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Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio personality who has hosted The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM, an uncensored satellite radio service, since 2006. He gained national recognition in the 1990s while on terrestrial airwaves, and is labelled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and controversial shows. Stern is the highest-paid radio figure in the United States,^[1] including the most fined, after a history with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over indecency led to $2.5 million in fines being issued to station owners that carried his program.^[2]

Stern wished for a radio career at five years of age. While attending Boston University, he worked at the campus radio station before a brief debut in 1975 at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts. In 1977, he gained on-air and managerial experience for two years at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Stern showed a more open personality throughout 1979 and 1980 at WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut and WWWW in Detroit, Michigan. In 1981, Robin Quivers joined Stern's morning program at WWDC in Washington, D.C., and the two work alongside each other to this day. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982, where differences with management led to his firing in 1985. He was hired at WXRK in New York that year before his departure for Sirius in 2005. In this time, The Howard Stern Show gained a peak audience of 20 million in 60 markets across the United States and Canada. It was rated the number one morning show in New York from 1994 to 2001.

Stern describes himself as the "King of All Media" for his successes outside radio. His television career includes several late night shows, pay-per-views and home video releases. He is the author of Private Parts (1993) and Miss America (1995), that spent 20 and 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list respectively.^[3] The former was made into Private Parts (1997), a biographical comedy film starring Stern and his radio show staff as themselves. The film grossed over $41 million in the United States alone.

Howard Stern
Howard Stern in 2000.
Born	Howard Allan Stern January 12, 1954 (1954-01-12) (age 56) Jackson Heights, New York, United States
Occupation	Radio personality, television host, author, actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Alison Berns (1978–2001) Beth Ostrosky (2008–present