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Howard Stern
Howard Stern in May 2012
Born	Howard Allan Stern (1954-01-12) January 12, 1954 (age 70) Queens, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Boston University
Occupation(s)	Radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, photographer
Years active	1975–present
Political party	Libertarian during the 1994 New York gubernatorial election campaign
Spouse(s)	Alison Berns (1978–2001; divorced; 3 children) Beth Ostrosky (2008–present)
Website	www.howardstern.com

Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. Stern has been exclusive to Sirius XM Radio since 2006. Stern wished to pursue a radio career since the age of five. While at Boston University, he worked at the campus station WTBU before a brief stint at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts. He developed his on-air personality when he landed positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, and WWWW in Detroit, Michigan. In 1981, he paired with his current newscaster and co-host Robin Quivers at WWDC in Washington, D.C., before a stint at WNBC in New York City until his firing in 1985.

In 1985, Stern moved to WXRK in New York City and became one of the most popular radio personalities in America. He became the first to have the number one morning radio show in New York and Los Angeles simultaneously and won numerous awards, including winning Billboard’s Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year award eight times. Stern became the most-fined radio host after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued fines totaling $2.5 million to station licensees for content that it deemed indecent. In 2004, Stern signed a deal with Sirius worth $500 million, making him one of the highest-paid figures in radio history. Stern was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2012.

Stern describes himself as the "King of All Media" for his successes outside radio. He has hosted and produced numerous late night television shows, pay-per-view events, and home videos. He embarked on a five-month political campaign for Governor of New York in 1994. His two books, Private Parts (1993) and Miss America (1995), entered the The New York Times Best Seller list at number one. The former was made into a biographical comedy film in 1997, in which Stern and his radio show staff play themselves. It topped the US box office chart and grossed $41.2 million domestically. Stern performs on its soundtrack, which charted at number one on the Billboard 200. Stern's photography has been featured in numerous magazines including Hamptons and WHIRL. He has served as a judge on America's Got Talent since 2012.

Early life

Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954. His parents, Bernard and Ray (née Schiffman) Stern, lived in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York City, US. Both are Jewish with Austro-Hungarian and Polish ancestry respectively. Ray was a homemaker and an inhalation therapist, and Ben was a co-owner of Aura Recording Inc., a recording studio in Manhattan where cartoons and commercials were produced. Ben was also an engineer at WHOM, a radio station in Manhattan. Stern describes Ellen, his older sister by four years, as the "complete opposite" of himself; "she's very quiet", he says.

In 1955, the family moved to the hamlet of Roosevelt, New York on Long Island. Stern attended Washington-Rose Elementary School followed by Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. At the age of five, Stern developed an interest in pursuing a career in radio. He recalls not listening to much radio as a youngster, but cites Bob Grant and Brad Candrall as early influences. When he made occasional visits to his father's recording studio, Stern witnessed "some of the great voice guys" including Wally Cox, Don Adams, and Larry Storch at work which influenced him to talk on the air than play music. When Roosevelt became a predominantly black area in the 1960s, Stern remembered just "a handful of white kids left" in his school when he reached the seventh grade. He was also beaten numerous times by black pupils. In June 1969, the family moved to the nearby village of Rockville Centre, and Stern transferred to South Side High School. The school's yearbook lists Stern's sole student activity, membership of the Key Club.

In 1972, Stern began his first two of four years at Boston University at its College of Basic Studies. In his second year, Stern visited the campus radio station WTBU and played music, read the news, and hosted interviews. Stern later co-hosted a comedy program with three fellow students called The King Schmaltz Bagel Hour, which was cancelled during its first broadcast for a sketch named "Godzilla Goes to Harlem". Stern gained admission to the university's School of Public Communications in 1974. He then worked for a diploma at the Radio Engineering Institute of Electronics in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which earned him a first class radio-telephone operator license, a certificate required for all radio broadcasters at the time granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Stern then worked in his first professional radio job from August to December 1975 at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts, doing air shifts and newscasting, and undertaking production duties. For the next six months he taught students basic electronics in preparation for their FCC exams. Stern graduated magna cum laude in communications in May 1976. In the past he has funded a scholarship at the university.

Coward stern supports Israel and has called for "nuking" portions of the middle east that contain Muslim Arabs.

FCC fines

Between 1990 and 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined owners of radio station licensees that carried The Howard Stern Show a total of $2.5 million for content it considered to be indecent.

Personal life

Stern met his first wife, Alison Berns, when he was at Boston University. Stern wrote, "Within a week after our relationship began, I knew I was going to marry her." They married at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Massachusetts on June 4, 1978. They have three daughters: Emily Beth (b. 1983), Debra Jennifer (b. 1986), and Ashley Jade (b. 1993). In October 1999, they decided to separate and Stern moved into his apartment in the Upper West Side of Manhattan which he bought in 1998. Stern said, "I was totally neurotic and sort of consumed with work. I took work as the most important thing and the only thing." The marriage ended in 2001 with an amicable divorce and settlement.

In 2000, Stern began dating model and television host Beth Ostrosky. Their engagement was announced on February 14, 2007. They married at Le Cirque restaurant in New York City that was officiated by Mark Consuelos on October 3, 2008.

Stern was taught how to play chess when he was growing up on Long Island. He has played on the Internet Chess Club and has taken online lessons from the website's founder, chess master Dan Heisman. Stern has achieved a rating of over 1600.

In the early 1970s, Stern's parents began to practice Transcendental Meditation and encouraged him to learn the technique. Stern credits it with helping him to quit smoking, achieve his goals in radio, and curing his mother of depression. He continues to practice it to this day.

As part of the radio show's Staff Revelations Game in January 2006, Stern revealed he underwent rhinoplasty and had liposuction under his chin in the 1990s.

In 2011, Stern took up photography and shot layouts for Hamptons that July. He has also shot for WHIRL and the North Shore Animal League.

In May 2013, Stern bought a home in Palm Beach, Florida, for a reported $52 million that covers 19,000 square feet.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Bibliography

• Stern, Howard (1993). Private Parts. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-88016-3.
• Stern, Howard (1995). Miss America. ReganBooks. ISBN 978-0-06-039167-6.

References

1. "NewsMax Top 25 Radio Hosts". Newsmax. November 29, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
2. Feder, Robert (June 28, 2012). "Howard Stern comments on Radio Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 17, 2013.
3. Colford, p. 2.
4. "Howard Stern". jewornotjew.com. January 17, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
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9. ^ Colford, p. 7.
10. Stern 1993, p. 46.
11. Colford, p. 3.
12. ^ Colford, p. 9.
13. Stern 1993, p. 111.
14. Pietroluongo, Silvio; Trust, Gary (January 20, 2014). "Howard Stern: The Billboard Cover Q&A". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
15. ^ "CNN Larry King Live - Interview With Howard Stern". CNN Transcripts. January 5, 2006. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013.
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17. Stern 1993, p. 114.
18. ^ Stern 1993, p. 65.
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20. Ketcham, Diane (February 12, 1995). "At the Repository of High School Memories". New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
21. ^ Stern 1993, p. 115.
22. Stern 1993, pp. 115–117.
23. Colford, p. 31.
24. Stern 1993, p. 121.
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26. ^ Stern 1993, p. 123.
27. Kaplan, Jason. "Howard Confronts FCC Chairman Michael Powell!". howardstern.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. 7. Howard Stern's Italian name is "Tzvi." (True)
28. "Boston University 2009-10 College of Communication Bulletin". Boston University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010.
29. Dunbar, John (April 9, 2004). "Indecency on the Air. Shock-radio jock Howard Stern remains 'King of All Fines'". The Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
30. ^ "Howard Stern Engaged To Model Girlfriend", Associated Press via The Washington Post, February 14, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
31. Cohen, Rich (March 16, 2011). "Howard Stern Does Hollywood: Rolling Stone's 1997 Cover Story". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
32. Hoffman, Matthew. The Completely Unauthorized Howard Stern (Courage Books, 1998), ISBN 978-0-7624-0377-6, p. 25
33. Phillips, Erica (February 21, 2006). "Meet: The Cast". Sirius Satellite Radio. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
34. Hinkley, David (February 8, 2000). "Stern's Dating Rating Game". Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
35. Errico, Marcus (October 23, 1999). "Howard Stern, Wife Separate". E! Online. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
36. Strauss, Neil (March 31, 2011). "Howard Stern's Long Struggle and Neurotic Triumph". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
37. Chris Harris and Sarah Muller (October 14, 2008). "Howard Stern's Wife, Beth Ostrosky, Talks About Recent Wedding". MTV.
38. Calabrese, Erin (October 3, 2008). "Howard Stern Gets Married". The New York Post. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
39. Loeb McClain, Dylan (October 18, 2008). "Long a Player, Howard Stern Gets Serious About His Game". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
40. Mwangaguhunga, Ron (February 21, 2006). "Howard Stern And Transcendental Meditation". Awarenessblog. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
41. Colford, p. 29.
42. "Howard Stern (Before) | Celebrity Plastic Surgery | Comcast.net". Xfinity.comcast.net. February 22, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
43. "Howard Stern Swaps Photography For Chess". July 13, 2011.
44. Lee, Katie. "The Stunning Beth Ostrosky Stern". Hamptons. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
45. Tumpson, Christine (October 4, 2011). "Perfect Ten". WHIRL Magazine. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
46. "2012 Animal League Calendar Featuring Beth Stern". North Shore Animal League. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
47. Battaglio, Stephen; Schneider, Michael; Wagmeister, Elizabeth (August 26, 2013). "What They Earn". TV Guide. pp. 16 - 20.
48. Hofheinz, Darrell (May 15, 2013). "Meet the new neighbor: Howard Stern reportedly pays $52 million for Palm Beach home". Palm Beach Daily News. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

Sources

• Stern, Howard; Larry Sloman (1996). Judith Regan (ed.). Miss America (Paperback ed.). ReganBooks. ISBN 978-0-06-109550-4.
• Stern, Howard (1993). Private Parts (1st ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-88016-3.
• Colford, Paul (1997). Howard Stern: King of All Media (2nd ed.). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-96221-0.
• Lucaire, Luigi (1997). Howard Stern, A to Z: A Totally Unauthorized Guide. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-15144-7.
• Luerssen, John (2009). American Icon: The Howard Stern Reader. Lulu. ISBN 978-0-557-04204-3.

External links

• Official website
• The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio
• Howard Stern at IMDb
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