1982
Stern's career begins with gigs taking him from Hartford to D.C., before landing in NYC in ’82. WNBC had been his dream, but he spends his time feuding with management and morning host Don Imus.
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1987
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage Regularly chastised (and later fined) by the FCC, he holds a protest rally to urge free speech — particularly his own — on the radio. The event draws about 2,500 fervent Stern supporters.
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1992
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect Stern turns up at the MTV Movie Awards as Fartman, with his butt cheeks exposed in a $10,000 gold Spandex costume. He is lowered from the ceiling, simulating a giant release of gas. MTV brass is said to be horrified.
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1993
Image Credit: Photo Credit: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images In addition to attending Trump’s ’93 wedding, Stern has hosted him on his show 41 times. Several of their infamous exchanges appear in his new book, beginning with a ’95 chat about a Trump presidency, to which Stern says, “I’ll vote for you.”
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1997
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy of Photofest Paramount adapts his first best-seller, Private Parts, with Stern playing himself and actors Mary McCormack and Paul Giamatti as his first wife and station manager. The gross-out comedy makes $41 million, and its soundtrack shoots to No. 1.
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2006
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images In early ’06, he moves to Sirius — then a nascent business — where the FCC no longer would be after him. Over time, he and the show evolve: "You can’t be a rebel if there aren’t any rules."
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2012
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Mark Seliger/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Stern spends four years as a judge on his favorite NBC talent competition, America's Got Talent. He signs off because, he says, "They were cutting out a lot of the [harsher] stuff I said and who I am," though he adds he "really enjoyed the experience."
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2014
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for SiriusXM He once feared he'd lose his edge if he made Hollywood friends. He's since ditched that theory, as evidenced by his wild 60th birthday bash, attended by such guests as Jon Bon Jovi, Tracy Morgan and Rosie O’Donnell.