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Without the FCC (or his former wife, Alison) to censor him, Howard Stern has found himself in the position of being the one to say, “That went too far,” in regards to his show on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Stern, who is celebrating his one-year anniversary on satellite, told The New York Times that the role of censor is a new one to him. However, he has said since long before he started on satellite radio that he has personal lines that he won’t cross.
Stern doesn’t miss the fights of the past with the FCC - which has no jurisdiction over satellite radio - over issues like whether there is a place for indecency on the public airwaves, he says.
And, while his audience on satellite radio is much smaller - his total listenership when he was on terrestrial radio was 12 million a day, while the total subscriber base of Sirius is currently only half that - Stern says that, despite rumors, he will never stage a return to terrestrial radio. “This is it for me. This is where I will end my broadcast career,” he is quoted as saying.
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