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'''Howard Stern''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] personality famous for shocking his audience. He originally started as a ] for an obscure ] station playing rock music. He discovered a talent for ]-type comedy, and developed a wide-ranging confrontational style that encouraged listeners to call in. Eventually, in the ], his show was widely distributed. |
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As an example, in one well known episodes, he persuaded a female caller to have sex with him on the air, over the telephone. He made deep buzzing noises into his microphone, and had her sit on a speaker with the volume turned up until she reached an on-the-air orgasm. Another notable episode was on DC101 Radio in ] in which Stern called ] Airlines and asked what the fare was for a one-way ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge. He was making light of the crash of an Air Florida flight into the 14th Street Bridge in ] one-day earlier and as a result of this bit he was fired by DC101. |
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Stern's rude and crude style of entertainment (which many listeners support nonetheless) has earned him the sobriquet of "]" and the title "King Of All Media" -- at least in the eyes of his fans. In his own mind Stern represents the future, where public moral standards will be much lower than now, in keeping with a longstanding trend. His show is frequently the subject of complaints by various listeners (and occasionally ethnic groups) who find his deliveries offensive - which he goes out of his way to encourage. Radio stations airing his show have occasionally been subjected to fines for violating ] requirements due to the content of the show, but the parent conglomerate (], a subsidiary of ]) that hosts Stern's show seems to consider these fines a necessary price to pay, in order to support Stern's continuing popularity. |
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In ] the FCC fined Infinity Broadcasting $600,000 after Stern discussed ] to a picture of ]. His ], ] show drew angry criticism for his comment regarding the motives of the two male students who murdered 12 classmates and one teacher in the ] in ]: "There were some really good-looking girls running out with their hands over their heads. Did those kids try to have sex with any of the good-looking girls? They didn't even do that? At least if you're going to kill yourself and kill all the kids, why wouldn't you have some sex? If I was going to kill some people, I'd take them out with sex." |
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In ] Stern embarked on a political campaign for Governor of the state of ] formally announcing his candidacy under the ] ticket. Although he fulfilled the necessary requirements and ran a legally authorized campaign, most outside observers saw his run for office as little more than a ]. |
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In spite of the crude content of his show, many radio listeners consider Stern's delivery to be far from the worst quality radio aired today. His popularity has given rise to a number of imitation "shock jocks" who attempt to outdo Stern in terms of offensiveness and rudeness, but these imitators have found themselves with more troubles to worry about than listener ratings. In ] fellow ] jocks ] had their nationally syndicated ] "extreme talk" show cancelled after they encouraged a couple to engage in sexual intercourse at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, then airing a running commentary of the act on their show. Stern, his supporters note, has not gone out of his way to offend the general public in this manner. |
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The number of commercials aired during his radio show has greatly increased from the 1980s to the present. |
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In ] Stern's loosely ] book, '']'', was adapted to film. The movie did well at box offices and in video release, garnering a total of over $60 million. His next movie, still in the works, is '']''. |
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Being one of those personalities that people either love or hate, but nobody is neutral about, he has had his share of stalkers and death threats. On ], ] Lance Carvin, who had been stalking Stern, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for threatening to kill Stern and his family. |
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See also: ], ], ], ] |
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'''Howard Stern''' is also the name of the lawyer and personal advisor of ]. Additionally he co-stars on her TV show, the eponymous ]. The identical name is coincidental. |
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