Five years ago yesterday Howard Stern spent his last day on terrestrial radio. Hasn’t it been quiet since then? Prior to his disappearance, hardly a day went by without your morning paper ruined by his latest outrage. He sometimes dominated the national conversation.
For those who blessedly do not remember him, Howard Stern was not the first “shock jock” on radio but he is the one who perfected the vulgar craft. One of his very earliest stunts happened after the Air Florida plane crash into the Potomac River. The day after Stern called Air Florida to price a ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge, where the plane crashed. He was fired shortly thereafter and decamped to New York City.
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