Talk:The Howard Stern Show

2026 Staff Layoffs and Transition To One Show Per Week

Why is there no mention of the July 2026 layoff of certain staff members from the show and Stern's transition of the show to one per week effective on or about Labor Day 2026? I would think that this is a significant and historic event in the show's history that needs to be included in the Wikipedia article. ~2026-40045-60 (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

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Air Florida crash call

While the Wikipedia article says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90#Responses_in_the_news_media Washington DC Radio DC101 Rock Jock Howard Stern called the Air Florida ticket counter the day after the accident, on-air, asking about tickets to the 14th Street Bridge.[citation needed] "Stern called air florida" and

the Washington Post said he called Air florida https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/tv/features/shockjocks0227.htm

"The morning after an Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac River in 1982, killing 78 people, radio shock jock Howard Stern – then with DC-101 – called the airline and inquired about the price of a one-way ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge."

This article says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show#1981%E2%80%931985:_Washington_and_WNBC "n January 14, one day after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, Stern made listeners believe he asked Air Florida the price of a one-way ticket to the 14th Street Bridge, the location of the disaster. "Is that going to be a permanent stop?" asked Stern.[21]"

Inside Radio, says

http://www.insideradio.com/free/stern-on-stern-i-had-a-lot-of-rage-and/article_13263a96-656a-11e8-93d6-8f4a0c7ff8b0.html "The comment that brought Howard Stern his most notoriety during his time on Washington, DC radio in the early ‘80s was the infamous Fourteenth Street Bridge Incident. As morning man at “DC101” WWDC, Stern was reacting to the Air Florida flight that crashed into the bridge in February 1982. "What's the price of a one-way ticket from National to the Fourteenth Street Bridge?” he asked. “Is that going to be a regular stop?”

While it was a make believe call – Stern never actually phoned the airline – the riff became legendary. "

perhaps the Howard stern article should list this as a story wrapped in legend?

--Patbahn (talk) 19:24, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Article cleanup: staff section and timeline

I am planning to clean up portions of this article that currently contain extensive unsourced, inaccurate, or undue content, particularly the Show staff section and the staff timeline.

The current timeline attempts to document individual staff members’ roles and tenures over several decades. While all individuals listed were on-air contributors to some degree, the timeline is not comprehensive, frequently misrepresents individuals’ actual on-air roles, and applies inconsistent inclusion criteria. As a result, it presents a misleading picture of the show’s history rather than a neutral summary.

This type of granular staff chronology is not typical for encyclopedic coverage of a long-running radio program and appears to conflict with several Wikipedia content policies, including:

• WP:NOTTVGUIDE – Wikipedia is not intended to document routine or granular program changes • WP:UNDUE – Excessive weight is given to internal staffing details • WP:V – Large portions of the timeline and staff descriptions are unsourced • WP:BLP – Unsourced or inaccurate statements about living persons (roles, employment status, or timelines) should not be retained

Staff timelines are often appropriate for musical groups or organizations where membership itself is the subject. In contrast, The Howard Stern Show has featured hundreds of contributors across more than four decades, many of whom appeared on air regardless of their formal job titles.

For this reason, I believe the staff section on the show’s main article should function similarly to a television program’s cast summary.

Inclusion should be based on regular on-air participation as part of the broadcast, not on internal employment role. Individuals in a wide range of positions — including producers, engineers, interns, correspondents, and other staff — have at times appeared frequently on air and functioned as recurring personalities within the show’s format. Conversely, staff members who were only mentioned occasionally, or whose work was primarily off-air without consistent on-air presence, should not be listed absent independent reliable sourcing.

Under this structure:

• the main show article would maintain a concise, reader-facing list of core and long-standing on-air contributors • the separate List of The Howard Stern Show staff article would continue to house more detailed biographical information where supported by reliable secondary sources

My intention is not to remove notable information, but to improve accuracy and align the article with Wikipedia’s standards for verifiability, neutrality, and encyclopedic relevance. Planned changes include:

• removing or significantly reducing the staff timeline • limiting the staff section to regular on-air contributors only • removing unsourced or inaccurate role descriptions • retaining well-sourced, high-level historical information

Feedback is welcome before these changes are finalized. Boomerthebobcat (talk) 20:47, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

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