Howard 100 News
 "No More Bullshit" | |
| Genre | News |
|---|---|
| Running time | 5 Min., Hourly Updates. 1 Hour, Week-in-Review. |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Home station | Howard 100 |
| Starring | Shuli Egar Lisa G. Steve Langford Ralph Howard |
| Created by | Howard Stern |
| Written by | Howard Stern |
| Original release | Oct 19, 2005 – Present |
| Website | http://www.howardstern.com |
The Howard 100 News program debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio on October 19, 2005. Radio personality Howard Stern asked Sirius to create the program to fill the dead-air on his Howard 100 channel prior to his scheduled debut in January, 2006. To manage the news, Howard hired News Director Liz Aiello, a former executive producer from WABC with over 20 years of experience. The debut show, an hour at 6:00pm, featured an interview with Jackie Martling, a former Stern show staffer.
Howard 100 News (motto: 'No More Bullshit') was designed to mimic the sound of all-news radio station 1010 WINS in New York City. Professional journalists were hired to report stories related to Stern, his show regulars including The Wack Pack, and Stern's move to Sirius. Perhaps a narcissistic version of The Onion's Radio News, the humor and appeal of the program partially lies in hearing real reporters give serious treatment to lightweight and sometimes off-color topics.
When the Howard 100 channel launched the Howard 100 news expanded to two timeslots. One at 12:00pm and the second at 6:00pm. Later the Howard 100 news was re-launched with a new format. Instead of an hour show twice a day they would provide five minute updates every hour.
Yellow blazers are the uniforms of the reporters; background noise of a TeleType - a comedic homage to a bygone era - are the uniforms of the broadcasts.
Current Reporters
- Lisa G. - "Working in Hip-Hop for 10 years made me ready for anything." [1]
- Ralph Howard - "Nothing is stranger than working here." [2]
- Steve Langford - "I worked in a lumber camp and on a rail gang. Seriously." [3]
- Shuli Egar - "It's my first job in a long time where I don't get high at work." [4]
Former Reporters and Staff
During the month of June 2006 at least four employees of the Howard 100 News were "let go". Stern said that this was needed downsizing and despite the loss the news is still “very important to the channels.” News director Liz Aiello left Howard 100 News to become the vice president and general manager of Martha Stewart Living Radio. [5]
Penny Crone and George Flowers left Howard 100 news in January 2007 due to budget cuts. [6]
- Liz Aiello (Oct 05 - Aug 06)
- Mike Piazza (Oct 05 - Jun 06)
- Phil Iazzetta (Oct 05 - Jun 06)
- Michelle Jerson (Oct 05 - Jun 06)
- Penny Crone (Oct 05 - Jan 07)
- George Flowers (Oct 05 - Jan 07)
- Steve Juchnevcius
- James Kouledianos
- Lou Pelligrino
- Erica Phillips
- Lisa Zerbo
- An Editing Guy
Bumpers
Bumpers were used when the news had an hour timeslot at 12:00pm and 6:00pm. All bumpers were presented as perfectly serious and legitimate news show bumpers.
- "Howard 100 News... Fair and balanced about Howard." (clear parody of FOX News "Fair and Balanced")
- "More Americans get their Howard news from Howard 100 than from any other Howard news source." (clear parody of ABC Television's ratings celebration, "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other news source")
- "Howard 100 News... No More Bullshit."
- "Howard 100 News...Give us 60 seconds, we'll give you a minute."