My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.

He had more than tripled the station's morning ratings during his stay. Stern has also shot for WHIRL magazine and the North Shore Animal League. Stern was hired full-time in 1977 and worked a four-hour midday shift six days per week on a $96 weekly salary.

Stern performs on its soundtrack which charted at number one on the Billboard 200. In 2012 he became a judge on the television talent show America's Got Talent replacing Piers Morgan.