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Howard Stern

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Howard Stern has been labeled as many things, such as offensive, obnoxious, discussing

and by the majority of his listeners a genius. He grew up in a suburb of Manhattan in the early

sixties. His father, Ben Stern, worked at radio station WHOM where the was the engineer. His

father commuted every day about 40 miles to and from work. Howard would spend little time

with his father but on occasion he would get to go to work with him. This is what interested

Howard to being on the radio.

At the time, the area Howard lived in was going through a racist change. His mother told

his friends who were making racist comments about the negros that she and Howard were part

negro, but they weren't really. Roosevelt High School, his school, was a fully integrated

educational system, which in his words meant "six thousand black guys and him." In his high

school years he turned to marijuana because he had to deal with several personal problems.

He said the personal problems affected his personal life forever.

In his college years it was pretty hard for him to find a date. So, he stayed at home and

masturbated constantly. His senior year he got on at the college radio station known as WTBU.

That year he met the woman who would be his future wife. She was in his first film for his film

class. He won an award for the film.

After completing college Howard went to his first job interview on May 12, 1977. His

interview was at WRNW and he got the job. After two months on the air, the manager who said

he would never be a good DJ and that he had a lousy voice, promoted him to program director

because he was a hard worker and came to work on time." After saving money and working

for awhile he then married Alison. They got their own place and was doing well with Howard

making $250.00 a week.

After three months of being program director Howard quit his job because he didn't want

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