What type of radio show and ratings is the Howard Stern Show?”
Howard Stern dislikes Jay Leno and he’s not afraid to say it. And perhaps, CBS’ “The Early Show,” seeing potential ratings in Stern just doing that, gave the outspoken radio host upwards of four minutes Tuesday morning to slam the “Tonight Show” boss. “Just the mere mention of Jay Leno’s name makes me to want to vomit,” Stern told “Early Show” anchor Harry Smith — who, not surprisingly, barely got a word in. “I don’t like this guy,” Stern said. “I don’t disguise it.” Stern was on to weigh in on the late-night wars, which got underway again Monday night when Leno returned to host “Tonight.” Leno left the show last June as part of a five-year NBC plan to replace him with Conan O’Brien on “Tonight.” Leno left reluctantly, and announced he would do a comedy show weeknights at 10 p.m. O’Brien’s version of “Tonight” struggled in the Nielsen department, followed by Leno failing in the 10 p.m. slot. In January, NBC officials decided to move Leno back to late night with a half-hour show at 11:
The Howard Stern Show is an American talk radio show hosted by Howard Stern, broadcasting on his two uncensored channels on satellite radio service Sirius XM since January 2006. The show developed while on terrestrial radio, when Stern became a morning disc jockey at WCCC in Hartford in 1979, two years into his professional radio career. Stern continued to break out as a personality while at WWWW in Detroit in 1980, despite a lack in the Arbitron radio ratings. In early 1981, Stern would have much success in the radio ratings at WWDC in Washington, D.C. after pairing with his on-air news anchor Robin Quivers. Pursuing his dream to broadcast in New York City, Stern signed a contract with WNBC in mid-1982 working afternoons. Although differences with management restricted him creatively, Stern would host the city’s top afternoon show by the spring of 1985. Stern however, was abruptly fired in September 1985 due to “conceptual differences” with management. Returning to the city’s airwaves
The Howard Stern Show is an American talk radio show hosted by Howard Stern, broadcasting on his two uncensored channels on satellite radio service Sirius XM since January 2006. The show developed while on terrestrial radio, when Stern became a morning disc jockey at WCCC in Hartford in 1979, two years into his professional radio career. Stern continued to break out as a personality while at WWWW in Detroit in 1980, despite a lack in the Arbitron radio ratings. In early 1981, Stern would have much success in the radio ratings at WWDC in Washington, D.C. after pairing with his on-air news anchor Robin Quivers. By 1991, the show was syndicated to Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, where Stern would infamously feud with the cities’ top morning personalities, holding “funerals” in celebration once he surpassed them in the ratings.
