After months of negotiations, Howard Stern said he’s staying with SiriusXM, where his show has aired since 2006, for another three years.
Stern announced that he had reached a deal renewal with the satellite-radio broadcaster on “The Howard Stern Show” Tuesday.
“I’m happy to announce that I figured out a way to have it all — more free time, and continuing to be on the radio,” Stern, 71, told listeners. “So yes, we are coming back for three more years.”
SiriusXM reps did not immediately confirm the company’s deal with Stern.
This summer, after media reports said Stern was “fired” by SiriusXM and that he would exit the gig after his current contract expired at the end of of 2025, the radio host was scheduled to address the topic on his Sept. 8 show. But he hadn’t finalized a deal yet, and instead he punked fans with a gag that Andy Cohen had taken over his channel slot on SiriusXM and that Stern had been abruptly been dismissed.
At an investment conference on Sept. 3, SiriusXM execs expressed optimism they would be able to come to terms on a renewal with Stern, one of the company’s top-tier talents. “I think he’s been core to our platform for over 20 years, so I’m confident we’ll get to the right place,” SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz said at the time.
Stern first signed with Sirius in 2004 (prior to its merger with XM), in part to be free of oversight by the FCC, which had levied millions of dollars in fines on terrestrial radio stations that carried his show for alleged indecency. “The Howard Stern Show” debuted on the satellite radio broadcaster in January 2006. His most recent five-year renewal with SiriusXM was inked in 2020.
