Howard Stern Biography

American television and radio personality Howard Stern was born in 1954 in Queens, New York City. Stern grew up on Long Island in the town of Roosevelt and spent his formative years learning to play piano, working as a camp counselor, and developing a strong interest in radio shows. Encouraged by his father, Howard began recording his own shows when he was about ten years old, and while attending Boston University in the early 1970’s, he became one of hosts for the campus radio station.

After finishing his university studies with a degree in Communications and all required certificates granted by the Federal Communications Commission, Howard launched his professional career, first working at a radio station in Newton, Massachusetts. He lent his talents on air to a variety of stations on the east coast until finally settling in New York in the mid 1980’s. His twenty-year run in New York City with WXRK made him a household name, and brought him dozens of industry awards, syndication to sixty markets, and more than twenty million listeners. Stern’s edgy and controversial broadcasts also made him the era’s most fined radio host with fees totaling into the millions, although his approach has only made him that much more appealing to his fans. In 2004, Howard Stern secured a five hundred million dollar deal with Sirius Radio, making him among the highest paid radio personalities in the world.

In the mid 1990’s, Howard Stern also authored two books – Private Parts (1993) and Miss America (1995) - both of which went on to become New York Times Best Sellers and one (Private Parts) launching a film of the same name in 1997. Today, Howard Stern is still one of the world’s most recognizable radio hosts and artists. He most recently joined the judging panel of America’s Got Talent, a role which he continued into 2015.