Throughout its run spanning four decades and multiple media, ''
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...
'' has been home to a number of staff members and contributors.
Current staff
These staffers currently work for and appear on the show on a regular, if not hourly basis.
In-studio
These people currently sit in the studio throughout the entire broadcast or have an exclusively in-studio role with the show when present.
Howard Stern
Howard Stern is the host of the show, which essentially is a discussion of topics that include world affairs, celebrity gossip,
self-deprecation
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, sexual relationships, bodily functions, conflicts among his staff, his own personal family matters, and the antics of the show's
Wack Pack
The Wack Pack is the name given to an assortment of personalities heard throughout the history of ''The Howard Stern Show''. As a parody of the Rat Pack or Brat Pack, Stern biographer Richard Mintzer has labeled them a key part of the show. Mem ...
.
Self-proclaimed "King of All Media".
Robin Quivers
Robin Ophelia Quivers is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and first met Stern after being assigned as his newscaster at
WWDC
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in March 1981. She has been his co-host and news anchor ever since. She is a former nurse and Captain in the
United States Air Force
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. Quivers briefly left the show towards the end of her time at WWDC. In 1982, Stern signed a contract to work at
WNBC
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, and Quivers did not realize WNBC initially refused to hire her. Quivers returned to the show at WNBC a month after Stern began, having convinced WNBC management to hire Robin after all.
Stern once said that Quivers is the only person on the show that he allowed to talk freely during the broadcast, although comedian
Artie Lange
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People
* Artie Bettles (1891–1971), Australian rules footballer
* Artie Butler (born 1942), American popular music arranger, songwriter ...
was allowed this privilege as well during his years on the show.
Fred Norris
Of the show's staff, Stern met Norris first, in 1979, when the two worked as
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...
s at
WCCC in
Hartford, Connecticut. Norris worked the overnight shift, after which Stern hosted the morning show. Although Stern left shortly afterwards, Norris stayed at WCCC until joining Stern and Quivers at Washington, D.C.'s
WWDC
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in 1981.
The "Earth Dog Fred" nickname originated in Washington, as Norris replaced an engineer nicknamed "Earth Dog Brent."
Norris is married to Allison (née Furman) and they have one daughter, Tess.
Norris' current role on the show is to provide
sound effects, organize and direct commercials and live reads, and perform writing duties. Norris also provides impersonations of show regulars, celebrities and others.
Outside the studio
These are the behind-the-scenes personnel, although, in the Stern world, many of these staff members appear on air.
Steve Brandano
Brandano, previously known as "Steve The Intern," answers Stern's phones, is a contributor on ''
The Wrap-Up Show
''The Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show'' (commonly just called ''The Wrap-Up Show'') is a radio show that follows ''The Howard Stern Show'' on Howard 101, an uncensored channel on Sirius XM Radio. Originally hosted by Jon Hein until September 2022, i ...
'', and was formerly the host of the Thursday night intern show.
Benjy Bronk
Benjy Bronk (born September 4, 1967) began working on ''The Howard Stern Show'' as an intern in 1998. Bronk eventually earned a paid position conducting pre-interviews of show guests and gathering articles for
Robin Quivers
Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running co-host of ''The Howard Stern Show''.
Early life
Quivers was born on August 8, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryla ...
' newscasts. In 2000, Benjy was given an in-studio seat next to writers
Jackie Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. (born February 14, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio personality, author, actor, and musician also known as Jackie the Joke Man. He is best known as a former writer and in-studio comedian fo ...
and
Fred Norris
Eric Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis; July 9, 1955) is an American radio personality and the longest-tenured staff member of ''The Howard Stern Show'', aside from Stern himself. He first met Howard Stern while working at WCCC-FM, a radio stat ...
, writing on-the-spot jokes for Stern as the show transpired.
After Martling left the show in early 2001, Bronk continued as an in-studio joke writer with Norris. When the ''Howard Stern Show'' moved to Sirius satellite radio in January 2006, Bronk continued in his role as an in-studio joke writer.
Richard Christy
While working as an electrician in Florida and playing as a drummer in a number of
heavy metal bands including
Iced Earth
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and
Death
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, Christy began calling into the show from October 1999, initially sending voice mails to the show's assistant producer
K. C. Armstrong, which were played on-air. From 2001 to 2003, Christy sent song parodies and bits about Armstrong and show co-host
Robin Quivers
Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running co-host of ''The Howard Stern Show''.
Early life
Quivers was born on August 8, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryla ...
including some like "It's K.C.'s Sausage Party" (a parody of "
It's My Party") and "Gay Photograph" (a parody of the
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), ...
song "Photograph") that continue to be played on the show to this day. Christy made his first visit to the show on April 24, 2003, where he played a round of blackjack to win a date with a porn star.
In July 2004, when the show was holding a "Win John's Job" contest following the departure of
Stuttering John from the show, Christy won the position as voted by fans. Since joining the show, Christy has become known for his prank calls, song parodies, unique personality, and "show stunts" he's performed with his writing partner
Sal the Stockbroker
Throughout its run spanning four decades and multiple media, ''The Howard Stern Show'' has been home to a number of staff members and contributors.
Current staff
These staffers currently work for and appear on the show on a regular, if not ...
.
Christy is currently the drummer in the heavy-metal band
Charred Walls of the Damned
Charred Walls of the Damned is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in 2009 consisting of drummer Richard Christy, bassist Steve Di Giorgio, vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens and guitarist Jason Suecof. The band was formed by Christy after a fiv ...
.
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Dell'Abate, aka Baba Booey, serves as the show's executive producer. He was hired right after graduating from
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher ed ...
in 1984. Howard would call him Boy Gary and Dell'Abate briefly anglicized his name to Gary Dell. He is mocked on the Stern Show for his appearance, gullibility (he once booked a mentally challenged woman who claimed to be
Madonna's sister), and frequent mispronunciations (for example, insisting that actor
Nick Nolte
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film ''The Prince of Tides''. He received ...
's last name was pronounced "Nolt"). He earned the nickname "Baba Booey" after insisting it to be the correct name of the cartoon character
Baba Looey
Baba Looey is a fictional Mexican donkey that appeared in ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show''. He is the deputy and familiar to Sheriff Quick Draw McGraw. He speaks Spanish with a Mexican accent. He was originally voiced by Daws Butler.
Character
...
.
Sal Governale
Salvatore "Sal" Governale, originally referred to as Sal the Stockbroker, was originally a frequent caller who worked selling stocks and commodities for a
boiler room operation. Stern took notice after numerous calls mocking Gary Dell'Abate. Although he came in second in the "Win John's Job" contest to his future writing partner
Richard Christy
Thomas Richard Christy Jr. (born April 1, 1974) is an American drummer and radio personality, best known for being the former drummer for several heavy metal bands since the early 1990s, most notably Death, and his tenure on '' The Howard Ster ...
, Sal was eventually hired as a prank caller/writer for the show and is now credited as a producer.
J. D. Harmeyer
Born in December 1979 in
Fairborn, Ohio
Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,620 at the 2020 census. Fairborn is a suburb of Dayton, and part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the only city in the world named Fairborn, a po ...
, Jamie Daniel "J. D." Harmeyer is Stern's head media producer. He records television shows, pulls clips from the internet, and edits together highlights from recent movies and TV. He attended
Full Sail University
Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida. It was formerly a recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts. The school moved to Florida in 1980 and began ...
in
Winter Park, Florida
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Winter Park was f ...
.
Jon Hein
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Jon Hein made his first guest appearances on the show on May 3, 2001, discussing television shows that have "
jumped the shark
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", a term he uses to describe when a show has passed its prime (based on an episode of the show, ''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...
'', where a previously popular and well-done show clearly and memorably began to go downhill). In late 2005, while experimental programming was broadcast on
Howard 100 and Howard 101
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 2 ...
, Hein presented the first edition of ''Superfan Roundtable''. His success in on-air hosting led him to become the co-host of ''
The Wrap-Up Show
''The Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show'' (commonly just called ''The Wrap-Up Show'') is a radio show that follows ''The Howard Stern Show'' on Howard 101, an uncensored channel on Sirius XM Radio. Originally hosted by Jon Hein until September 2022, i ...
'' when the show moved to
Sirius XM in January 2006.
Hein was a co-host on the weekly Thursday show, "Jon Hein's TV Show" with
J. D. Harmeyer, Steve Brandano and Jenny Hutt. He also co-hosted the weekly Friday show "Geek Time" with Jason Kaplan and Ralph Cirella. Both shows have since been canceled.
Jason Kaplan
Jason Kaplan is an executive producer for the show. His duties include writing the daily show rundown that appears on the show's website and taking photos that appear alongside the daily rundown. In September 2007, Jason and
HowardTV director Scott DePace engaged in an intense feud stemming from their political differences.
Jason was married to his girlfriend, Janis, on November 8, 2008. Notable guests at the ceremony included Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Gary Dell'Abate, and most of Stern's staff. The reception featured speeches from fellow staff members, Ronnie Mund and J. D. Harmeyer. Kaplan hosted "Page 69" along with Will Murray. On the wrap-up show on August 19, Kaplan stated that he grew up in
Stanhope, New Jersey
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.
Kaplan hosted monthly episodes of ''The Fat Guy Show''. Kaplan was a producer of the monthly show ''Geek Time'' that aired Fridays, with Jon Hein and Ralph Cirella.
On December 8, 2020, Kaplan stated he was an executive producer during the show's broadcast, serving alongside longtime executive producer
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
.
Ronnie Mund
Ronald Mund, commonly referred to as Ronnie the Limo Driver, born 28 October 1949, was Stern's
limousine
A limousine ( or ), or limo () for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment.
A very long wheelbase luxury sedan (with more than four doors) driven by a pr ...
driver and later his bodyguard. Ronald is 5 foot, 2 inches tall and was frequently mocked for not being able to see over the steering wheel of his limo without sitting on a stack of textbooks by Howard on air. He later became the head of security for the Stern show studios and offices at Sirius Radio. After serving in the Air Force, Mund started a limo business. He began driving for Stern in 1986, and quickly became a character on the radio show. In 2011, Ronnie began touring night clubs around the U.S. with other talent from ''The Howard Stern Show'' on the "Ronnie Mund Block Party." In March 2013, Ronnie hosted a 4-day event in
Jamaica
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called the Ronnie Mund Jamaican Getaway.
Mund retired as Stern’s limo driver in late 2020 sold his long time
Queens, New York
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home and retired to
Las Vegas
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the following year. He continues to make guest appearances on the show remotely.
Will Murray
Will Murray is the show's researcher and segment producer. He pre-interviews all guests, and compiles pages of notes of research for Howard to use during on-air interviews. He and fellow producer Jason Kaplan hosted the
Howard 100 News segment "Page 69."
On September 5, 2008, Will married his long-time girlfriend. A
Philadelphia
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area native, he is a huge Philadelphia sports fan, and is a graduate of
Syracuse University.
Mike Trainor
Mike Trainor joined the show in 2014 as writer and producer. He became prominent on the show as the voice of a lump that was growing on
Wack Packer Jeff the Drunk. His name is not used on the program. Instead he is often referred to on the air as "Lump."
Marci Turk
Marci Turk is
chief operating officer
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of Stern's channels, but her name is not used on the air. A former employee of author
David Allen, she is a prominent advocator of his ''
Getting Things Done
''Getting Things Done'' (GTD) is a personal productivity system developed by David Allen and published in a book of the same name. GTD is described as a time management system. Allen states "there is an inverse relationship between things on yo ...
'' method of
time management
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.
Former staff and associates
The following people all saw significant air-time when they worked with Stern. Some were show staffers who left for other careers. Some had been interns, Stern's bosses, and station support staff who for a time were all integral to the show.
Former radio staff
K. C. Armstrong
Kyle Casey "K. C." Armstrong (born July 17, 1975), who grew up in nearby
Suffolk County, New York, had been a
college football player. He began working on the show as an intern in 1997 and later became
associate producer
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from 1998 to 2004.
In a 2005 interview, Armstrong revealed that he had been fired from the show by WXRK general manager
Tom Chiusano for lapsing back into drug use after spending time in rehab.
Armstrong was needled by Stern for his good looks and athletic body. Some show staffers, jealous of his appearance, speculated that if he is that good-looking, he must be gay. Armstrong eventually moved to
California
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, where he tried to start a career in acting. He released a comedy DVD called ''Die Laughing''. He has acted in three movies – ''Death4Told'', ''Grace and the Storm'' and ''Secret War'' and appears on the comedy DVD series ''Meet the Creeps''.
Lee Davis
"Boy" Lee Davis was the original Stern show producer at WNBC before Gary Dell'Abate. He left to become the producer of the
Soupy Sales
Milton Supman (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009), known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television serie ...
show.
He moved up the ladder in station management and eventually became the general manager of
sports radio
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station
WFAN
WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a sports radio format known as "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the New York metropolitan area while ...
, which was the successor to
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
at
AM 660
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in New York.
Shuli Egar
Shuli Egar is a comedian who first appeared on the show in June 2003. When Stern announced his planned move to Sirius and created
Howard 100 News in 2005, Egar was an early hire. He was promoted to reporting about and keeping tabs on
The Wack Pack
The Wack Pack is the name given to an assortment of personalities heard throughout the history of ''The Howard Stern Show''. As a parody of the Rat Pack or Brat Pack, Stern biographer Richard Mintzer has labeled them a key part of the show. Memb ...
. He also filled in for Lisa G and Steve Langford when they were out.
In September 2020, Egar abruptly moved to
Alabama
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from New York City out of concern for his family, who felt unsafe in their neighborhood due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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and civil unrest caused by the
George Floyd protests
The George Floyd protests were a series of protests and civil unrest against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, and largely took place during 2020. The civil unrest and protests began as part of internat ...
. Egar did not inform Stern of his relocation until he had already finished moving, though SiriusXM management was made aware and approved of the move. With all content for the Howard Stern Channels being created remotely rather than at the SiriusXM headquarters in New York during the pandemic, Egar was still able to contribute to the show.
On January 22, 2021, Egar announced on
Twitter
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he was launching a podcast through
Patreon
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. In the first episode of his podcast, Egar stated he was no longer happy working at the show and had not been for several years. He felt the content he was creating was being sidelined too frequently, and that he was not allowed on the air as frequently as he would have liked to be. After his move to Alabama, Egar claimed show producers took him off the assignment of covering the
Wack Pack
The Wack Pack is the name given to an assortment of personalities heard throughout the history of ''The Howard Stern Show''. As a parody of the Rat Pack or Brat Pack, Stern biographer Richard Mintzer has labeled them a key part of the show. Mem ...
, his longtime primary role at the show. Egar resigned from the show, saying that he and the staff at the ''Stern Show'', including Stern himself, were still on good terms, and that Stern called him upon learning of his resignation to wish him well. At the time of his departure, Egar was the only original member of the Howard 100 News team that remained on staff.
Steve Freid
Steve "the Engineer" Freid first worked with Ben Stern and later worked with Howard when he arrived at K-Rock. He gained notoriety performing as the character Wood Yi, a parody of actor/director
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
. Billy West came up with the idea for the character in the early 1990s, and Steve was chosen to play the part due to having a similar-sounding voice. When performing as Wood Yi, Steve read lines supplied to him by the shows' staff, reciting them in a
deadpan
Deadpan, dry humour, or dry-wit humour is the deliberate display of emotional neutrality or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness or absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blun ...
manner.
Gary Garver
Gary Garver was a West Coast-based correspondent for ''
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...
'' who first started working for the show in 1991 when he was an operator at
KLSX, the show's
Los Angeles
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affiliate. He was sent to awards shows, movie premieres and television conventions to ask
"Stuttering John"-type questions to celebrities and
has-beens.
Steve Grillo
Former Stern Show intern and associate producer at
WXRK, known as "Gorilla". Howard dedicated his second book ''
Miss America'' to Steve. Grillo conducted movie reviews for
Howard 100 News in 2006. As homage to his former duties as a Stern show intern, he rated films by awarding them a certain number of potatoes.
Artie Lange
![Artielangesit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Artielangesit.jpg)
Lange's first appearance on the show was as a guest alongside fellow comedian
Norm Macdonald
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on January 8, 1998, following a bit involving
Scott the Engineer and his challenge to perform 17 complete
push-up
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s. Although appearing with Macdonald to promote the film ''
Dirty Work'', Lange had been a fan of Stern since the 1980s when he used to listen with his father. In fact, after Lange's father was paralyzed in 1987, show producer
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
sent Lange an autographed jacket which Lange auctioned off for $2,000 to help support his family.
Following the departure of the show's writer and comedian
Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. (born February 14, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio personality, author, actor, and musician also known as Jackie the Joke Man. He is best known as a former writer and in-studio comedian fo ...
in 2001, several comedians "auditioned" for Martling's seat by sitting in for a couple of shows. Lange's first appearance in what became known as "The Jackie Chair" occurred for 2 days, on May 7 and 8, 2001. The temporary appearance consisted of being Stern's sidekick along with Quivers, and Lange frequently told personal stories, usually regarding alcohol, drugs, food and prostitutes. On October 29, 2001, Lange joined the show full-time and was voted favorite by Howard's fans in 2009.
Lange left the show in December 2009. At first the leave was thought to be temporary, but in early 2010 he attempted suicide at his apartment in
Hoboken, New Jersey
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. The incident has not been discussed in great detail on the show and for much of 2010, Stern mentioned that Lange would return when he was healthy. However, in 2011 the show and the Howard 100 News began to reference Lange as a "former" staffer. On October 3, 2011, Lange began co-hosting ''
The Nick & Artie Show'' with comedian
Nick Di Paolo
Nicholas Rocco Di Paolo (born ) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, radio personality and podcast host. He is the host of '' The Nick Di Paolo Show'' podcast, and is best known for his appearances as a regular on ''Tough Crowd ...
. This show aired on Directv. In April 2014, Artie was informed before the show that Directv had cancelled his show. He went on air that night for the last time as a part of the Directv team. He currently is the host of a podcast called "The Artie Lange Uncensored Podcast."
John Melendez
In 1988, Stuttering John was attending
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
's film school, and belonged to a band called "Rock Slide". His college roommate,
Mitch Fatel
Mitch Fatel (born December 20, 1968 Mitch Faytel in in Manhattan) is a stand-up comedian. He was raised in Yonkers, New York and began doing stand-up at the age of 15. In 1988 Fatel attended NYU/Tisch School of the Arts and majored in film and ...
, was on the verge of quitting his internship with ''
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...
'', when Melendez begged him for a recommendation for an internship on the show. Producer
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
interviewed Melendez and mentioned his stuttering problem to
Stern, who decided to hire him as a field reporter.
On Stern's show, Melendez conducted outrageous street interviews and appeared at press conferences, asking off-the-wall questions to various celebrities, including
Gennifer Flowers
Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is an American author, singer, model, actress, former State of Arkansas employee, and former TV journalist. In January 1998, President Bill Clinton testified under oath that he had a sexual encounter wit ...
,
Ringo Starr,
Burt Reynolds,
Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the Natio ...
,
Larry King
Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys, an Emmy and 10 Cable ACE Awards. Over his career, he hosted over 50,000 interviews. ...
and the
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current D ...
. He also provided comic relief on the show itself with his misadventures, poor grammar, and sloppy pronunciation. Melendez left the show after being offered a half-million-dollar contract as the announcer for ''
The Tonight Show
''The Tonight Show'' is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. The show has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 201 ...
'' with
Jay Leno.
Al Rosenberg
Al Rosenberg was a writer/performer for Howard on
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
. He did numerous voice impressions including
Sue Simmons
Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1942) is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. Her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012 and WNBC announced that it would not ren ...
and
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Karola Ruth Westheimer ( Siegel; born June 4, 1928), better known as Dr. Ruth, is a German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.
Westheimer was born in Germany to a Jewish fam ...
. In ''
The History of Howard Stern
''The History of Howard Stern'' is a radio documentary series about the life and career of American radio personality Howard Stern, covering the years from his childhood through 2001. It originally aired across 35 episodes in four "acts" on Howard ...
'', Howard stated that he hired Al after Imus fired him so that he (Imus) could hire his girlfriend to replace Rosenberg. He stayed on at WNBC after Howard was fired because he was still under contract to the station. Al also worked on
WNEW-AM radio as one half of the morning team with Bob Fitzsimmons. He also worked with
Ted Brown. He later worked again for Howard on the
"Channel 9 Show" as a writer. Al called into Stern's show in 2007 (during a
Paul Mooney interview) to discuss Imus' racism. He also appeared on
Howard 101
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 200 ...
's defunct "Miserable Men" program.
He currently works doing speaking engagements and voice-over work. He also serves on the board of Rise, a non-profit organization and currently serves as Deputy Mayor for
East Windsor Township, New Jersey
East Windsor is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Located within the Raritan Valley region, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census B ...
.
Scott Salem
Scott the Engineer was the show's long-time engineer, having joined on February 10, 1986.
Having previously worked at
WABC (AM)
WABC (770 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a conservative talk format known as "Talkradio 77". Owned by John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Media, the station's studios are located in Red Apple Media headqu ...
and
WPLJ
WPLJ (95.5 FM) is a non-commercial Christian adult contemporary music radio station licensed to New York City. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and broadcasts EMF's flagship programming service, K-Love. WPLJ's transmi ...
in New York City, Salem received a
voice mail
A voicemail system (also known as voice message or voice bank) is a computer-based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to ind ...
from
Jimmy Fink
Jimmy Fink is a New York metropolitan area radio personality, producer and writer.
Early life and education
Fink was born and raised in Eastchester, New York. His family owned the Fink Bakery, a New York City which operated in Manhattan and ...
, then the morning personality at
WXRK informing him of his new position.
In 1996, the ''
Austin American-Statesman'' wrote that Scott is "always threatening to quit or on the verge of being fired, he's the show's whipping boy for technical problems". In 2007, Salem made a onetime appearance on tour with the "Killers of Comedy," performing stand-up followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Salem is an avid bowler and has competed in and appeared at several
PBA tour events.
Ron Tarrant
Ron Tarrant joined the Howard Stern Channels in 2016 from Canada as the Head Imaging/Sound Designer & new voice of the Howard Stern Show/Channels. He left the show in 2019.
Billy West
![Billy West by Gage Skidmore 3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Billy_West_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg)
Billy West provided the show with comedy impersonations, part-time, beginning on November 7, 1988.
[ ] He was known for his impressions of
Marge Schott
Margaret Carolyn Schott (née Unnewehr; August 18, 1928 – March 2, 2004) was an American baseball executive. Serving as managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was ...
and show comedian
Jackie Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. (born February 14, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio personality, author, actor, and musician also known as Jackie the Joke Man. He is best known as a former writer and in-studio comedian fo ...
. West's final appearance was on November 1, 1995, before he left the show over contract and salary disputes. On February 19 and 20, 2007, a special two-part retrospective of West's work on the show was broadcast on
Howard 100 and Howard 101
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 2 ...
, covering over 11 hours.
West was an occasional contributor to ''
The Adam Carolla Show'', a syndicated morning radio show that replaced Stern in cities along the West Coast.
Former radio associates
Bubba Clem
''Bubba the Love Sponge'' is both the title of, and name of the host of, a radio show airing on Howard 101 from 2005 to the end of 2010. Bubba (actual legal name Bubba The Love Sponge Clem, born Todd Clem) had previously been "exiled" from radio after a great deal of controversy over his terrestrial radio show, based in Tampa, Florida. Stern brought Bubba's show aboard and in so doing relaunched Bubba's career and show. Bubba credits Stern for reviving his career.
The show left Sirius XM at the end of 2010 and moved to
RadioIO
RadioIO (pronounced “radio eye-oh”) is a New York-based internet radio and streaming media service owned by RadioIO, Inc. (RAIO) started in 1998. It was the first Internet radio company to be publicly traded.
RadioIO broadcasts over 100 music ...
Internet Radio and syndicated terrestrial radio.
Donna Fiducia
Donna Fiducia was an on-air traffic reporter on WNBC radio during Stern's tenure there. They had frequent conversations while she was on the air, sometimes leaving her no time to actually deliver the traffic report.
Rev. Bob Levy
"Reverend" Bob Levy is a standup comedian who was a frequent on and off air contributor to the Sirius XM radio show from the show's debut until around 2009. He hosted the ''Miserable Men'' show and created a series of
roasts
Roasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air covers the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least from an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance the flavor through caramelization ...
for Stern show personalities such as
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
,
Artie Lange
Artie is a masculine given name, usually a diminutive of Arthur. Notable people with the given name include:
People
* Artie Bettles (1891–1971), Australian rules footballer
* Artie Butler (born 1942), American popular music arranger, songwriter ...
, and Wack Packers such as
Daniel Carver Daniel Carver is an American white supremacist and former Grand Dragon of the "Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" based in Georgia. Carver was suspended from wearing Klan robes and from attending Klan rallies after a 1986 conviction fo ...
. The placement, frequency and number of
plugs given during the Stern show for Levy's off-air efforts was a constant source of tension, especially after the availability of plugs was severely restricted. After Artie's departure, Levy complained on air that some details of the situation were being "covered up" and blamed Howard Stern for the suicide attempt. Levy's departure from the Stern channels soon followed and he is almost never mentioned on the air.
Former ''Howard 101'' hosts
Scott Ferrall
Scott Ferrall was the host of ''The Scott Ferrall Show'' heard weekdays at 8 pm EST on Howard 101.
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Sirius.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-05. It aired from 2006 to 2012.
Greg Fitzsimmons
Greg Fitzsimmons hosted ''
The Greg Fitzsimmons Show'' on
Howard 101
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 200 ...
from 2006–2018.
Abe Kanan
Abe Kanan was host of ''The Abe Kanan Show'', which aired on Howard 101 weekends and late nights. Kanan's show originated in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. It began as a series of podcasts and was picked up by the Stern channels in February 2011 and lasted until December 2013. He now hosts his own podcast titled "Abe Kanan On Hold".
Riley Martin
Riley Martin (May 9, 1946 – December 2015) was a self-described
alien
Alien primarily refers to:
* Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country
** Enemy alien, the above in times of war
* Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth
** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...
contactee
Contactees are persons who claim to have experienced contact with extraterrestrials. Some claimed ongoing encounters, while others claimed to have had as few as a single encounter. Evidence is anecdotal in all cases.
As a cultural phenomenon, c ...
, author, and host of ''The Riley Martin Show'', which was heard Tuesdays at Midnight ET on Howard 101.
Jackie Martling
Jackie Martling is the former head writer and in-studio laugh track of ''The Howard Stern Show''. He was later the host of ''Jackie's Joke Hunt''. The show, co-hosted by fellow
Friar
A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the ...
Ian Karr, premiered on October 3, 2006 at 7 pm
EST. It aired live, every Tuesday at 7 pm ET on Sirius Howard 101, with reruns heard Thursday mornings at 12 am ET and Saturday afternoons at 2 pm ET. ''Jackie's Joke Hunt'' was canceled along with many other shows that have been cut during 2014–2015, when Sirius 101 began to focus only on past shows from the Howard Stern library.
Mutt
Mutt is the founder of the Stern Fan Network message board and was host of ''The Super Fan Roundtable'', which had been heard Wednesday's at 7 pm ET on Howard 101.
Red Peters
Red Peters was the host of ''The Red Peters Music Comedy Hour'' which aired periodically on Howard 101. Peters (real name Douglas Stevens) is a Boston-based songwriter/comedian who specializes in a musical form best described as "lounge smut." His show featured a compilation of songs packed with scat jokes and double-entendres.
Jeff Probst & Natalie Maines
Jeff Probst is best known for his role as the host of the U.S. version of the reality show ''
Survivor'' and Natalie Maines is best known as the lead singer of
The Dixie Chicks
The Chicks (previously known as Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. Since 1995, the band has consisted of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and E ...
. Together after each season of Survivor has wrapped-up they host a two-hour ''Celebrity Superfan Roundtable'' on Howard 101, where they bring in big-name Hollywood stars such as actor
David Arquette
David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his role as Dewey Riley in the slasher film franchise ''Scream'', for which he won a Teen Choice Award and two Blockbuster En ...
, LA weatherbabe
Jillian Reynolds, producer
Damon Lindelof
Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24, 1973) is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. Among his accolades, he received three Primetime Emmy Awards, from twelve nominations. In 2010, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the ...
, singer
Mark McGrath
Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath is also known for his work as a co-host of '' Extra'', and he was the host of '' Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' in 2010. ...
, actor
Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor and television host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series '' Sliders'', Andrew Clements in ''My Secret Identity'', Vern Tessio in the film '' Stand by ...
, actor
Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe (; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'', he came to fame in the late 1990s with starring roles in films including ''I Know What You Did Las ...
, comedian
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer.
Silverman was a writer and performer on ''Saturday Night Live'', and she starred in and produced '' The Sarah Silverman Program'', which ran from 2007 to ...
, and actor
Steven Weber
Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series ''Wings'' which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC, as Sam Blue in '' Once and Again'', and ...
to discuss their favorite moments on the Stern show.
Jay Thomas
Jay Thomas was the host of ''The Jay Thomas Show'' on Howard 101 from 2005 until his 2017 death.
Chuck Zito
Chuck Zito is an actor, amateur
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
,
martial art
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preserv ...
ist, celebrity
bodyguard,
stuntman, former boxing trainer and former president of the New York City chapter of the
Hells Angels
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is a worldwide outlaw motorcycle club whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporati ...
. He hosted the periodic ''Chuck Zito's View'' on Howard 101.
Former Howard 100 News staff
Penny Crone
Penny Crone was a correspondent on Howard 100 News. She had been a field reporter for many years on Channel 5
WNYM
WNYM (970 AM) – branded "AM 970 The Answer" – is a commercial radio station licensed to Hackensack, New Jersey, and serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by Salem Media Group and programs a conservative talk radio ...
, the
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry (particularly in North America, and even more in the United States), a network affiliate or affiliated station is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or a ...
in New York and later was the morning co-host on
WABC 770 AM.
Brad Driver
Brad Driver was the News Director at Howard 100 News and was responsible for managing the news team. He has held the position since December 2006.
Lisa Glasberg
Lisa Glasberg was a former co-host with
Doctor Dré
André "Doctor Dré" Brown (born December 5, 1963) is an American rapper, radio personality and former MTV VJ.
Early life
André Brown was born and raised in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. Career
In the early 1980s, Doctor Dré was a DJ ...
and
Ed Lover on New York
hip-hop radio station Hot 97
WQHT
WQHT (97.1 FM, ''Hot 97'') is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding and operated by Emmis Communications under a shared servi ...
-FM. She was known informally as
Lisa G, serving as an on-air reporter for Howard 100 until February 2015, updating live news headlines each morning and filing reports for hourly
Howard 100
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 200 ...
news updates. Glasberg is a native of Woodmere, New York.
Ralph Howard
The late Ralph Howard anchored Howard 100 News every weekday afternoon. He had previously been a news anchor on New York radio stations
WINS 1010 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1010 kHz: 1010 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency. CFRB Toronto and CBR Calgary are both Class A, 50,000 watt stations.
In Argentina
* LV16 Rio Cuarto in Rio Cuarto, Córdoba ...
and
WMCA WMCA may refer to:
*WMCA (AM), a radio station operating in New York City
* West Midlands Combined Authority, the combined authority of the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom
*Wikimedia Canada
The Wikimedia Foundation, ...
570 AM The following radio stations broadcast on the AM frequency of 570 kHz : 570 AM is a regional broadcast frequency.
Argentina
* Radio Argentina in Buenos Aires
Brazil
* ZYH-613 in Juaziero Norte
* ZYH-614 in Itapipoca
* ZYH-750 in Bariri
* ...
. In September 2010, he underwent lung transplant surgery. He retired from the show on May 30, 2013 after 53 years of news broadcasting. Howard was married to
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
actress and longtime
Charles Busch
Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off- ...
collaborator,
Julie Halston.
Steve Langford
Steve Langford had been a field reporter on
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station W ...
Channel 2 and other local TV news departments. He became an investigative reporter for Howard 100 News. He later returned to local TV news.
Jon Leiberman
Jon Leiberman was an in-studio and remote correspondent for Howard 100 News who was hired in July 2011.
Michael Morales
Michael "High Pitch Mike" Morales was Howard 100 News producer, reporter, and on-air regular. He publicly came out as gay on the show. Mike has an unusual, squeaky voice, leading to his nickname.
TV staff
Ralph Cirella
![Ralph Cirella by Gage Skidmore](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Ralph_Cirella_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
Ralph Cirella was paid by Howard TV to be Howard Stern's personal stylist, a job he previously held for Stern's
E! show. Cirella was first hired to construct a "talking penis", for a broadcast at the
Felt Forum
The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden is a theater located in New York City's Madison Square Garden. It seats between 2,000 and 5,600, and is used for concerts, shows, sports, meetings, and other events. It is located beneath the main Madiso ...
on New Year's Eve 1986.
He has been a listener since Stern's time at
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
from 1982 to 1985. Cirella did not make on-screen appearances until 1990, when he worked on costumes, special effects and make up on ''
The Howard Stern Show
''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...
'' on
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox flagship WNYW ...
. In his book,
''Miss America'', Howard Stern calls Ralph the most universally hated member of his staff. Throughout 2006, Cirella briefly co-hosted the now defunct ''The Friday Show'' with
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
and
Jon Hein
Jon Hein is an American radio personality and former webmaster. He created the website jumptheshark.com and works for ''The Howard Stern Show''. Hein has written three books, ''Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad'' as well as ''Fast Food Mani ...
, on
Howard 100 and Howard 101
Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 2 ...
. He was also the host of "Geek Time" which aired on Howard 101.
Scott DePace
Scott DePace was the television director for the daily broadcast of ''The Howard Stern Show'' for
Howard TV
Howard is an English language, English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (disambiguation), Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defe ...
. His wife, Pamela, won an
Emmy for her work on ''
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from ...
''.
Scott Einziger
Scott Einziger is a former Producer of Stern's syndicated Saturday night TV show and E! show. Left the show in November 2001 to become a producer on
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...
. He has since worked on other reality shows such as
Kid Nation,
Big Brother, and
Are You Hot?
''Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People'' is an American reality television series that premiered February 13, 2003 on ABC. A panel of judges including Lorenzo Lamas, Rachel Hunter, and Randolph Duke evaluated contestants on ...
. Stern sued Einziger and his production company for ripping off his "The Evaluators" which Are You Hot? mirrored.
Mike Gange
Mike Gange started at the show as an intern, and, after years of toil, worked his way up to cameraman/interviewer for the former Stern TV show on
E! Gange then became supervising producer for Howard TV.
Doug Goodstein
Doug Z. Goodstein was Stern's
E! show producer and executive producer for Howard TV On Demand.
Robin Radzinski
Robin Radzinski is a former
E! network executive and former Producer of Stern's E! show who has also worked for
G4,
HBO, and
TBS.
Former bosses
Randy Bongarten
Randy Bongarten is a radio executive and former Vice-President and
General Manager
A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...
at
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
who was later promoted to be President of the entire
NBC Radio Network. Robin Quivers said that Randy's tenure at WNBC were the "good years" at the station because Randy "understood the show, and was interested in letting the talent do the things that would let the talent be successful."
Tom Chiusano
Tom Chiusano was the general manager at
WXRK, the frequent target of Stern show jokes, and in the later years of the show the master of the "dump button" to prevent content he deemed inappropriate from reaching the airwaves. Chiusano remained at WXRK when Stern and company moved to Sirius, and after several format changes at his station, he eventually announced his retirement in January 2008.
John Hayes
John Hayes is a radio executive, famously named "The
Incubus
An incubus is a demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. In medieval Europe, union with an incubus was supposed by some to result in t ...
" by Howard during his days as Vice-President and
General Manager
A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...
at
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
replacing Randy Bongarten. He and Kevin Metheny were portrayed by
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor and film producer. He first garnered attention for his breakout role in '' Private Parts'' as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, leading to supporting roles in ''Saving Private R ...
as a
composite character
In a work of media adapted from a real or fictional narrative, a composite character is a character based on more than one individual from the story.
Use in film
*Several characters in the movie '' 21''.
*The character Henry Hurt in the docudra ...
under the name Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton in the 1997 movie, ''
Private Parts''. It was Hayes who actually fired Stern from WNBC-AM in 1985 on the orders of
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
network executives. In 2002, Hayes once again pulled Stern's show from
CILQ-FM
CILQ-FM (107.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, known as ''Q107''. The station broadcasts a mainstream rock format and is owned by Corus Entertainment. CILQ's studios are in the Corus Quay building on Dockside ...
in Toronto. Hayes proudly calls himself "the man who fired Howard Stern twice."
Kevin Metheny
Kevin Metheny (June 6, 1954 – October 3, 2014) was a radio executive, famously named "Pig Virus" by Howard during his days as
Program Director at
WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo stati ...
. He and his replacement John Hayes were portrayed by
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor and film producer. He first garnered attention for his breakout role in '' Private Parts'' as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, leading to supporting roles in ''Saving Private R ...
as a
composite character
In a work of media adapted from a real or fictional narrative, a composite character is a character based on more than one individual from the story.
Use in film
*Several characters in the movie '' 21''.
*The character Henry Hurt in the docudra ...
under the name Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton in the 1997 movie, ''
Private Parts''.
Tim Sabean
Tim Sabean was the Senior Vice President of the Howard Stern Channels for Howard 100 & 101. He managed the channels and their personnel for Howard. Before coming to Sirius he was the program director at Stern's
Philadelphia
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WYSP-FM. Sabean's departure from the show was never formally announced, but he is no longer listed as a staff or front office member on the Stern show website. The last entry on his official Twitter feed was on 1 August 2013 and his last on-air appearance was around that time.
On September 9, 2013 it was announced by Sirius/XM that he'd been promoted to Senior Vice President of all the Entertainment and Comedy channels.
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Howard Stern's Official Web Siteat HowardStern.com
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