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Howard Stern is an American radio personality famous for shocking his audience. He originally started as a disc jockey for an obscure New York City station playing rock music. He discovered a talent for Lenny Bruce-type comedy, and developed a wide-ranging confrontational style that encouraged listeners to call in. Eventually, in the 1990s, his show was widely distributed.
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Stockwatch: "Howard Stern continues his reign as 'King of all Media' online, according to Web users. Last year, Stern generated nearly FIVE TIMES more search activity than any other talk radio personality or team of radio hosts." Since taking on Bush and the FCC, Stern's popularity has doubled. By contrast, even though Michael Savage's obscene airing of Nick Berg's execution netted him a big increase in search activity, he didn't even make the top 20. However, Al Franken, only on the air for a few months, has already made the #10 slot. "Although Bill O'Reilly, Dr. Laura, Larry King, Clark Howard and Paul Harvey all made this year's list, search activity for each is down over last year.
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The earliest recognizable incarnation of the Howard Stern Show started in 1979 at WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut. Stern decided to apply for the job after reading a WCCC ad in Radio & Records looking for a "wild, fun, morning guy". Stern was hired for $12,000 a year. It was at WCCC that Stern met Fred Norris. Norris was working evenings under the pseudonym "Earth Dog".
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At a 6/30 press conference called by Howard Stern, the radio legend announced that he had gained nine markets, several of them markets he'd lost due to Clear Channel's political maneuverings. Stern ... stated loud and clear and for the record that he was being persecuted by the FCC and Clear Channel not for obscenity but because he had spoken out against Bush. "Clear Channel is very tied to the Bush administration" Stern said. "Clear Channel for years has been defending me...I criticize Bush and then I'm fired...They acted out of politics." Stern said he was encouraging his listeners, whom he described as swing voters, to cast their ballots for John Kerry. "John Kerry will receive more votes because of this.
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Howard Allan Stern was born to Ben and Ray Stern on January 12, 1954. He has one sister, Ellen. He grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island, and frequently references his upbringing as a Jewish kid trying to fit in with his fellow students. Stern was introduced to the radio business early on when he went to work with his dad, who owned a recording studio. Stern earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Boston University in 1976. In 1978, he married Alison, whom he'd met in college.
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For the seventh straight year, Howard Stern continues his reign as the most-searched talk radio personality with web users, generating more searches than Tom Joyner and Opie & Anthony combined. Stern's online popularity remains strong, with search activity increasing 44% since making the move from terrestrial radio to Sirius Satellite in Jan. 2006. Tom Joyner takes the number two spot on this year's list, more than doubling in search popularity over the past year. But shock jocks Opie & Anthony, coming in at number three, are the biggest movers and shakers with web users in 2007, generating four times more search interest than this time last year.
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