Howard Stern will not return to its Siriusxmm show this week as announced above.
The 71 -year -old station informed her 95 employees by email on Labor Day that would not return to the air on Tuesday, despite causing a subsequent return to summer in early August, according to Daily mail.
The sources described the message carefully written as “out of nowhere” but prepared to avoid alarming employees.
In addition, experts suggest that Stern’s decision is derived from frustrations on current contract negotiations with Siriusxm.
Its current five -year agreement and $ 500 million will expire at the end of 2025, which can conclude a two decades race with the satellite radio giant.
In addition, it is also said that the veteran “shock jock” is concerned about personal matters, including the decline health of his mother, Ray Schiffman Stern, who turns 98 in October.
According to the exit, Stern has previously spoken in the air about his struggles with chronic pain, calling him “heartbreaking.”
The speculation about his return intensified after Stern hinted in mid -August that he would address his future on September 2, causing questions about retirement, cancellation or contract renewal.
Critics, including former employee Steve Grillo, dismissed the accumulation of advertising trick, while others pointed to the Stern hearing increasingly compared to his peak of the eighties and 2000.
Once known as the “King of all media”, the Stern Terrestrial Radio Program attracted 20 million weekly listeners in its peak.
According to the publication, the estimates now put their Siriusxm audience as low as 125,000.
In addition, the president of Siriusxm and CCO Scott Greenstein have said previously that Stern will determine the moment of their own exit: “Like many great artists, it can stop whenever they want.”
