Howard Stern

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Howard Stern has been labeled as many things, such as offensive, obnoxious, discussing

and by the majority of his listeners a genius. He grew up in a suburb of Manhattan in the early

sixties. His father, Ben Stern, worked at radio station WHOM where the was the engineer. His

father commuted every day about 40 miles to and from work. Howard would spend little time

with his father but on occasion he would get to go to work with him. This is what interested

Howard to being on the radio.

At the time, the area Howard lived in was going through a racist change. His mother told

his friends who were making racist comments about the negros that she and Howard were part

negro, but they weren't really. Roosevelt High School, his school, was a fully integrated

educational system, which in his words meant "six thousand black guys and him." In his high

school years he turned to marijuana because he had to deal with several personal problems.

He said the personal problems affected his personal life forever.

In his college years it was pretty hard for him to find a date. So, he stayed at home and

masturbated constantly. His senior year he got on at the college radio station known as WTBU.

That year he met the woman who would be his future wife. She was in his first film for his film

class. He won an award for the film.

After completing college Howard went to his first job interview on May 12, 1977. His

interview was at WRNW and he got the job. After two months on the air, the manager who said

he would never be a good DJ and that he had a lousy voice, promoted him to program director

because he was a hard worker and came to work on time." After saving money and working

for awhile he then married Alison. They got their own place and was doing well with Howard

making $250.00 a week.

After three months of being program director Howard quit his job because he didn't want

to fire an employee. So, Howard was now unemployed himself. Howard decides to make a

major decision and move to another city. He moves to Hartford and begins working as a morning

man on WCCC. Time has moved to October , 1979. Howard then met his partner Fred who will

work with him in the future. He finds what he is good at, being himself.

Howard's wife then left him after acquising him of cheating on her with movie actress

Brittany Fairchild. He really didn't cheat on his wife because he took a bubble bath with Brittany

with his underwear on...it didn't take them off...which meant he didn't cheat on her. At least this

is what Brittany told him and she started making a lot of sense at the time...Both he and his friend

Fred ended up in the same bubble bath. Brittany needed her shoulders rubbed while she was

relieving stress in the tub. Alison found his wet underwear under the car seat the next day. He

thought he was safe until she revealed this to him while eating lunch the next day.

On April 21, 1980 Howard started work at a Detroit radio station, WWWW. He was the

morning man. He presented a morning show that Detroit never experienced before. He did it his

way. The manager told him he talked too much but he continued to talk "too much". After all

this Alison came back.

WWWW changed its format from rock to country. Howard quits. He tells the listeners

that Hopalong Howey never drove a truck, went to college, and never had sex with his daddies

sister. So, he quits....

Howard feels like a quitter because he left WWWW. He wants to become more intimate

with his listening audience. He says every time

he thinks he shouldn't say something that he

should just blurt it out. He has to go all the way. Alison supports him.

Howard then goes to Washington D.C. He was hired by an FM rock station on March 2,

1981 and that's when he meets the other woman in his life. Robin Quivers. The station was

DC101. After his first show the managers call a special meeting in their