'The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales.

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.