{"id":6843,"date":"2011-01-20T10:06:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T15:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6843"},"modified":"2011-01-20T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T15:08:21","slug":"howard-stern-to-retire-from-sirius-xm-radio-radio-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6843","title":{"rendered":"Howard Stern to Retire from Sirius XM Radio Radio Show?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6843\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6844\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"stern_header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/stern_header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Radio Disc Jockey Howard Stern almost quit his radio show last year because he was convinced he was a \u201chorrible\u201d host reports Showbiz Spy.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Shock Jock admitted when his $500 million five-year contract with Sirius XM Radio for The Howard Stern Show came up for renewal last year, he was contemplating\u00a0retirement, \u00a0but decided to sign a new five-year deal because of\u00a0 what he calls\u00a0\u201cNeurotic Compulsion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to a conclusion,\u201d he said. \u201cMy contract was up a few months ago. I really thought I was going to retire. I said, \u2018Why am I doing this anymore? I\u2019ve proven everything I needed to prove. It makes me crazy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate getting up early every morning. \u2026 I am driven by a neurotic compulsion to do that show. And it doesn\u2019t seem enjoyable. I go home every night and go, \u2018I did a horrible job!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my identity. My ego. Like, this is who I am. This is what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stern\u00a0 from reports\u00a0 wouldn\u2019t reveal how much his new deal with the station is worth but did admit he now gets \u201ca little more for a little less work\u201d.<br \/>\nFrom all reports, Stern\u2019s on air personality is a complete 180 from his home life and for the most part is a recluse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Pre-Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt Radio Disc Jockey Howard Stern almost quit his radio show last year because he was convinced he was a \u201chorrible\u201d host reports Showbiz Spy. The\u00a0 Shock Jock admitted when his $500 million five-year contract with Sirius XM Radio for The Howard Stern Show came up for renewal last year, he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2312,2267,2315,2314,2313],"class_list":["post-6843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-howard-stern","tag-retire","tag-shock-jock","tag-sirius-radio","tag-xm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6843"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}