Early Career Radio (1976-81)
In 1976, following his graduation, Stern refused the offer at WRNW, a Briarcliff estate of Radio progressive rock, Westchester County, new york. He became uncertain about his talent and questioned his future as a professional radio industry. Stern then put creative and media planning roles in Benton and Bowles, an advertising company in new york, followed by working on selling radios to advertisers. He soon began to realize his mistake when he refused to broadcast the work, and agreed to change the work coverage during the Christmas holiday in WRNW. Stern was hired full-time in 1977, and worked four hours at noon, six days a week, with a weekly salary of $96. He later became the production and project director of the station to increase 25 yuan's salary.
In p>1979, Stern discovered the "wild, fun morning guy" in the advertisement broadcast and recorded on the rock radio station WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut. He put forward an even more outrageous audition tape featuring Robert Klein and Cece Ho's record flatulence routine and one-liners. Stern was hired for the same salary, but with a more intense schedule. After four hours of air, he said and made advertisements, and another four. Last Saturday, following the six-hour program, he did production work for the next three years. Because of the station's public affairs director, he also hosts a Sunday morning talk show, which is his favorite. During the summer energy crisis in 1979, Stern called on the audience to boycott Shell Oil Company for two days, a stunt that attracted media attention. It was at WCCC that Stern first met Fred Norris, an overnight disc jockey, who had been Stern's screenwriter and producer since 1981. According to journalist and author Paul D. Colford, Stern developed his style in the air from listening to tapes Steve Dahl and Gary Meier from friends of WCCC, the chief engineer in Chicago.
As early as 198, after Stern left WCCC, he was refused a raise. Meanwhile, the management at the rock radio station WWWW in Detroit, Michigan praised Stern's audition for taking them to find a new morning man when he hired him, which was his start on April 21st, 198. It was at this time that Stern became more open-minded. He "decided to cut down the obstacles ... stripped off all his ego ... and was completely honest." From the beginning, however, it struggled to compete with its strong rock competitors, while Stern's quarterly Arbitron rating declined. In January 1981, WWWW switched to a country's music format, which soon became Stern's worry. He received an offer for WXRT to work in Chicago and close friends in Toronto, Canada, but didn't put them. During his tenure, he won the Billboard Award "Best Album Oriented Rock Personality for a Major Market" and the title of "Top Five Talent Search" by Drake Chennault.
Washington, D.C. and WNBC new york (1981-85)
Following Detroit's withdrawal, Stern moved to Washington, D.C. to hold the morning at the Rock Station WWDC3 on March 2, 1981. Feeling determined to develop his performance further, he found a colleague with a feeling. Humorous news and current affairs improvise the station together and then pair Stern with Robin Arrow Bag, from news anchor and consumer affairs reporter WFBR in Baltimore. This move is successful; By January, 1982, Stern had to have the second highest-rated morning program in the region despite the content restrictions of station management. Bearing in mind his rapid rise, NBC approached Stern and offered to work in WNBC New new york City in the afternoon. Later, in March 1982, he signed a five-year contract worth $1 million, and his relationship with WWDC management deteriorated, which led to the termination of his contract on June 25, 1982. He had more stations in the morning and more than doubled his ratings during his tenure. It was released in July, 1982, and named Stern Magazine in Washington, D.C., the best disc jockey in the region. During this period, Stern released an album called Song Imitation, which ranked 5 kinds of your mother, which was re-released on the CD in November 1994 under the title of unclean beaver.
After the plane crashed, Florida Airlines Flight 9 was on the Potomac River. Stern pretended to call Air Florida to book the next day and asked the air how much the one-way fare was from the National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge. He used it as his voice, and his typical radio frequency was a bit like it was over the phone, pretending to ask questions about Florida Airlines fares. It was finished with the news of Robin's quiver. This contributed to his dismissal for half a year, paving the way for Greaseman to catapult his career in the DC wireless market, while Howard Stern moved to the bigger new york market and eventually became famous throughout the country. Due to two slots rated as the number one morning drive, the change affected more than 1% of morning broadcast listeners in DC area in most 198s.
On April 2, 1982, the "Shock Radio" broadcast by NBC magazine was reported by the news about Douglas Kiker's characteristic Stern. This work caused NBC executives to discuss that Stern's contract might be withdrawn, although Stern started his afternoon program in September 1982, closely monitoring the program with the management, and suggested Stern to avoid sexual and religious discussions. In his first month, Stern was banned as "Port of the Virgin Mary", and there was a video game for several days, in which a group of men pursued the Virgin Mary around a bachelor bar in Jerusalem. The station also hired a lawyer to operate the "dump button", which can discuss the potentially offensive aspects of Chestern's turning off the microphone. This became the task of the program host Kevin Metheny, who was nicknamed "Pig Virus" by Stern. Despite management restrictions, Stern's popularity has increased. On May 21st, 1984, he made his first appearance with david letterman in the middle of the night and was published in people's magazines, raising his national risk. In 1985, Stern acquired WNBC with a market share of 5.7% for four years.
On September 3th, 1985, Stern and Arrow Bag were fired to show "conceptual differences" for what they called management. "Over time, we made a very conscious effort to make Stern know that some elements of the program should be changed ... I don't think it is appropriate to say what these details are," said john hayes, project director, who Stern nicknamed "nightmare". In 1992, Stern said that he believed that Thornton bradshaw, the owner and chairman of WNBC, had heard his "Man-beast call to ask the time" broadcast ten days before and ordered him to be fired. Stern kept in touch with the quiver, and their audience was on the stage with the live show throughout October and November 1985.
WXRK, an early video and TV program
Stern signed a five-year contract for unlimited broadcasting with a total value of about 5, yuan to host the new york Rock Station on November 18th, 1985. In 1986, the exhibition moved to February 18th in the morning, and entered the national syndicate on August 18th when WYSP broadcast the program in Philadelphia. In October, 1992, Stern became the first radio program with several mornings in new york and Los Angeles. In new york market, Howard Stern was the highest-rated morning show for seven consecutive years from 1994 to 21. In 1994, the billboard added the category of "National Famous Aviation Personality of the Year", and based on it, "Entertainment Value, Creative Year Broadcasting Award, and ratings". Stern was awarded the title from 1994 to 22.
Stern first set foot in TV in May 1987, when he recorded five TV pilots' Fox, when the network sought to replace the late-night show hosted by Joan Rivers. The series has never been picked up; The pilots described by an executive are called "bad production", "bad taste" and "boring". Stern continued to hold his first pay-per-view on February 27th, 1988, during the two-hour Howard stern Pajamas and Underwear Party, which was purchased by 6, households and earned $1.2 million at the box office. On September 27th, 1989, following the air challenge between Stern and radio producer Gary Dell'Abate, fans crowded the Nassau Gymnasium for the US Open in Howard stern, that is, the tennis match between Stern and Dell'Abate. Both events were made into movies and home videos were released. From 199 to 1992, Stern hosted Howard's stern presentation, and set up his own radio program staff on a Saturday night variety show WWOR TV. This series ran a total of 69 episodes to 65 market peaks nationwide. In February, 1991, Stern released a collection of censorship moments from his radio program called crucifixion by FCC, in response to the broadcast of the first FCC fine-grained unlimited broadcast related materials which it regarded as indecent. Stern then released his third video, Docking Bongo Carnival in October 1992, with great commercial success. 26, copies of tapes were sold with a total value of more than 1 million dollars. A month later, he returned to Howard stern's "Interview" hosted by TV on Saturday night, a one-on-one celebrity interview series! Network.
In November p>1992, Stern was sued for US$ 65 million in the Filipino-American citizen group, claiming that he insulted "the whole competition in the Philippines". According to court documents, primly said, "I think they eat their young people over there ... the Philippines is a country where fathers sell their daughters for sex".
Stern appeared in the 1992 MTV Music Video Award in Fartman, a fictional superhero from the satirical magazine in the country of origin. According to his application for the trademark of people in October 1992, he first used Fartman in July 1981. Stern vetoed multiple scripts on the proposed 1993 release of Fartman's Adventures, based on local feature films, until an oral agreement was reached to a new line film company. Screenwriter J. F Lawton prepared an outline script, and the project was abandoned due to the differences between Stern and New Line Film Company on the rating, content and commercial sales rights of the film.
showing and running the Governor of new york (1993-1994)
In 1993, Stern signed a $1 million preliminary project for Simon and Schuster to write his first book. The authors of this book are Stern and Larry sloman and editor Judith Reagan. On October 7th, 1993, the first printing of this book was being sold for 225, copies within the sales hours. It became the fastest-selling champion in the history of Simon and Schuster for five days. Two weeks after the eighth printing session, more than 1, copies have been distributed. It took 2 weeks for the penis to reach the first place on the new york Times bestseller list. In the first edition of the list, Stern's book signing tour started, and it was estimated that 1, people signed up in new york City.
Stern held his second pay-per-view TV event, Miss Howard Stern's New Year's Eve gala. On December 31, 1993, it broke the user record of a non-sports event. Previously, about 4, families bought an event with an estimated box office income of 16 million by holding a new children's concert in 199. In early 1994, the plan was to release VHS right on Howard Stern's New Year's Eve of Rotten 1994. Between his book fees and pay-per-view profits, Stern's profits totaled about 7.5 million yuan in the last few months of 1993. In 1993, a special issue of 2th anniversary was published. The radio and record called Stern's most influential air personality in the past two decades.
On his radio program on March 21st, 1994, Stern announced his vote for the Liberal Party under the governor of New York, challenging Mario Cuomo to be re-elected. Stern plans to restore the death penalty, stagger highway tolls to improve traffic flow, and restrict road work at night. On April 23, 1994, at the party's nomination meeting, Stern won the required two-thirds majority, with 381 votes (75.33%) and 287 votes in the first round of voting. James ostrovsky won the runner-up with 34 votes (8.92%). In order to put his name on the ballot in November, Stern had to give his home address and complete the financial disclosure form according to the ethical government action in 1987. After declining to disclose its financial information, Stern was refused the ban on August 2, 1994. Two days after he announced his withdrawal. Cuomo was defeated in the governor's election on November 8, 1994, supported by George pataki, among whom Stern. Pataki signed the Howard stern Bill to restrict the construction of national roads in new york City and Long Island at midnight in 1995.
In June, 1994, Stern's radio program began to be filmed for an hour and a half. Network. Howard stern ran for more than ten years until the final recording was broadcast on July 8, 25. In combination with his transfer to satellite broadcasting, Stern launched Howard Stern on demand and subscribed to the VOD service on November 18th. Restart Howard TV service on March 16th, 26.
Miss America and the penis film (1995-97)
On April 3, 1995, three days later, the singer filmed Li Shiyun Stern's death and comments about her caused an uproar among Mexican-Americans and Hispanic communities. He criticized her music and the sound effects of gunfire for hitting her songs. "This music is absolutely nothing for me. Alvin and Chipmunks have more souls ... The Spanish people have the worst taste in music, and they have no depth. On April 6th, Stern responded with a statement in Spain, stressing that his comments were made sarcastically and didn't mean to hurt those who loved her. A day later, eloy Canohalingen, a justice of the peace, issued an arrest warrant for misconduct on Stern in Texas, but Stern was never arrested in this order.
In p>1995, Stern signed an agreement with ReganBooks worth $3 million to write his second book, Miss America. He wrote about his online sex experience Wizards Service, which has a private meeting with Michael Jackson and his experience with back pain and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Published on November 7, 1995, the book sold 33, copies on the same day that Barnes & Noble set a new one-day record on it. Publishers Weekly reported that more than 1.39 million copies had been sold by the end of this year, ranking it as the third best seller in 1995. Miss America has been on the top list of the new york Times bestseller list for 16 weeks.
After years of development, the adaptation of the biographical comedy film began in May 1996, in four months.