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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 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, sexual relationships, bodily functions, conflicts among his staff, his own personal family matters, and the antics of the show's
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. 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 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. Quivers briefly left the show towards the end of her time at WWDC. In 1982, Stern signed a contract to work at WNBC, 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
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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 jockeys at WCCC in
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. 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 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
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, 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'', 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 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 Howard Stern, Stern himself. He first met Howard Stern while working at WCCC (FM ...
, 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 and Death, Christy began calling into the show from October 1999, initially sending voice mails to the show's assistant producer
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, 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 "
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") and "Gay Photograph" (a parody of the Def Leppard 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
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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. Christy is currently the drummer in the heavy-metal band Charred Walls of the Damned.


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 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
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's sister), and frequent mispronunciations (for example, insisting that actor Nick Nolte'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.


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, 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, 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 in Winter Park, Florida.


Jon Hein

Jon Hein made his first guest appearances on the show on May 3, 2001, discussing television shows that have "
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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'', where a previously popular and well-done show clearly and memorably began to go downhill). In late 2005, while experimental programming was broadcast on
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, 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'' when the show moved to
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in January 2006. Hein was a co-host on the weekly Thursday show, "Jon Hein's TV Show" with
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, 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, and attended Rutgers University. 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 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 called the Ronnie Mund Jamaican Getaway. Mund retired as Stern’s limo driver in late 2020 sold his long time Queens, New York home and retired to Las Vegas 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
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segment "Page 69." On September 5, 2008, Will married his long-time girlfriend. A Philadelphia area native, he is a huge Philadelphia sports fan, and is a graduate of
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.


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
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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 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'' method of time management.


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
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, had been a
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player. He began working on the show as an intern in 1997 and later became
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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
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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, 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 show. He moved up the ladder in station management and eventually became the general manager of sports radio station WFAN, which was the successor to WNBC at AM 660 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
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in 2005, Egar was an early hire. He was promoted to reporting about and keeping tabs on
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. He also filled in for Lisa G and Steve Langford when they were out. In September 2020, Egar abruptly moved to Alabama from New York City out of concern for his family, who felt unsafe in their neighborhood due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest caused by the George Floyd protests. 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 he was launching a podcast through Patreon. 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
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, 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. 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 manner.


Gary Garver

Gary Garver was a West Coast-based correspondent for '' The Howard Stern Show'' who first started working for the show in 1991 when he was an operator at KLSX, the show's Los Angeles 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 ''
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'' to Steve. Grillo conducted movie reviews for
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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

Lange's first appearance on the show was as a guest alongside fellow comedian Norm Macdonald on January 8, 1998, following a bit involving Scott the Engineer and his challenge to perform 17 complete push-ups. 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
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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. 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
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. 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's film school, and belonged to a band called "Rock Slide". His college roommate,
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, was on the verge of quitting his internship with '' The Howard Stern Show'', when Melendez begged him for a recommendation for an internship on the show. Producer
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interviewed Melendez and mentioned his stuttering problem to
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, 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
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,
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,
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, Tommy Lasorda, Larry King and the Dalai Lama. 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'' with
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.


Al Rosenberg

Al Rosenberg was a writer/performer for Howard on WNBC. He did numerous voice impressions including
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and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. In ''
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'', 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
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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'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.


Scott Salem

Scott the Engineer was the show's long-time engineer, having joined on February 10, 1986. Having previously worked at WABC (AM) and
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in New York City, Salem received a voice mail from
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, then the morning personality at WXRK informing him of his new position. In 1996, the ''
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'' 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 provided the show with comedy impersonations, part-time, beginning on November 7, 1988. He was known for his impressions of Marge Schott and show comedian Jackie Martling. 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
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, 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 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

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,
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, and Wack Packers such as
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. 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

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It aired from 2006 to 2012.


Greg Fitzsimmons

Greg Fitzsimmons hosted ''
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'' on Howard 101 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. 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

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contactee, 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 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 ''
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'' and Natalie Maines is best known as the lead singer of The Dixie Chicks. 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, LA weatherbabe
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, producer Damon Lindelof, singer Mark McGrath, actor Jerry O'Connell, actor Ryan Phillippe, comedian Sarah Silverman, and actor
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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
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, martial artist, celebrity
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,
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, former boxing trainer and former president of the New York City chapter of the Hells Angels. 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, the
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network affiliate in New York and later was the morning co-host on WABC
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.


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 and
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on New York hip-hop radio station Hot 97 WQHT-FM. She was known informally as
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, 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 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
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and WMCA
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. 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 actress and longtime Charles Busch collaborator,
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.


Steve Langford

Steve Langford had been a field reporter on WCBS-TV 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 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
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on New Year's Eve 1986. He has been a listener since Stern's time at WNBC 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'' on WWOR-TV. 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, on
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. 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. His wife, Pamela, won an
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for her work on '' The Daily Show''.


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
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. He has since worked on other reality shows such as Kid Nation,
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, and Are You Hot?. 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,
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, and TBS.


Former bosses


Randy Bongarten

Randy Bongarten is a radio executive and former Vice-President and General Manager at WNBC who was later promoted to be President of the entire
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. 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" by Howard during his days as Vice-President and General Manager at WNBC replacing Randy Bongarten. He and Kevin Metheny were portrayed by Paul Giamatti as a composite character 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 network executives. In 2002, Hayes once again pulled Stern's show from CILQ-FM 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. He and his replacement John Hayes were portrayed by Paul Giamatti as a composite character 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 affiliate 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.


References


External links


Howard Stern's Official Web Site
at HowardStern.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard Stern Show Staff
Stern, Howard Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his radio show, ''The Howard Stern Show'', which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terre ...