Original title: Howard Stern Delays SiriusXM Return Until Next Week After Teasing Big Reveal About His Future
Howard Stern will reveal all … just not yet. The radio shock jock had been slated to return to his SiriusXM show Tuesday morning, after weeks of promos promised a big reveal following swirling speculation that his show would be canceled. However The Howard Stern Show’s social accounts posted early Tuesday that “Howard Stern will now speak Monday, September 8,” urging listeners to “stay tuned.” Stern’s return followed a news cycle dominated by questions about his future, after The Sun reported a month ago that his show was set to end because there was no chance that SiriusXM and Stern would be able to come to terms on a new contract. Stern subsequently sought to own the news cycle himself, releasing a promo that leaned into the drama. “The tabloids have spoken: Howard Stern fired, canceled, is it really ‘Bye-Bye Booey’? Chaos is swirling at The Howard Stern Show,” said a narrator in the promo that ran on SiriusXM. “Did staffers talk to the press? Are writers withholding their best jokes