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Howard 100
Broadcast area
United States, Canada
FrequencySiriusXM 100
BrandingHoward 100
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerSirius XM Holdings
History
First air date
September 29, 2005
Technical information
ClassSatellite radio station
Links
Websitewww.siriusxm.com/Howard100
Howard 101
Broadcast area
United States, Canada
FrequencySiriusXM 101
BrandingHoward 101
Programming
FormatTalk
Ownership
OwnerSirius XM Holdings
History
First air date
September 29, 2005
Last air date
August 31, 2026
Technical information
ClassSatellite radio station
Links
Websitewww.siriusxm.com/Howard101

Howard 100 is an uncensored channel on SiriusXM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and The Howard Stern Show. Though the channel, along with a companion channel Howard 101, were first broadcast on September 29, 2005 with the former company Sirius Satellite Radio, Stern could not officially broadcast until January 1, 2006, as Stern was still at WXRK, the terrestrial radio station where he had to finish his FM radio contract.[1] A merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio occurred in the summer of 2008.[2] During the time of the two channels existing separately, Howard 100 carried The Howard Stern Show live while Howard 101 carried tape-delayed broadcasts, encore presentations, and other uncensored talk hosts under Stern's employment, among them Bubba the Love Sponge[3] and Scott Ferrall.[4]

During the time satellite radio was directly monitored by what was then Arbitron, Howard 100 was the most-listened-to station on the Sirius platform (and all of satellite radio), with 1,210,000 of Sirius's 7,160,000 subscribers (a 17% share of the audience) listening to it in 2008; Howard 101 ranked third on that list with 501,100 listeners (a 7% share), behind Sirius's contemporary hit radio channel Sirius Hits.[5]

As Stern reduced his workload in the mid-2020s[6] and talent not directly tied to The Howard Stern Show departed the channels, the two channels became increasingly redundant, and the majority of the channels' staff was eliminated in two waves in February[7] and July 2026.[8] Internal discussions began in 2026 that would eliminate Howard 101 and merge its remaining programs onto Howard 100.[9] [10] SiriusXM confirmed this on August 28, and the channel was discontinued in a broader realignment of the SiriusXM lineup on September 1.[11]

Programming

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As of 2026, The Howard Stern Show produces one new live show per week on Monday mornings, starting at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time and lasting until whenever Stern wants to end. The remainder of the channel's programming comes from the program's archives.

References

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  1. ↑ "Radio's Howard Stern Leaps to Satellite in $500 Million Deal". Wall Street Journal. October 7, 2004.
  2. ↑ "SIRIUS and XM Complete Merger".
  3. ↑ Eric, Deggans (January 4, 2011). "Tampa shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge leaves Sirius XM for Internet radio". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ Pendola, Rocco (October 4, 2012). "Jim Rome, Scott Ferrall to CBS: Can Sports Radio Drive Revenue? - Pg.2". TheStreet. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Hinckley, David (May 7, 2008). "Howard Stern rules satellite radio". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008.
  6. ↑ Alpert, Lukas I. (December 16, 2025). "Howard Stern and his 1 million listeners still have value for Sirius with contract extension". MarketWatch. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  7. ↑ "'The Howard Stern Show' Got Rid of More Than '40 People' During Two Rounds of Layoffs". Yahoo Entertainment. August 6, 2026. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Exclusive | Howard Stern lays off a dozen staffers, preparing to drop to one new show per week". July 14, 2026. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Howard Stern Struggling With Rumors One of His SiriusXM Channels 'May End Up Flat Out Canceled'". Yahoo Entertainment. August 15, 2026. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  10. ↑ Linder, Brian (August 15, 2026). "'The Howard Stern Show' fans get more bad news: 'Parting ways'". nj. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  11. ↑ "SiriusXM Channel Lineup Changes: See the New Channel Numbers Starting September 1". SiriusXM. August 28, 2026. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
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