During his radio show on March 22, 1994, Stern announced his candidacy for [[Governor of New York]] under the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] ticket, challenging [[Mario Cuomo]] for re-election.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=232}} Stern planned to reinstate the [[death penalty]], remove highway tolls to improve traffic flow and limit road work to graveyard shifts hours. Stern announced that once those three goals were accomplished, he would resign and pass the governorship to his lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web |title= Stern Message |date= July 1994 |magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |url= http://reason.com/archives/1994/07/01/stern-message |first= Nick |last= Gillespie |access-date= August 20, 2010 }}</ref> At the party's nomination convention on April 23, Stern won the required two-thirds majority on the first ballot, receiving 287 of the 381 votes cast; James Ostrowski finished second with 34 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1996 |title=Stern gets nomination |pages=1, 16 |work=Libertarian Party News |url=http://lpedia.org/w/images/d/d0/LPNews_1994-6_V9-N6.pdf |access-date=June 19, 2022}}</ref> To place his name on the final ballot, Stern was obliged to state his home address and complete a financial disclosure form under the [[Ethics in Government Act]]. Stern applied for an [[injunction]] as he wished to avoid stating his income; the request was denied by a judge on August 2.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=243}} Stern withdrew his candidacy in an on-air press conference two days later, saying: "I spend 25 hours a week telling you all the most intimate details of my life&nbsp;... One fact I've never revealed is how much I make and how much money I have&nbsp;... it's none of your business".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-05-mn-23782-story.html |title= Howard Stern Ends Bid for Governor; Won't Divulge Data |date= August 5, 1994 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In the [[1994 New York gubernatorial election|gubernatorial election]] on November 8, Cuomo was defeated by [[George Pataki]], whom Stern backed. In August 1995, Pataki signed a bill that limited construction on state roads to night hours in New York City and Long Island, which was named the "Howard Stern Bill" in honor of Stern originally proposing the plan.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/howard-stern-his-wife-allison-his-talk-show-co-host-robin-news-photo/97261180 |title= Howard Stern, his wife, Allison; his talk show co-host, Robin Quivers, and Gov. Geroge [sic] Pataki (l. to r.) arrive at a Grand Central Parkway gas station to sign the Howard Stern Bill. |date= August 2, 1995 |work=The New York Daily News |via=[[Getty Images]] |access-date= February 13, 2015 }}</ref> Stern has since felt "firmly opposed" to the death penalty.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1996|p=422}}

In June 1994, Stern founded the Howard Stern Production Company for "original film and television production enterprises as well as joint production and development ventures". He intended to assist in a feature film adaptation of ''Brother Sam'', the biography of comedian [[Sam Kinison]] written by his brother.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KOcTAAAAIBAJ&dq=howard-stern-production&pg=4647%2C1535965 |title= Entertainment News |newspaper= [[Star-Banner]] |date= June 24, 1994 |access-date= April 9, 2010 |page= 17 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the same month, the E! network began to air weekday highlights from Stern's radio show using cameras installed in the studio.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern to Star, Condensed, on TV |date= June 1, 1994 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/01/arts/howard-stern-to-star-condensed-on-tv.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Howard Stern (E! show)|Howard Stern]]'' ran for eleven years; the last original episode aired on July 8, 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title= Stern cancels E! ticket |first= Denise |last= Martin |date= June 21, 2005 |url= https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/stern-cancels-e-ticket-2-1117924855/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 }}</ref>

===1995–1997: ''Miss America'' and ''Private Parts'' film===
On April 3, 1995, three days after the [[Murder of Selena|shooting]] of singer [[Selena]], Stern's comments regarding her death and [[Mexican Americans]] caused controversy among his listeners in [[Texas]] and some Mexican American communities. Among his criticisms of her music, sound effects of gunfire were played: "This music does absolutely nothing for me. [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] have more soul&nbsp;... Spanish people have the worst taste in music. They have no depth".<ref>{{cite news |first= Stephanie |last= Asin |title= Selena's Public Outraged: Shock Jock Howard Stern's Comments Hit Raw Nerve |url= https://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/04/06/stern.html |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date= April 6, 1995 |access-date= February 1, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070710182116/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/04/06/stern.html |archive-date= July 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> After three days of widespread media reaction and boycott threats, Stern responded with a statement in Spanish, stressing his comments were made in [[satire]] and were not intended to hurt those who loved her.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S8YRAAAAIBAJ&dq=howard%20stern%20selena&pg=1854%2C3274507 |title= Satire triggers a Stern outcry, puts 'shock jock' on defensive |date= April 6, 1995 |access-date= September 2, 2010 |work= [[The Deseret News]] |via= [[Google News]] }}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The next day, Eloy Cano, a [[Justice of the Peace]] of [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]], Texas, issued an [[arrest warrant]] on Stern for disorderly conduct that carried a potential maximum fine of $500 if he entered the state.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/judge-stern-face-music-selena-comments-article-1.685510 |title= Judge Wants Stern To Face Music For Selena Comments |date= April 13, 1995 |access-date= September 2, 2010 |first= David |last= Hinckley |work=[[New York Daily News]] }}</ref> Stern was never arrested on the warrant.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tmz.com/2005/12/15/sterns-most-shocking-moments/ |title= Stern's Most Shocking Moments! |work=[[TMZ]] |date= December 15, 2005 |access-date= August 20, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1995, Stern signed an advance deal with [[ReganBooks]] worth around $3 million to write his second book, ''[[Miss America (book)|Miss America]]''.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=265–266}} Stern wrote about various topics, including his [[cybersex]] experiences on the Internet service [[Prodigy (online service)|Prodigy]], a private meeting with [[Michael Jackson]], his suffering with back pain and [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]], and his run for Governor of New York.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Miss America |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1995/12/01/miss-america |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date= August 24, 2010 |date= December 1, 1995 |first= A. J. |last= Jacobs }}</ref> Following its release on November 7, 1995, ''Miss America'' sold 33,000 copies at [[Barnes & Noble]] stores which set a new one-day record for the chain,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/15/books/book-notes-038580.html |date= November 15, 1995 |first= Mary |last= Tabor |title= Stern Guns Down Powell Book |access-date= August 1, 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> and 120,000 in its first week. It entered ''The New York Times'' Best-Seller list at number one and stayed on the list for 16 weeks.<ref name=carter/> According to ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', 1.39&nbsp;million copies were sold in 1995 alone which ranked it the year's third best-selling book.{{sfn|Lucaire|1997|p=145}} As with ''Private Parts'', Stern's book signings attracted thousands. His November 30, 1995, appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' caused controversy after he appeared on the show with two bikini-clad women who kissed each other and received spanks from Stern. Leno, who urged that both acts would be edited out from the final broadcast, walked off the stage after the segment without thanking Stern.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/leno-stern-reaction-jay-not-amused-article-1.692928 |title= Leno's Stern reaction Jay's not amused |date= December 2, 1995 |work= [[The New York Daily News]] |access-date= February 15, 2015 |first= Richard |last= Huff |archive-date= June 26, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626113820/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/leno-stern-reaction-jay-not-amused-article-1.692928 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

In February 1996, production began on a biographical comedy [[Private Parts (1997 film)|film adaptation]] of ''Private Parts'' for [[Paramount Pictures]]. Development had lasted over two years as Stern, who had final script approval, "rejected every script there was&nbsp;... they were over the top comedies that I think were dumb, boring and dull". After producer [[Ivan Reitman]] got involved with the project, Stern agreed to a script developed by [[Len Blum]] and Michael Kalesniko.{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=92}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= March 14, 1997 |first= Lisa |last= Schwarzbaum |access-date= August 22, 2016 |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1997/03/14/private-parts |title= Private Parts |volume= 280 |issue= 2 |page= 44 |bibcode= 1999SciAm.280b..44G |doi= 10.1038/scientificamerican0299-44 }}</ref> Filming began in May 1996 with director [[Betty Thomas]] and lasted four months with Stern, Quivers, and Norris acting as their younger and current selves. The crew traveled to the film set after each radio show and stayed there to shoot on weekends.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=268}} Stern embarked on an extensive publicity tour to promote the film which included numerous television appearances and magazine interviews in his attempt to appeal to people who were not listeners of his radio show. ''Private Parts'' premiered on February 27, 1997, at [[The Theater at Madison Square Garden]]; outside the theatre, Stern and [[Rob Zombie]] performed "[[The Great American Nightmare]]", a track they recorded for its soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/private-parts-public-hassle-article-1.754056 |date= February 27, 1997 |first= Denene |last= Millner |title= 'Private Parts' a public hassle |access-date= August 1, 2010 |work=[[New York Daily News]] }}</ref> The film's wide release followed on March 7, 1997. It topped the US box office in its opening weekend with a gross of $14.6&nbsp;million and earned a domestic total of $41.2&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Private Parts |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |volume= 280 |issue= 2 |page= 44 |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=privateparts.htm |access-date= April 3, 2010 |bibcode= 1999SciAm.280b..44G |last= Grossman |first= Wendy M. |year= 1999 |doi= 10.1038/scientificamerican0299-44 }}</ref> In 1998, Stern received a [[Blockbuster Inc.|Blockbuster]] Entertainment Award for Favorite Male Newcomer.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} The soundtrack, ''[[Private Parts: The Album]]'', sold 178,000 copies in its first week of release and entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in the United States at number one in March 1997, the highest selling debut release for a soundtrack to a feature film.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4373444.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161008201726/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4373444.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 8, 2016 |date= March 7, 1997 |url-access= |first= Jeffrey |last= Jolson-Coburn |title= Stern soundtrack opens at top |access-date= August 17, 2016 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref> Three months after its release, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for shipping one million copies.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Howard+Stern#search_section |work=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |title= Gold and Platinum search: Howard Stern |access-date= August 15, 2016 }}</ref> Stern also provides vocals on "[[Tortured Man]]", a track he recorded with [[The Dust Brothers]].

In October 1997, Stern filed a $1.5&nbsp;million lawsuit against Ministry of Film Inc., claiming the studio recruited him for a film called ''Jane'' starring [[Melanie Griffith]] while knowing it had insufficient funds. Stern, who remained unpaid when production ceased, accused the studio of breach of contract, fraud, and negligent representation.<ref>{{cite news |title= Stern sues movie studio, says it reneged on deal |date= October 10, 1997 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pVMgAAAAIBAJ&dq=howard-stern%20jane%20melanie-griffith&pg=5002%2C2100880 |work=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |access-date= July 28, 2010 }}</ref> A settlement was reached in 1999 which resulted in Stern receiving $50,000.<ref>{{cite news |title= Studio avoids court by giving Stern $50,000 |date= August 25, 1999 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fkAgAAAAIBAJ&dq=howard-stern%20jane%20melanie-griffith&pg=6293%2C6608896 |newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |page= 2A |access-date= July 28, 2010 }}</ref>

===1998–2004: Television and film projects===
In April 1998, Stern announced his return to Saturday night television after he signed a deal with [[CBS]] to compete with ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on NBC and ''[[MADtv]]'' on Fox. His show, ''[[The Howard Stern Radio Show]]'', an hour-long program that aired on mostly CBS affiliates, was formed of taped highlights from the radio show with additional material unseen from his nightly E! show, including animated segments and exclusive behind the scenes footage.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Artists/S/Stern_Howard/1998/04/01/761968.html |first= John |last= Sakamoto |title= Stern's TV show to debut in August |date= April 1, 1998 |work=[[Jam!]] |access-date= April 9, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626212704/http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Artists/S/Stern_Howard/1998/04/01/761968.html |archive-date= June 26, 2015 }}</ref> Following its debut on August 22, 1998, on 79 stations nationwide, the show began to lose affiliates after two episodes as local broadcasters became concerned with the risque content.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/texas-tv-station-boots-stern-article-1.807142 |first= Eric |last= Mink |title= Texas TV Station Boots 'Stern' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= September 2, 1998 |access-date= April 9, 2010 }}</ref> By June 1999, the number of stations carrying the show had decreased to fifty-five.{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=148}} After three seasons, the final show aired on November 17, 2001, to around thirty stations.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/tube-article-1.929578 |first= Donna |last= Petrozzello |title= Inner Tube: Stern going off the air |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= November 15, 2001 |access-date= April 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/13521/howard-sterns-radio-show-leaving-tv.html |title= Howard Stern's Radio Show Leaving TV |work=Media Post News |date= November 16, 2001 |access-date= April 9, 2010 }}</ref> Stern reflected on the endeavor: "It was a weird thing. When I did the [[The Howard Stern Show (WWOR)|Channel 9 show]] we used to beat ''Saturday Night Live'' in New York&nbsp;... I didn't think [the CBS show] was a good idea actually because [the radio show] was already running on the E! network. It was a mistake&nbsp;... they ultimately wanted what the Channel 9 show was doing".<ref>{{Cite episode |first= Howard |last= Stern |title= Here's to The Losers |series= The History of Howard Stern |date= December 27, 2010 |network=[[Sirius XM Radio]] |station=[[Howard 100]] }}</ref>
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In the first [[Celebrity 100]] list compiled by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine in March 1999, Stern ranked at number 27 with an estimated $20&nbsp;million earned that year.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/05/17/forbes-celebrity-100-class-of-99-where-are-they-now/4/ |work=[[Forbes]] |first= Meghan |last= Casserly |date= May 17, 2012 |title= Forbes Celebrity 100 Class Of '99: Where Are They Now? |access-date= February 14, 2015 }}</ref> During the time of his CBS television show, Stern ventured into work as an [[executive producer]] through his production company for several television and film projects. In September 1999, the [[UPN]] network announced the production of ''Doomsday'', an animated science-fiction comedy television series, for an initial thirteen episodes originally set to air in 2000. The series was described as: "Set in a post-apocalyptic America nearly destroyed by a freak radiation burst, [the show] follows the travels of the Bradley family as they cross the country in an RV looking for a new place to call home".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pyIyAAAAIBAJ&dq=doomsday%20howard-stern&pg=3357%2C1102446 |title= Stern's 'Doomsday' dawns at UPN |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |page= B8 |date= September 17, 1999 |access-date= August 24, 2010 }}</ref> Stern was to produce the series and voice Orinthal, the family's dog,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/upn-show-enlists-stern-animated-talker-article-1.843322 |title= UPN show enlists Stern as an animated talker |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= September 16, 1999 |access-date= August 24, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626123252/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/upn-show-enlists-stern-animated-talker-article-1.843322 |archive-date= June 26, 2015 }}</ref> but the show never made it to air.<ref name=nypost2001>{{cite web |url= https://nypost.com/2001/11/17/stern-helped-out-by-the-snake/ |title= Stern helped out by 'the snake' |first= Michael |last= Starr |date= November 17, 2001 |work=[[New York Post]] |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> Stern's most successful executive production was ''[[Son of the Beach]]'', a television parody sitcom of ''[[Baywatch]]'' that ran from March 2000 to October 2002 on [[FX (TV network)|FX]].<ref name=virginiapilot2000/> The show was not renewed for a fourth season.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91532660.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911053900/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91532660.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |work= Cable World |date= September 16, 2002 |url-access=  |title= Late Breaking News |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref>
[[File:HowardStern2000.jpg|thumb|Stern in 2000]]
On December 16, 2000, Stern's last live radio show of the year, he announced the signing of his new contract with Infinity Broadcasting to continue his show for five years after four months of negotiations.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-68363427/stern-still-shocking-infinity |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160828192117/https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-68363427/stern-still-shocking-infinity |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 28, 2016 |title= Stern still shocking at Infinity |date= December 18, 2000 |first= Nellie |last= Andreeva |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date= August 21, 2016 }}</ref> ''Forbes'' estimated his new earnings ranged between $17&nbsp;million and $20&nbsp;million a year.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/15/1215faces.html |title= Forbes Faces: Howard Stern |date= December 15, 2000 |first= Davide |last= Dukcevich |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date= August 21, 2016 }}</ref> Stern spoke at [[The Concert for New York City]] in October 2001 in a hazmat suit with his buttocks exposed similarly to his 1992 MTV Music Video Awards appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79328727 |title= 3-page special on the concert for New York |work= The Mirror |date= October 22, 2001 |via=|url-access=|access-date=}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> In November 2001, Stern's production company had begun development on a weekly television sitcom titled ''Kane'' for CBS, originally intended to replace ''The Howard Stern Radio Show'' following its cancellation, with [[Ron Zimmerman]] as the writer of its pilot episode. Its premise followed "an oddball southern family and its strong-willed patriarch. The lead character's life is altered when his previously long-lost wife returns home to him and their group of eccentric children". The project was canceled before the filming stage.<ref name=nypost2001/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/stern-cbs-pact-for-sitcom-kane-1117855934/ |first1= Melissa |last1= Grego |first2= Michael |last2= Schneider |title= Stern, CBS part for sitcom |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= November 15, 2001 |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> In late 2002, Stern acquired the rights to the comedy films ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]'' (1979) and ''[[Porky's]]'' (1982) with Arclight Films. He expressed a wish to use a remake of the former as a launchpad for an unknown band. Under the deal, Stern was served as executive producer and was allowed to place "Howard Stern Presents" in the titles. He reasoned, "If I say to&nbsp;... my audience, this is 'Howard Stern Presents', it means something to them&nbsp;... it's going to be crazy. It means that it's going to be different, and they know I'm not going to be giving them any schlock".<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73599/howard-stern-to-remake-rocknroll-high-school |title= Howard Stern To Remake 'Rock'N'Roll' High School |date= November 1, 2002 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= November 24, 2014 }}</ref> Development for ''Porky's'' came to a halt in 2011 following legal action regarding the ownership of the film's rights.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/will-a-legal-fight-ensnare-171863/ |title= Will a Legal Fight Ensnare Howard Stern's Planned 'Porky's' Remake? (Exclusive) |date= March 28, 2011 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first= Eriq |last= Gardner |access-date= February 4, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2003, Stern filed a $100-million lawsuit against [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Telepictures]] and the producers of its reality television series ''[[Are You Hot?]]''. He claimed its premise was copied from a radio show segment of his known as The Evaluators, whereby its staff and guests evaluate the bodies of contestants. Before the show aired, Stern was in talks of producing his version of the show.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-72558266.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911094703/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-72558266.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date= March 14, 2003 |url-access= |title= Howard Stern Sues ABC Over 'Are You Hot?' |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> A settlement was reached five months later.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-77424430.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911100323/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-77424430.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date= August 9, 2003 |url-access=  |title= Howard Stern Settles 'Are You Hot?' Suit |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> In early 2004, Stern spoke of talks with ABC to host an hour television interview special as part of its ''[[Primetime (American TV program)|Primetime]]'' series, but the project never came to fruition.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://nypost.com/2004/01/22/abc-bets-the-raunch-on-stern-tv-special/ |work=[[New York Post]] |first= Richard |last= Johnson |date= January 22, 2004 |title= ABC bets the raunch on Stern TV special |access-date= January 22, 2004 }}</ref> In August 2004, cable channel [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] ordered thirteen episodes of ''Howard Stern: The High School Years'', an animated series set during Stern's childhood that he was to executive produce.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-122258126.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160910061733/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-122258126.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 10, 2016 |work=[[Daily Variety]] |date= August 19, 2004 |title= Spike drawn in again: net retries toons with Stern's 'School Years' |last= Martin |first= Denise  |url-access= |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> By late 2005, episode scripts and some test animation had been completed,<ref>{{Cite episode |first= Howard |last= Stern |series=[[The Howard Stern Show]] |date= November 14, 2005 |station=[[WINS-FM|WXRK]] |time= 6:00 a.m. hour }}</ref> but the project was soon shelved. Stern explained the series could have been produced "on the cheap" at $300,000 per episode, but the quality he demanded would have cost over $1&nbsp;million each.<ref>{{Cite episode |first= Howard |last= Stern |series=[[The Howard Stern Show]] |date= September 10, 2007 |station=[[Howard 100]] |time= 10:00 a.m. hour }}</ref> Actor [[Michael Cera]] was cast as the lead voice.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tribute.ca/people/michael-cera/5577/ |title= Michael Cera biography |work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref> Stern also worked on a pilot with [[Robert Schimmel]] for [[The WB]], based around the comedian's real-life experience of falling in love with his daughter's best friend following his battle with cancer, but was not picked up.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/01/22/raunchy-radio-star-stern-to-host-abc-special.html |work=[[Fox News]] |date= January 22, 2004 |title= Raunchy Radio Star Stern to Host ABC Special |access-date= January 22, 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160820175212/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/01/22/raunchy-radio-star-stern-to-host-abc-special.html |archive-date= August 20, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===2004–2010: Signing with Sirius and terrestrial radio departure===
The [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime-show controversy|controversy]] surrounding the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]] halftime show, aired live on February 1, 2004, led to the government's crackdown on indecency in radio and television following a surge in audience complaints. The situation prompted tighter control over content by station managers which made Stern feel "dead" creatively.<ref name=Kurtz>{{cite news |first= Howard |last= Kurtz |author-link= Howard Kurtz |title= Stern On Satellite: A Bruised Flower, Blossoming Anew |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/10/AR2005121001432.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= December 11, 2005 |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref> After [[Clear Channel Communications]] and [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] were fined for content the FCC deemed indecent, the situation culminated on October 6, 2004, when Stern announced the signing of a five-year deal with [[Sirius Satellite Radio]], a subscription-based [[satellite radio]] service exempt from the FCC's broadcast regulations, starting in 2006. It was a move that has been regarded as the start of "a new era of radio". Stern's final live show on terrestrial airwaves aired on December 16, 2005.

Stern's first contract with Sirius was worth $500&nbsp;million; a budget of $100&nbsp;million a year for production, staff, and programming costs. In 2005, he formed two channels, [[Howard 100 and Howard 101]], which launched in September, and formed [[Howard 100 News]], a team of news reporters hired to report daily stories surrounding the radio show and those associated with it. Stern ended his eleven-year association with E! and secured a deal with the [[iN DEMAND]] network to launch [[Howard Stern On Demand]], a digital cable video-on-demand service, to broadcast uncensored tapings of the Sirius radio show.<ref>{{cite news |title= 'On Demand' will bare more of Stern footage |first= Richard |last= Huff |date= November 17, 2005 |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/demand-bare-stern-footage-article-1.606830 |work= [[New York Daily News]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 |archive-date= August 23, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003012/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/demand-bare-stern-footage-article-1.606830 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The service was relaunched as [[HowardTV]] in March 2006 and lasted until it was discontinued in December 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Hanging with Howard in his studio |first= Josh |last= Wolk |date= March 31, 2006 |url= https://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/31/hanging-howard-his-studio |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 }}</ref> A new, state-of-the-art studio and office space were constructed for the show at Sirius' headquarters in New York City.<ref name=8k>{{cite web |url= http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRa.13ej.htm |title= Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. 8-K For 10/1/04 |work= SECInfo.com |date= October 1, 2004 |access-date= March 25, 2010 |archive-date= December 4, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081204062730/http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRa.13ej.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref> On January 9, 2006, the day of his first broadcast on Sirius, Stern and Buchwald received a total of 34.3&nbsp;million shares of Sirius stock worth $218&nbsp;million for exceeding agreed subscriber number targets set when the contract was signed.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/news/newsmakers/stern/index.htm |title= Howard Stern & Co. Score $200M Payout |work=[[CNN Money]] |date= January 5, 2006 |access-date= July 26, 2006 }}</ref> A second subscriber bonus was met in January 2007, and Stern received 22&nbsp;million shares of stock worth $82.9&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |title= Shocking: Howard Stern Nets $83 Million Bonus from Sirius Satellite Radio |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/shocking-howard-stern-nets-83-million-bonus-from-sirius-satellite-radio |work=[[Fox News]] |date= January 9, 2007 |access-date= February 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine included Stern in its [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list,<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Spade |first= David |url= https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1975813_1975838_1976257,00.html |title= The 2006 TIME 100 — Howard Stern |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= May 8, 2006 |access-date= August 25, 2010 }}</ref> and he also ranked seventh on ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}} [[Celebrity 100]] list in June 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title= Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities - Howard Stern |work=[[Forbes]] |url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/5S85.html |date= June 2006 |access-date= August 25, 2010 }}</ref> When Sirius merged with rival service [[XM Satellite Radio]] in 2008 to form SiriusXM, the company paid Stern $25&nbsp;million as per a clause in his contract.<ref name=smokinggun/> In 2006, Stern filed a trademark for the name "King of All Media".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://trademarks.justia.com/789/70/king-of-all-78970100.html |work=[[Justia Trademarks]] |title=King of All Media - Trademark Details |date= September 8, 2006 |access-date= February 10, 2015 }}</ref>

On February 28, 2006, [[CBS Radio]], formerly Infinity Broadcasting, filed a lawsuit against Stern, Buchwald, and Sirius, claiming that Stern misused CBS broadcast time to promote Sirius for [[unjust enrichment]] during his last fourteen months on terrestrial radio.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cbs-radio-files-lawsuit-against-stern-sirius-1.576703 |title= CBS Radio files lawsuit against Stern, Sirius |date= March 1, 2006 |work=[[CBC.ca]] |access-date= May 13, 2010 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070207070456/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/03/01/stern-lawsuit-cbs.html |archive-date= February 7, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= CBS Radio Files Lawsuit Against Howard Stern |url= http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=180322 |work=[[FMQB]] |date= February 28, 2006 |access-date= August 25, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091220090956/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=180322 |archive-date= December 20, 2009 }}</ref> Stern held a press conference hours before the suit was filed; he stressed to the media that the suit was nothing more than a "personal vendetta" against him by CBS president [[Leslie Moonves]], and a distraction to the failure of the company's radio division in the aftermath of his departure from terrestrial radio as it struggled to attain ratings as strong as Stern's.<ref>{{cite news |title= Radio star Howard Stern in 'Sirius' legal trouble |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11617416 |first= Anne |last= Thompson |work=[[NBC News]] |date= March 1, 2006 |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref> Suit was filed in the [[New York Supreme Court]], and was before Judge [[Ira Gammerman (judge)|Ira Gammerman]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2006-05-25 |title=CBS and Stern Said to Have Settled Lawsuit, Bloomberg News |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/25/business/media/25cbs.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A settlement was reached out of court in May 2006 which involved Sirius paying CBS $2&nbsp;million for the rights to Stern's radio shows since 1985, which CBS had until then prohibited Stern from playing on Sirius.<ref>{{cite news |title= Stern Gets Old Tapes, CBS Gets $2M |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stern-gets-old-tapes-cbs-gets-2m/ |work=[[CBS News]] |first= Brian |last= Dakss |date= May 25, 2006 |access-date= August 25, 2010 }}</ref>

===2010–present: Sirius contract renewals, ''America's Got Talent'', and third book===
[[File:President Biden speaks about family on Howard Stern.webm|thumb|Stern and President Biden speaking about family on the Howard Stern Show]]
In December 2010, Stern renewed his contract with SiriusXM to continue his radio show for a further five years.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern to stay with Sirius Satellite Radio; signs new five-year contract |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/howard-stern-stay-sirius-satellite-radio-signs-new-five-year-contract-article-1.471981 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= December 9, 2010 |access-date= December 9, 2010 |first= Richard |last= Huff }}</ref> His new deal allows him to work a reduced schedule from four to three live radio shows each week.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern begins reduced Sirius XM schedule |url= http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a317596/howard-stern-begins-reduced-sirius-xm-schedule/ |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date= May 3, 2011 |access-date= July 30, 2011 |first= Justin |last= Harp }}</ref> On March 22, 2011, Stern and Buchwald filed a lawsuit against SiriusXM for $300&nbsp;million, claiming further annual bonuses were not paid despite Stern meeting subscriber growth targets.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/22/AR2011032202682.html |title= Stern sues Sirius over bonus pay for subscribers |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= March 22, 2011 |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref> On April 17, 2012, Judge Barbara Kapnick disagreed with their suit and dismissed it "with prejudice", thus preventing Stern and Buchwald from filing other suits over similar allegations against the company.<ref name=smokinggun>{{cite web |url= http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/howard-stern-lawsuit-dismissed-9785612 |title= Howard Stern's $300 Million Lawsuit Bounced |work=[[The Smoking Gun]] |date= April 17, 2012 |access-date= April 20, 2012 }}</ref> The pair filed an appeal to the decision, but it was rejected by an appeal court.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/howard-stern-loses-bid-revive-437810/ |title= Howard Stern Loses Bid to Revive $300 Million Sirius XM Lawsuit |date= April 11, 2013 |first= Eriq |last= Gardner |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref>

By mid-2011, Stern had reduced his time playing chess and took up photography. Among his first shoots was taking layouts for ''[[Hamptons (magazine)|Hamptons]]'' magazine in July.<ref>{{cite web |title= Howard Stern Swaps Photography For Chess |date= July 13, 2011 |url= http://www.showbizspy.com/article/235399/howard-stern-swaps-chess-for-photography.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714231738/http://www.showbizspy.com/article/235399/howard-stern-swaps-chess-for-photography.html |archive-date= July 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Lee |first= Katie |title= The Stunning Beth Ostrosky Stern |url= http://hamptons-magazine.com/features/articles/a-friend-indeed-1 |work= Hamptons |access-date= December 15, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111217140814/http://hamptons-magazine.com/features/articles/a-friend-indeed-1 |archive-date= December 17, 2011 }}</ref> He continued to shoot throughout the year, including ''[[WHIRL Magazine|WHIRL]]'' magazine and the [[North Shore Animal League]],<ref>{{cite web |date= October 4, 2011 |last= Tumpson |first= Christine McMahon |title= Perfect Ten: The Exclusive WHIRL Magazine Beth Stern Photo Shoot |url= http://whirlmagazine.com/perfect-ten/ |work= [[WHIRL Magazine|WHIRL]] |access-date= December 15, 2011 |archive-date= April 3, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403124525/http://whirlmagazine.com/perfect-ten/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= 2012 Animal League Calendar Featuring Beth Stern |url= http://www.animalleague.org/events-news/celebrity-supporters/beth/2012-calendar.html |work=[[North Shore Animal League]] |access-date= December 15, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20111017181057/http://www.animalleague.org/events-news/celebrity-supporters/beth/2012-calendar.html |archive-date= October 17, 2011 }}</ref> and established his photography company Conlon Road Photography, a reference to the name of the road he lived on while growing up in Roosevelt.

Later in 2011, Stern announced his return to network television as a replacement for [[Piers Morgan]] as a judge on ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' for its [[America's Got Talent (season 7)|seventh]] season.<ref>{{cite web |title= Howard Stern To Judge On 'America's Got Talent' |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1676030/howard-stern-americas-got-talent/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150612191605/http://www.mtv.com/news/1676030/howard-stern-americas-got-talent/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 12, 2015 |work=[[MTV]] |date= December 15, 2011 |access-date= December 15, 2011 |first= Gil |last= Kaufman }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Villarreal |first= Yvonne |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-dec-03-la-et-st-howard-stern-returning-americas-got-talent-20121203-story.html |title= Howard Stern returning to 'America's Got Talent' |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= December 3, 2012 |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Kuperinsky |first= Amy |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2012/07/americas_got_talent_top_48_beg.html |title= 'America's Got Talent': Top 48 begin performances at NJPAC |work=[[NJ.com]] |date= July 3, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> He had the show relocate to [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City to cater to his radio show schedule. Stern subsequently reappeared on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list at No. 26.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/celebrities/celebrity-100_2011.html |title= The World's Most Powerful Celebrities 2011 |work= [[Forbes]] |access-date= August 22, 2016 |archive-date= September 5, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160905004028/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/celebrities/celebrity-100_2011.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> He continued as a judge on the show for the [[America's Got Talent (season 8)|eighth]],<ref>{{cite news |last= Yahr |first= Emily |title= 'America's Got Talent' moving once again, this time to Radio City Music Hall |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/2013/04/03/4fc71508-9c73-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html |access-date= June 11, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= April 3, 2013}}</ref> [[America's Got Talent (season 9)|ninth]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_season_9_howard_stern_heidi_klum_blunt_honest-2014-05 |title= 'America's Got Talent' Season 9: Howard Stern and Heidi Klum are bluntly honest with contestants |work= [[Zap2it]] |first= Jacqueline |last= Cutler |access-date= June 16, 2015 |date= May 27, 2014 |archive-date= June 17, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617002816/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_season_9_howard_stern_heidi_klum_blunt_honest-2014-05 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and [[America's Got Talent (season 10)|tenth]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2014/12/howard-stern-returns-americas-got-talent-season-10-1201315366/ |title= Howard Stern To Return To 'America's Got Talent' |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date= June 16, 2015 |access-date= December 8, 2014 }}</ref> seasons. Stern left at the end of the show's tenth season in September 2015 to devote more time to his radio show.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/howard-stern-leaving-america-talent-article-1.2269799 |title= Howard Stern: I'm leaving 'America's Got Talent' for another TV show |date= June 24, 2015 |first= Ethan |last= Sacks |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date= June 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forrest|first=Suse|date=August 25, 2019|title='America's Got Talent': Why Howard Stern Can't Stand Simon Cowell|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/americas-got-talent-why-howard-stern-cant-stand-simon-cowell.html/|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet}}</ref>

Stern was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.radiohof.org/howard_stern.htm |title= Howard Stern |date= 2017 |website=[[National Radio Hall of Fame]] |access-date= January 9, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161654/http://www.radiohof.org/howard_stern.htm |archive-date= January 10, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He has been openly critical of the organization.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern comments on Radio Hall of Fame |url= https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/radio-hall-of-fame-finally-bows-to-howard-stern |first= Robert |last= Feder |date= June 28, 2012 |access-date= June 15, 2015 |work= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 19, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053312/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/radio-hall-of-fame-finally-bows-to-howard-stern }}</ref>

In August 2013, Stern and [[Simon Cowell]] shared first place on ''Forbes''{{'}} list of America's highest-paid television personalities with $95&nbsp;million earned between June 2012–13.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/simon-cowell-and-howard-stern-top-forbes-list-of-highestpaid-tv-personalities-8754253.html |date= August 9, 2013 |access-date= August 9, 2013 |title= Simon Cowell and Howard Stern top Forbes' list of highest-paid TV personalities |first= Hayley |last= Parr |work=[[The Independent]] }}</ref> Stern and Cowell tied first place in the following year's poll with the same amount earned from June 2013–14.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/11/03/simon-cowell-and-howard-stern-are-entertainments-top-earning-personalities/ |date= November 3, 2014 |access-date= November 5, 2014 |title= Simon Cowell And Howard Stern Are Entertainment's Top-Earning Personalities |first= Dorothy |last= Pomerantz |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> In 2015, ''Forbes'' placed Stern as the world's highest paid media personality and the fifth highest earning celebrity worldwide, at $95&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |title= The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities 2015 Ranking |url= https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date= November 14, 2015 |access-date= November 22, 2015 }}</ref>

In February 2015, [[Whalerock Industries]] announced its partnership with Stern to set up a future direct-to-consumer digital "media hub" service, with a potential mix of free and subscription-based programming.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/business/media/coming-soon-web-networks-for-a-bevy-of-celebrities.html |title= Coming Soon: Celebrity Web Networks From the Media Company Whalerock |first= Brooks |last= Barnes |date= February 18, 2015 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= February 24, 2015 }}</ref> On December 15, Stern announced his new deal with SiriusXM to continue his radio show for an additional five years. The agreement also gives Sirius the rights to his radio and video archives for an upcoming on-demand streaming application until 2027.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/howard-stern-5-year-deal-sirius-xm-satellite-radio-1201661527/ |title= Howard Stern Sets New Five-Year Deal with SiriusXM Satellite Radio That Includes Video Plans |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= December 15, 2015 |first= Cynthia |last= Littleton |access-date= December 15, 2015 }}</ref>

In October 2015, the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] delegation to the US condemned Stern for remarks about [[Palestinian]] minorities in the [[Middle East]] denouncing them as a people that "do not exist" or "did not live there [Palestine]", and earlier comments calling [[Arabs]] "dogs".<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-delegation-to-us-decries-howard-sterns-racism/ "Palestinian delegation to US decries Howard Stern's 'racism'"] ''The Times of Israel''. Accessed April 2, 2023.</ref>

In April 2018, Stern inducted [[Bon Jovi]] into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/howard-stern-bon-jovi-rock-hall-speech-edits-rant-8454743/|title= Howard Stern Fumes About Edits to Bon Jovi Rock Hall Speech: 'They Completely Gutted Me' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= May 7, 2018 |first= Gil |last= Kaufman |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2019, Stern announced his third book for [[Simon and Schuster]] entitled ''[[Howard Stern Comes Again]]''. It was released on May 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Howard-Stern-Comes-Again/Howard-Stern/9781501194290 |title= Howard Stern Comes Again |year= 2019 |isbn= 978-1501194290 |access-date= March 12, 2019 |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |publisher= Simon and Schuster }}</ref>

In May 2020, Stern admonished [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|Trump supporters]] that listen to his SiriusXM show, saying President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] despised his own supporters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Folley |first1=Aris |title=Trump Jr. hits Howard Stern for going 'establishment,' 'acting like Hillary' |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/497802-trump-jr-hits-howard-stern-for-going-establishment-acting-like |website=The Hill  |date=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Howard Stern says the people Trump 'despises most, love him the most' |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/914179/howard-stern-says-people-trump-despises-most-love-most |website=theweek.com  |date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> In response to Stern's criticisms of Trump, [[Donald Trump Jr.]] tweeted video from the ''Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant'' in which Stern parodied [[Ted Danson]]'s [[Ted Danson#Whoopi Goldberg|Friars Club appearance]] by wearing [[blackface]] and repeatedly using the [[Nigger|N-word]] and other racial slurs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Cydney |title=Howard Stern addresses blackface skit that uses N-word after Donald Trump Jr. calls him out |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/15/howard-stern-addresses-blackface-skit-response-donald-trump-jr/3194642001/ |website=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Variety |first1=J. Kim Murphy |title=Howard Stern responds to backlash over resurfaced video of him in blackface |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-howard-stern-blackface-response-20200616-nhz3m4aan5b4rldpix64s2ju5u-story.html |website=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722205323/https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-howard-stern-blackface-response-20200616-nhz3m4aan5b4rldpix64s2ju5u-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stern admitted, "The shit I did was fucking crazy" and that he has since toned down his show, crediting years in [[psychotherapy]] for his evolution.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Melas|first=Chloe|title=Howard Stern responds to controversy over resurfaced blackface performance|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/entertainment/howard-stern-responds-blackface/index.html |access-date=June 20, 2020|work=[[CNN]]|date=June 15, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Howard Stern Answers Donald Trump Jr After President's Son Re-Tweets SiriusXM Host's 1993 Blackface Sketch|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/howard-stern-responds-blackface-sketch-donald-trump-junior-1993-ppv-special-president-donald-trump-feud-ted-danson-1202958476/|access-date=June 20, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>

In December 2020, Stern renewed his contract with SiriusXM, agreeing to produce his show for five more years.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.marketwatch.com/story/siriusxm-extends-contract-with-howard-stern-for-another-five-years-2020-12-08/ |title= SiriusXM extends contract with Howard Stern for another five years Published}}</ref>

In June 2022, Stern stated his interest in running for [[President of the United States]] in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]], if [[Donald Trump]] becomes the Republican nominee once again.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/howard-stern-considering-running-president-donald-trump-gop-nominee/https://ew.com/celebrity/howard-stern-considering-running-president-donald-trump-gop-nominee/|title=Howard Stern will consider a presidential run if Donald Trump is GOP nominee: 'I'll beat his ass'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 28, 2022|first=Jessica|last=Wang}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In April 2024, he completed a one-on-one interview with President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=In Howard Stern interview, Biden says he's 'happy' to debate Trump |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-stern-interview-biden-happy-debate-trump/story?id=109695601 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

==FCC fines==
{{main|Federal Communications Commission fines of The Howard Stern Show}}
Between 1990 and 2004, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) fined owners of radio station licensees that carried ''The Howard Stern Show'' a total of $2.5&nbsp;million for content it considered to be indecent.<ref>{{cite web |title= Indecency on the air |first= John |last= Dunbar |date= April 9, 2004 |url= https://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/04/09/6588/indecency-air |website= [[The Center for Public Integrity]] |access-date= September 6, 2010 |archive-date= June 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130605212604/http://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/04/09/6588/indecency-air |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Stern blamed the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] for increased FCC fines and scrutiny of radio broadcasts in 2004 following the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy]] that February, and that year began openly promoting [[John Kerry]]'s [[John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] and urged listeners to oust Bush.<ref name=Kurtz/><ref>{{cite web |last= Douthat |first= Ross |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/kerry-s-secret-weapon/302959/ |title= Kerry's Secret Weapon? |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date= June 2004 |access-date= November 4, 2015 }}</ref>

==Personal life==

===Family and relationships===
Stern met his first wife, Alison Berns, while at Boston University through a mutual friend. He featured Berns in a student film he made about [[Transcendental Meditation]].<ref name=engage/>{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=32–33}} Stern wrote, "Within a week after our relationship began, I knew I was going to marry her".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/howard-stern-does-hollywood-84524/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title= Howard Stern Does Hollywood|date= March 16, 2011 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= Rich |last= Cohen }}</ref> They married at [[Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Temple Ohabei Shalom]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], on June 4, 1978; both were 24 years old.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=42}} They have three daughters: Emily Beth (b. 1983), Debra Jennifer (b. 1986), and Ashley Jade (b. 1993).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1134268004584 |title= Meet: The Cast |access-date= September 18, 2008 |last= Phillips |first= Erica |date= February 21, 2006 |website=[[Sirius Satellite Radio]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060221193103/http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius%2FPage&c=FlexContent&cid=1134268004584 |archive-date= February 21, 2006 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In October 1999, they decided to separate.<ref>{{cite web |title= Stern's Dating/Rating Game |first= David |last= Hinkley |date= February 8, 2000 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/stern-dating-rating-game-howard-separation-wife-ongoing-on-air-search-girlfriend-connecting-shock-jock-larger-listenership-article-1.867129 |access-date= May 7, 2010 }}</ref> Stern said, "I was totally neurotic and sort of consumed with work. I took work as the most important thing and the only thing".<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/howard-sterns-long-struggle-and-neurotic-triumph-97935/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title= Howard Stern's Long Struggle and Neurotic Triumph |date= March 31, 2011 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= Neil |last= Strauss }}</ref> He moved from the home he shared with Berns in [[Old Westbury, New York|Old Westbury]], New York<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nypost.com/1999/10/25/sterns-l-i-neighbors-in-shock/ |title= Stern's L.I. neighbors in shock |first= Neil |last= Graves |date= October 25, 1999 |access-date= August 17, 2016 |work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref> into a 4,000-square-foot apartment in [[Millennium Tower (New York City)|Millennium Tower]] on the [[Upper West Side]] of Manhattan which he bought in 1998 for $4.9&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.eonline.com/news/38894/howard-stern-wife-separate |title= Howard Stern, Wife Separate |date= October 23, 1999 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= Marcus |last= Errico |work=[[E!]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83837036.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161008195408/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83837036.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 8, 2016 |title= News Lite: Stern makes move into Manhattan digs |date= September 18, 1998 |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |access-date= August 17, 2016 }}</ref> The marriage ended in 2001 with an amicable divorce and settlement.<ref name=engage>{{Cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021401507.html |title= Howard Stern Engaged To Model Girlfriend |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= February 14, 2007 |access-date= September 18, 2008 }}</ref> Stern has since bought a home in [[Southampton, New York]] on Long Island.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://hamptons.curbed.com/maps/hamptons-celebrity-homes-map |title= Hamptons Celebrity Homes Mapped |first1= Grace |last1= Cassidy |first2= Laura |last2= Euler |date= May 23, 2018 |work=[[Curbed]] |access-date= May 2, 2019 }}</ref>
[[File:Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky.jpg|thumb|Stern and wife [[Beth Ostrosky Stern|Beth Ostrosky]] in 2011]]
In the several months when Stern was single, he dated [[Angie Everhart]]<ref>{{Cite episode |first= Howard |last= Stern |series=[[The Howard Stern Show]] |date= March 21, 2007 |station=[[Howard 100]] |time= 9:00 a.m. hour }}</ref> and [[Robin Givens]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.essence.com/2008/06/18/through-the-storm-robin-givens |date= June 18, 2008 |title= Through the Storm: Robin Givens |work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |access-date= August 16, 2016 }}</ref> He started seeing a psychotherapist.<ref name=":0" /> In 2000, he started to date model and television host [[Beth Ostrosky Stern|Beth Ostrosky]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1596999/howard-sterns-wife-beth-ostrosky-talks-about-recent-wedding/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140726224342/http://www.mtv.com/news/1596999/howard-sterns-wife-beth-ostrosky-talks-about-recent-wedding/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 26, 2014 |title= Howard Stern's Wife, Beth Ostrosky, Talks About Recent Wedding |first= Chris |last= Harris |work=[[MTV]] |date= October 14, 2008 |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref> He announced their engagement on his radio show on February 14, 2007.<ref name=engage/> They married at [[Le Cirque]] restaurant in New York City on October 3, 2008. The ceremony was officiated by [[Mark Consuelos]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://nypost.com/2008/10/03/howard-stern-gets-married/ |title= Howard Stern Gets Married |first= Erin |last= Calabrese |work=[[New York Post]] |date= October 3, 2008 |access-date= October 3, 2008 }}</ref> In 2017, Stern purchased a home in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], for $52&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/national/meet-the-new-neighbor-howard-stern-reportedly-pays-million-for-palm-beach-home/S40fSnOxfilIE0oBSVWCfJ/?template=ampart |title= Meet the new neighbor: Howard Stern reportedly pays $52 Million for Palm Beach Home |first= Darrell |last= Hofheinz |date= August 28, 2017 |work= [[Palm Beach Daily News]] |access-date= May 2, 2019 |archive-date= August 6, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190806150539/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/national/meet-the-new-neighbor-howard-stern-reportedly-pays-million-for-palm-beach-home/S40fSnOxfilIE0oBSVWCfJ/?template=ampart |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===Other activities===

In the early 1970s, Stern's parents began to practice Transcendental Meditation and encouraged him to learn. Stern credits the technique with helping him quit smoking, achieve his goals in radio, beat [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]], and cure his mother of depression.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tmhome.com/books-videos/howard-stern-its-like-brushing-your-teeth/ |title=Howard Stern: "Meditation is just like brushing your teeth!" |access-date= August 22, 2016 |date= August 22, 2016 |website= TMHome }}</ref> As of 1997, he continued to practice it.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=29}} Stern has interviewed [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], the founder of the technique, and thanked him for relieving his mother's depression.

Stern revealed his suffering with obsessive–compulsive disorder in ''Miss America''. His condition originated while at university and continued into his radio career.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1996|pp=126–127}} As part of the Staff Revelations Game on his radio show in January 2006, Stern revealed that he had undergone [[rhinoplasty]] and had [[liposuction]] under his chin in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/nose-job-howard-money-back-article-1.552368 |title= If you got a nose job, Howard, you should get your money back! |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= January 18, 2006 |first= Michele |last= Ingrassia |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref>
In 2012, Stern said he had adopted a [[pescetarian]] diet.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/howard-stern-goes-pescetarian |title= Howard Stern goes pescetarian |website=[[Mother Nature Network]] |access-date= April 19, 2018 }}</ref> In 2019, Stern revealed that he had a cancer scare two years prior, after a growth was found on one of his kidneys. It turned out to be a benign [[cyst]].<ref name=THR19>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/howard-stern-reveals-cancer-scare-trump-regrets-details-a-dishy-new-book-1208773 |title= "All I'm Thinking Is, 'I'm Going to Die'": Howard Stern Reveals Cancer Scare, Trump Regrets and Details of a Dishy New Book |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first= Lacy |last= Rose |date= May 8, 2019 |access-date= May 9, 2019 }}</ref>

Stern is a longtime supporter and fund raiser for [[North Shore Animal League America]].<ref>{{cite press release |title= Howard and Beth Stern |url= https://www.animalleague.org/news-events/press/press-release-beth-howard-stern-adoption-special/ |website=[[North Shore Animal League America]] |access-date= January 8, 2018 }}</ref> Stern and Ostrosky have been fostering cats in their [[Long Island]] home since 2014. Approximately 200 cats come through their home every year.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=May 22, 2019|title=Beth Stern on Landing Her Foster Kittens on the Cover of 'Rolling Stone'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/beth-stern-howard-stern-kittens-836973/|access-date=March 6, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|Howard Stern videography and discography|Howard Stern television shows}}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1986
| ''Ryder, P.I.''
| Ben Wah, a news reporter
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]''
| Himself
| {{plainlist|
* [[Blockbuster Entertainment Award]] for "Favorite Male Newcomer" (1998)
* Nominated – [[18th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] for "Worst New Star" (1998)
* Nominated – [[Golden Satellite Awards 1997|Golden Satellite Award]] for "Best Male Actor Performance in a Comedy or Musical" (1998)}}
|}

===Home video===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Negligeé and Underpants Party|Howard Stern's Negligeé and Underpants Party]]''
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#U.S. Open Sores|Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores]]''
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Butt Bongo Fiesta|Butt Bongo Fiesta]]''
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#The Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant|Howard Stern's New Year's Rotten Eve 1994]]''
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Channel/Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Howard Stern television shows#The Howard Stern Show (Fox)|The Howard Stern Show]]''
| [[Fox network|Fox]], five test pilots that never aired
|-
| 1990–1992
| ''[[The Howard Stern Show (1990 TV program)|The Howard Stern Show]]''
| [[WWOR-TV]] and affiliates
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[Howard Stern television shows#The Howard Stern "Interview"|The Howard Stern "Interview"]]''
| [[E!]]
|-
| 1994–2005
| ''[[Howard Stern television shows#Howard Stern|Howard Stern]]''
| [[E!]]
|-
| 1998–2001
| ''[[Howard Stern television shows#The Howard Stern Radio Show|The Howard Stern Radio Show]]''
| [[CBS]] affiliates
|-
| 2005–2013
| {{plainlist|
* [[Howard Stern television shows#Howard Stern on Demand/Howard TV|Howard Stern on Demand]] (2005–2006)
* [[Howard Stern television shows#Howard Stern on Demand/Howard TV|HowardTV]] (2006–2013)}}
| [[In Demand|in DEMAND]] digital cable
|}

==Discography==
{{Main|Howard Stern videography and discography}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Album
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Label
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#50 Ways to Rank Your Mother|50 Ways to Rank Your Mother]]''
| Wren Records
| Re-released in 1994 as ''Unclean Beaver'' on [[Ichiban Records|Ichiban]]/Citizen X labels
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Crucified by the FCC|Crucified by the FCC]]''
| [[Infinity Broadcasting]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Howard Stern videography and discography#Private Parts: The Album|Private Parts: The Album]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| Reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, certified Platinum
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |first2= Larry |last2= Sloman |author2-link= Larry Sloman |editor-first= Judith |editor-last= Regan |editor-link= Judith Regan |year= 1993 |title= Private Parts |title-link= Private Parts (book) |location= New York |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn= 978-0671880163 |oclc= 28968496 |ref= none}}
* {{Cite book |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |first2= Larry |last2= Sloman |author2-link= Larry Sloman |editor-first= Judith |editor-last= Regan |editor-link= Judith Regan |year= 1995 |title= Miss America |title-link= Miss America (book) |location= New York |publisher=[[ReganBooks]] |isbn= 978-0060391676 |oclc= 33432817 |ref= none}}
* {{Cite book |last= Stern |first= Howard |year= 2019 |title= Howard Stern Comes Again |title-link= Howard Stern Comes Again |location= New York |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn= 978-1501194290 |oclc= 1042358631 |ref= none}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{Cite book |last= Colford |first= Paul D. |title= Howard Stern: King of All Media |edition= 2nd |publisher= [[St. Martin's Paperbacks]] |isbn= 978-0312962210 |year= 1997 |url= https://archive.org/details/howardsternkingo00colf }}
* {{cite book|last=Menell|first=Jeff|title=Howard Stern: Big Mouth|year=1993|publisher=Windsor|isbn=978-1-558-17796-3}}
* {{Cite book |last= Lucaire |first= Luigi |title= Howard Stern, A to Z: A Totally Unauthorized Guide |publisher= [[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year= 1997 |isbn= 978-0312151447 |url= https://archive.org/details/howardsterntozst00luca }}
* {{Cite book |last= Luerssen |first= John |title= American Icon: The Howard Stern Reader |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-0557042043 }}{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}
* {{Cite book |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |first2= Larry |last2= Sloman |author2-link= Larry Sloman |editor-first= Judith |editor-last= Regan |editor-link= Judith Regan |year= 1996 |title= Miss America |title-link= Miss America (book) |edition= Paperback |location= New York |publisher=[[ReganBooks]] |isbn= 978-0061095504 }}
* {{Cite book |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |first2= Larry |last2= Sloman |author2-link= Larry Sloman |editor-first= Judith |editor-last= Regan |editor-link= Judith Regan |year= 1993 |title= Private Parts |title-link= Private Parts (book) |edition= 1st |location= New York |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn= 978-0671880163 |oclc= 28968496 }}

==External links==
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* {{official website}}
* [http://www.siriusxm.com/howard100 ''The Howard Stern Show''] on [[Sirius XM Radio]]
* {{IMDb name|1769}}
* {{C-SPAN|36285}}

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