Howard Stern, the radio DJ everyone loves to
hate, will be inducted into the Radio
Hall of Fame. The hall, based in Chicago, will
introduce Stern
into its annals in November in
recognition of his distinguished, albeit
marred,
career.
"The most conspicuous and embarrassing
omission
to the Radio Hall of Fame finally will be
corrected this fall when Howard Stern takes his
place in the Chicago-based shrine to radio's
all-time greats," Hall Chairman Bruce DuMont
tells Time
Out Chicago.
"There wasn't any great controversy involving
Howard's induction because I think everyone has
believed for a long time that he deserved to be
inducted."
Stern made headlines throughout his more than
35-year career, through his salacious movies
such as "Private Parts," and bellicose pranks.
Perhaps his most notorious controversy came from
a 1982 phone call he made to Air Florida a day
after one of their planes crashed into D.C.'s
14th Street Bridge.
Check out this video, and others in the
gallery,
as 90s star Luke Perry introduces Stern, aka
"Fartman," at the 1992 MTV Music Awards.
Stern interrupts his show after airplanes hit the
World Trade Center buildings in New York City on
Sept. 11, 2001
Stern calls Air Florida a day after one of their
planes crashed into the 14th Street Bridge.
Howard Stern explains his firing from WNBC.
One of the "Playmate, Intern and 11-year-old Play
Jeopardy" episodes on "The Howard Stern Show."
