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Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known as the host of ''The Howard Stern Show'', his long-running radio show which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 before its move to Sirius XM Radio in 2006. Stern first wished to be on the radio at five years of age. He landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University—WTBU, the campus station, and WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts. From 1976 to 1982, Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, and WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985. In 1985, Stern began a 20-year run at WXRK in New York City where his show was syndicated to 60 markets and attracted 20 million listeners. Stern won numerous awards, including ''Billboard''’s Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year eight times. He became the most fined radio host when the Federal Communications Commission issued fines totaling $2.5 million to station licensees for content it deemed indecent. Stern became one of the highest paid radio figures after signing a five-year deal with Sirius in 2004 worth $500 million. In recent years, Stern took up photography and has had work featured in ''Hamptons'' and ''WHIRL'' magazines. From 2012 to 2015, he served as a judge on ''America's Got Talent''. Stern describes himself as "King of All Media" for his successes outside radio. He hosted and produced numerous late night television shows, pay-per-view events, and home videos. His two books, ''Private Parts'' (1993) and ''Miss America'' (1995), entered the ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list at number one with each selling over one million copies. The former was made into a biographical comedy film in 1997 that had Stern and his radio show staff play as themselves which topped the US box office in its opening week and grossed $41.2 million domestically. Stern performs on its soundtrack which charted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 and earned a Platinum certification for selling one million copies. In 2012, Stern was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. ==Early life== Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, the second child of Bernard and Ray (née Schiffman) Stern who lived in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City.〔Colford 1997, p. 2.〕 His parents are Jewish whose families are from Austria-Hungary.〔 Ray was an office clerk〔 and homemaker〔Stern 1993, p. 44.〕 before taking up work as an inhalation therapist;〔Stern 1993, p. 92.〕 Ben worked as a radio engineer at WHOM in Manhattan〔 and as a co-owner and operator at Aura Recording Inc., a recording studio where cartoons and commercials were produced.〔Colford 1997, p. 7.〕 Stern described his older sister Ellen as the "complete opposite" of himself and "very quiet".〔Stern 1993, p. 46.〕 In 1955, the family moved to Roosevelt, New York on Long Island〔Colford 1997, p. 3.〕 where Stern attended Washington-Rose Elementary School followed by Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School.〔Colford 1997, p. 9.〕 Stern also attended Hebrew school where he was given the name Tzvi. Stern took five years of piano lessons, and took an interest in marionettes and put on shows for his friends.〔Stern 1993, p. 〕 From the age of nine to his second year at university, Stern spent his summers at Camp Wel-Met, a youth camp in Narrowsburg, New York where he worked camper, kitchen, and counselor duties. He recalled his time there as "the greatest experience".〔Luerssen 2009, p. 172.〕 Stern wished to be on the radio at five years of age.〔Stern 1993, p. 111.〕 He did not listen to much radio when he was young, but names Bob Grant and Brad Crandall as early influences.〔 Stern made occasional visits to his father's recording studio which began a preference to talk on the air than play records when he saw "some of the great voice guys" work, including Wally Cox, Don Adams, and Larry Storch.〔Stern 1993, p. 114.〕〔Stern 1993, p. 113.〕 At age ten, his father gave him a tape recorder which he used to make his own radio shows. In the late 1960s, Roosevelt became a predominantly black area; Stern remembered just "a handful of white kids left" in his school〔Stern 1993, p. 65.〕 and was beaten numerous times by black pupils.〔 In June 1969 the family moved to Rockville Centre, and Stern, at age fifteen, transferred to South Side High School where he graduated in 1972.〔Colford 1997, pp. 16–17.〕 The school's year book lists Stern's sole student activity as membership in Key Club. In 1972, Stern spent the first two of four years at Boston University in its College of Basic Studies.〔Stern 1993, p. 115.〕 In his second year, he began working at WTBU, the campus radio station, playing music, reading the news, and hosting interviews.〔 He later co-hosted a weekly comedy show with three fellow students named ''The King Schmaltz Bagel Hour'' which was initially cancelled during its first broadcast for a racial sketch named "Godzilla Goes to Harlem".〔Stern 1993, pp. 115–117.〕 Stern wrote about his experiences with cannabis, Quaaludes, and LSD during his studies; he quit after a LSD overdose.〔Stern 1996, p. 114.〕 In 1974, Stern gained admission to the School of Public Communications.〔Colford 1997, p. 31.〕〔Colford 1997, p. 33.〕 He then earned a diploma at the Radio Engineering Institute of Electronics in Fredericksburg, Virginia in July 1975 which earned him a first class radio-telephone operator license, then a required certificate for all radio broadcasters granted by the Federal Communications Commission.〔Stern 1993, p. 121.〕 With the license, Stern landed his first professional radio job at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts from August to December 1975 doing air shifts, news casting, and production work.〔Stern 1993, p. 123.〕 For the next five months, he taught students basic electronics in preparation for their FCC exams.〔 Stern graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a Communications degree and a 3.8 grade point average, majoring in broadcasting and film, in May 1976.〔 In the past he has funded a scholarship at the university. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Stern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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