Howard Stern Show host fired in sudden shakeup – | TV Shows

The Howard Stern Show is now down a co-host after a shock shake-up.

Rahsaan Rogers, who spent 16 years on The Howard Stern Show, announced his exit from the SiriusXM radio program on LinkedIn. Rogers is one of at least a dozen people SiriusXM cut earlier this month after it was revealed that the station’s marquee expertise would do only one live show a week.

“After 16 incredible years with The Howard Stern Show and the Howard Stern Channels, I’m opening a new chapter,” Rogers penned on LinkedIn. “I got to interview people I grew up admiring, direct live broadcasts in real time, and mentor some seriously talented producers along the way.”

He continued with his message, “Working inside the most successful franchise in talk radio taught me how great shows actually get made: preparation, instinct, and knowing what the audience wants before they do.”

Rogers continued, “To everyone I worked with over these 16 years: thank you. What a ride.”

The SiriusXM shake-ups come on the heels of the Howard Stern Show followers canceling their subscriptions and the title host asserting the show could be diminished to once a week.

Even worse, a number of staffers also misplaced their jobs and have been despatched off with underwhelming severance packages, according to insiders talking to The U.S. Sun.

Since the brutal layoffs, the show has undergone many modifications, and transferring ahead, listeners will get just one three-hour episode each week, hosted by the 73-12 months-outdated shock jock.

Howard and his longtime co-host, fellow 73-12 months-outdated Robin Quivers, began together in March 1981. Together, the 2 constructed one of the most iconic reveals on terrestrial radio, doing 5 live broadcasts weekly before agreeing to a whopping $500 million deal at Sirius Satellite Radio in January 2006.

After they grew to become cemented on SiriusXM, their schedule started to dwindle. It began with them going down to 4 live reveals a week, working Monday through Thursday, then it declined to three days, filling the remaining of the calendar with trip time and reruns.

At this time, Howard is on his prolonged summer season hiatus; however, when he returns in September, followers will expertise his scaled-down schedule.