Claim: Howard Stern was the host of a nationally syndicated TV show.

The Howard Stern Show is an American talk radio show hosted by Howard Stern . It gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 . The show has been exclusive to Sirius XM Radio , a subscription-based satellite radio service , since 2006 . Other prominent staff members include co-host and news anchor Robin Quivers , writer Fred Norris , and executive producer Gary Dell ` Abate .   The show developed in 1979 when Stern landed his first morning shift at WCCC in Hartford , Connecticut , four years into his professional radio career . He continued to break out as a morning personality at WWWW in Detroit , Michigan in 1980 , and was paired with Quivers in 1981 at WWDC in Washington , D.C. . In 1982 , Stern 's success in Washington led to a spot at WNBC in New York City , where he hosted the city 's top afternoon show until his firing in 1985 . That year , the show began a 20-year run at WXRK in New York City where it aired on a total of 60 markets across the United States and Canada and gained an audience of 20 million listeners at its peak . In the New York area , the show was the highest-rated morning program consecutively between 1994 and 2001 . A total of $ 2.5 million in fines were issued to station licensees that carried the show by the Federal Communications Commission -LRB- FCC -RRB- , for what it considered indecent material . Following Stern 's contract with Sirius in 2004 , the show left terrestrial radio in December 2005 .   Since 1994 , the show has been taped and broadcast on several networks , including E! -LRB- 1994 -- 2005 -RRB- , CBS -LRB- 1998 -- 2001 -RRB- , and HowardTV -LRB- 2005 -- 13 -RRB- , an on-demand digital cable service . An upcoming audio and video streaming app is currently in development .