List of The Howard Stern Show staff

The Howard Stern Show has gone through a number of staff members.

Current staff

In-studio

Howard Stern

Main article: Howard Stern

Howard Stern is the show's host. In essence, Stern's show is a discussion of topics that include popular world affairs, celebrity gossip, self deprecation, bodily functions, conflicts among his staff, his own personal family matters, and the antics of the show's Wack Pack.

Robin Quivers

Main article: Robin Quivers

Robin Quivers first met Stern when she was assigned to be his newswoman at WWDC in March 1981, and has been his co-host and news reader ever since. Quivers briefly left the show towards the end of her time at WWDC when Stern made a deal at WNBC in 1982, and did not realize WNBC initially refused to hire her. Quivers returned to the show at WNBC a month after Stern.

Stern once said that Quivers is the only person on the show that he would allow to talk freely during the broadcast, although in recent times has allowed show comedian Artie Lange this privilege as well.

Artie Lange

Artie Lange

Main article: Artie Lange

Lange's first appearance on the show was as a guest alongside fellow comedian Norm Macdonald on January 8, 1998, following a bit involving Scott the Engineer and his challenge to perform 17 complete push-ups. Although appearing with Macdonald to promote the film Dirty Work, Lange had been a fan of Stern since the 1980s when on one occasion following the death of Lange's father in 1987, show producer Gary Dell'Abate sent Lange an autographed jacket which Lange auctioned off for $2,000 to support his family.

Following the departure of the show's writer and comedian Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling in 2001, several comedians "auditioned" for Martling's seat by sitting in for a couple of shows. Lange's first appearance in what became known as "The Jackie Chair" occurred for 2 days, on May 7 and 8, 2001. The temporary appearance consisted of being Stern's sidekick along with Quivers, and Lange frequently told personal stories, usually regarding alcohol, drugs, food and prostitutes. On October 29, 2001, Lange joined the show full-time.

Lange has been on hiatus from the show since December 2009, during which time he attempted suicide.

Fred Norris

Main article: Fred Norris

Of the show's staff, Stern met Norris first, in 1979, when the two worked as disc jockeys at WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut. Norris would work the overnight slot, under the name "Earth Dog", after which Stern would host the morning slot. Although Stern left shortly afterwards, Norris stayed at WCCC until joining Stern and Quivers at Washington, D.C.'s WWDC in 1981.

Norris' current role on the show is to provide sound effects, organize and direct commercials and live reads, and occasionally perform writing duties. Norris also provides impersonations of show regulars, celebrities and others.

Outside the studio

Gary Dell'Abate

Main article: Gary Dell'Abate

Gary Dell'Abate, aka Baba Booey, serves as the show's head producer. Hired right after graduating from Adelphi University in 1984, he has worked for the show ever since. Dell'Abate is mocked on the Stern Show for his appearance and frequent mispronunciations. He earned the nickname "Baba Booey" after insisting it to be the correct name of the cartoon character Baba Looey.

Richard Christy

Main article: Richard Christy

While working as an electrician in Florida and playing as a drummer in a number of heavy metal bands including Iced Earth and Death, Christy began calling into the show from October 1999, initially sending voice mails to the show's assistant producer K. C. Armstrong which would get played on-air. From 2001 to 2003, Christy would send song parodies and bits about Armstrong and show co-host Robin Quivers. Christy would also make his first visit to the show on April 24, 2003 where he played a round of blackjack to win a date with a porn star.

In July 2004, when the show was holding a "Win John's Job" contest following the departure of Stuttering John from the show, Christy won the position as voted by fans. Since joining the show, Christy has become known for his prank calls, song parodies, personality and "show stunts" he performs with Sal the Stockbroker.

Sal the Stockbroker

Salvatore "Sal" Governale (better known as "Sal the Stockbroker") started calling into the show while working as a stockbroker in New York City. Sal became a well-known caller in the wake of his frequent call-ins making fun of Gary Dell'Abate. Despite coming in second in the "Win John's Job" contest, Sal was hired as writer for the show. He is known for the prank phone calls and show stunts he performs with Richard. Though Sal employs crass racial humor on the show and in stand-up appearances, he denies being a racist. Invariably, when he tries to explain why he is not racist, he comes across as being even more racist, including the infamous "Taped Apology" incident.

Scott the Engineer

Scott Salem is the show's long-time engineer, having joined on February 10, 1986. Having previously worked at WABC (AM) and WPLJ in New York City, Salem received a voice mail from Jimmy Fink, then the morning personality at WXRK informing him of his new position. Salem is responsible for editing recordings for the show. He is usually only heard from when there are technical problems, in which Stern blames him. He shocked the staff when it was learned that, except for Fred Norris, he has by far the highest IQ among the show staff.

On January 7, 1998, Salem competed in a challenge set by Stern in which he had to perform 17 push-ups for $31,000. Though controversial, Salem was eventually paid the money due to poor refereeing. In 1996, the Austin American-Statesman wrote that Scott is "always threatening to quit or on the verge of being fired, he's the show's whipping boy for technical problems". In 2007, Salem made a onetime appearance on tour with the Killers of Comedy, performing stand-up followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Stern defended Scott's skill and contribution to the show and makes a point of saying in his second book Miss America "just because we are always so brutal to Scott, I must go on record to say Scott is the best engineer I've ever worked with."

Jon Hein

Main article: Jon Hein

Multi Millionaire Jon Hein has made guest appearances on the show since May 3, 2001, discussing television shows that have "jumped the shark," a term he uses to describe when a show has passed its prime. In late 2005, while experimental programming was broadcast on Howard 100 and Howard 101, Hein presented the first edition of Superfan Roundtable. His success in on-air hosting led him to become the co-host of the The Wrap-Up Show when the show moved to Sirius XM in January 2006. Hein is also a cohost on the monthly Saturday show "Geek TIme" with Jason Kaplan and Ralph Cirella.

Will Murray

Will Murray is the show's researcher and segment producer. He pre-interviews all guests, and compiles pages of notes of research for Howard to use during interviews. Sometimes Will also operates on the phones. When a member of the show is being ridiculed on-air, Will sends Howard an instant message on Howard's computer screen, with other back-office staff usually joining in. He and fellow producer Jason Kaplan host the Howard 100 News segment "Page 69."

Will is now married as of September 5, 2008 to his long time girlfriend. Will is from the Philadelphia area and is a huge Philadelphia sports fan. He first appeared on the show while battling cancer as a child.

Jason Kaplan

Jason Kaplan is an associate producer for the show. He has many duties, including eating all the black and white cookies and being a little tattle tail, writing the daily show rundown that appears on the show's website, and taking photos that appear alongside the daily rundown. In September 2007, Jason and HowardTV director Scott Depace engaged in an intense feud stemming from their political differences; Jason is a liberal Democrat, Depace is a conservative George W. Bush supporter.

Jason was married to his girlfriend, Janis on November 8, 2008. Notable guests at the ceremony included Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Gary Dell'Abate, as well as the majority of Stern's staff. The reception featured speeches from fellow staff members, Ronnie Mund and J. D. Harmeyer. Kaplan hosts "Page 69" along with Will Murray. On the wrap-up show on August 19, Kaplan stated that he grew up in Stanhope, NJ.

Kaplan is also a producer of the monthly show "Geek Time" that airs on certain Saturdays with Jon Hein and Ralph Cirella.

J. D. Harmeyer

Jamie "J. D." Harmeyer was a former intern in 2003, and is now the show's Media Producer. His main duty is to pull audio and video clips from television shows and the Internet for Stern to use on the show. Harmeyer has four TiVo recording systems installed in his office. He often arrives much earlier than other show staff to record, even coming in the evening before the 6:00 am radio show. Harmeyer's "nerdy" personality, awkward speech (frequently compared to Napoleon Dynamite), awful taste in movies (he famously gave Look Who's Talking and Look Who's Talking Too four stars out of four) and amusing personal life are common points of discussion when he is on the air. He is known to enjoy techno and drum and bass music.

His "themes" include "Battle Royale" by Does It Offend You, Yeah? and "Everytime You Leave" (Age Pee Short Mix) by Karma.

He attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, where he earned an associate's degree in television and film production.

Howard TV

Scott DePace

Scott DePace is the television director for the daily broadcast of The Howard Stern Show for Howard TV. He is known on-air for his staunch support of George W. Bush and the Republican Party. He has a second business selling a product called "The VideoCaddy", a clamping system to attach a video camera to a golf cart. His wife, Pamela, won an Emmy for her work on "The Daily Show". He is originally from Delaware. His hobbies include playing the video game "Halo 3" on Xbox 360. He has played against Howard Stern Show Producer Gary Dell Abate's children Jackson and Lucas online. His employment at former Chuck E. Cheese's competitor Showbiz Pizza Place is frequently referenced on the show; his on-air appearances are often accompanied by the Showbiz Pizza Place jingle. After making tape of Gary Dell-Abate sleeping on the job on June 23, 2010 with a camera he personally and explicitly promised would never be used for such purposes, Mr. DePace has become infamous for being the least-trusted and least-liked member of the Stern show staff. During the week of July 5, 2010, rumors were rampant on the internet that he had been fired (or soon would be fired) due to fallout from the incident.

Mike Gange

Mike Gange started at the show as an intern, and, after years of toil, worked his way up to cameraman/interviewer for the former Stern TV show on E! Mr. Gange is now supervising producer for Howard TV.

Doug Goodstein

Doug Z. Goodstein was Stern's E! show producer and is currently executive producer for Howard TV On Demand. He was the former manager of the now-deceased Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf. He caught a lot of heat for letting his daughter sit in Howard's ON-AIR chair for a photograph. His enthusiasm for amateur photography led him to document Ground Zero during the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. He is best known for being exceptionally weak-willed, and several incidents in 2010 served to further confirm this opinion, This includes the infamous "gift" of baby clothes to fellow staffer, Shuli, which, after his wife could not find visual proof on Facebook that the clothes were being used, Goodstein demanded immediate return. It was later disclosed that Goodstein agreed it was inappropriate to ask for the clothes back, but did so anyway because he didn't want to risk his wife's wrath.

Howard 100 News

See also: Howard 100 News

Brad Driver

News Director

Steve Langford

Reporter who delivers the "Howard 100" news update during the shows "news block". Is usually the first of the news block, followed by Jon Hein. Is introduced by his "theme" music (in the style of a news bumper) of "Steve Langford has a huge penis... Penis, Penis... Penis, Penis..." (Repeated indefinitely until song is faded off.)

Lisa G

Main article: Lisa Glasberg

On-air reporter for Howard Stern's news team at Sirius Satellite Radio, updating live news headlines each morning to Howard and the crew. Introduced by a "news bumper" of "Lisa G (sometimes Glasberg) takes shits at work... takes shits at work... takes shits at work... (repeats until song fades out). Also files reports for hourly Howard 100 news updates.

Ralph Howard

Anchor

Michael Morales

A.K.A. "High Pitch" Mike. Show Producer and on-air regular. Publicly came out on the show.

"The Tapes" Department

David Heydt

Executive In Charge of Production

Rich Gibbons

Producer

Paul Grassini

Producer

Jeremy Lipkin

Head Writer

David LeClaire

Segment Producer

Ben Barto

Assistant Producer

Ryan Rasmason

Assistant Editor

Other

George Takei

Main article: George Takei

George Takei

George Takei recently served as the show's announcer. Before joining the show, Takei became popular among the cast after soundbites of his audiobook about his career on Star Trek were played on the show. The clips stood out due to his deep baritone voice, and were frequently played. In 2006 when the show moved to Sirius, it was announced that Takei would be the show's official announcer. Once every quarter Takei will sit in the studio (often for a week at a time), often doing an "announce" as the show goes into commercial.

Ronnie the Limo Driver

Ronald Mund, commonly referred to as Ronnie the Limo Driver, is Howard's limousine driver and bodyguard, and the head of security at Sirius Radio. During the week of Sept. 8, 2008, Ronnie was voted "the angriest" person related with the show. On the October 27th, 2009 Wrap Up Show, Ronnie revealed that he was formerly a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force.

Ralph Cirella

Ralph Cirella has served as a personal stylist to Stern since a prop designer was needed to construct a "talking penis", for a broadcast at the Felt Forum on New Year's Eve 1986. He has been a listener since Stern's time at WNBC from 1982 to 1985. Cirella did not make on-screen appearances until 1990, when he worked on costumes, special effects and make up on The Howard Stern Show on WWOR. Throughout 2006, Cirella briefly co-hosted the now defunct The Friday Show with Gary Dell'Abate and Jon Hein, on Howard 100 and Howard 101. He is currently host of "Geek Time" which airs on Howard 101 on certain Saturdays with Jon Hein and Jason Kaplan.

Cirella is known for his collection of movie memorabilia, particularly science fiction films such as Star Wars. In 2008, he asked Dell'Abate for a life-sized cardboard cut out of the Iron Man; he has a similar decoration of David Hasselhoff from the show Baywatch.

Former staff

Jackie Martling

Main article: Jackie Martling

While touring as a national headliner, Jackie Martling recorded several joke LPs that became the resume he submitted to Howard Stern and which led to his hiring as a show castmember. After three years, he rose to the position of head writer, a job he held for 15 years. He is famous for pioneering joke writing "on the fly", a technique of instant scripting where he wrote jokes and funny lines for Howard Stern while the show was in progress. Jackie also wrote dialogue for the infamous "Jackie Puppet", voiced by Billy West. West has remarked how surreal it was to sit behind Jackie, viciously attacking him as the puppet, with lines Jackie had just written himself.

After several earlier disagreements over compensation, Martling left the Stern Show in March 2001, over a salary disagreement with the show's employer WXRK. He has since admitted that the amount of money under dispute was fairly small, but still caused him to refuse to sign a new contract.

Martling's chair on the Howard Stern Show was eventually filled by former MADtv cast member Artie Lange; however, Lange did not take over Martling's job as head writer, as primary writing duties are shared by Fred Norris and Benjy Bronk. After leaving the show, Martling pursued his other interests, including acting and music and toured extensively doing standup. He also expanded his very successful line of electronic joke products. On September 25, 2006, Howard Stern announced that Martling would be returning to radio by joining the Howard 100/101 Sirius Radio channels. Stern elaborated further on the September 26, 2006 broadcast, saying that Martling's new show on Howard 101 would be called Jackie's Joke Hunt. The show, co-hosted by fellow friar Ian Karr, premiered on October 3, 2006 at 7pm EST. It continues to air, live, every Tuesday at 7pm EST on Sirius Howard 101, with reruns scheduled for Thursday mornings at 12AM EST and Saturday afternoons at 2pm EST. Martling can also be heard on Howard 100 on Fridays when Sirius airs Master Tape Theatre, selected, "best-of" recordings from Howard's shows from the WXRK days.

Martling has since returned to the Stern show to roast producer Gary Dell'Abate and on March 13, 2007, Martling made a long-awaited guest appearance on the show. In May, 2007, the Stern show aired a two day salute to Jackie Martling on Stern 100. The show contained dozens of classic Jackie moments intercut with new interviews with Jackie and others. Martling appears with his Stern Show successor Artie Lange in the 2003 film Mail Order Bride. Martling last appeared on the Howard Stern Show on February 10, 2010, during an interview that became a continuous 40-minute "plug" of everyone he has ever met. After the "interview," show writer Fred Norris shared his feelings for Martling, comparing having him on the show to walking into a plane propeller.

K. C. Armstrong

K. C. Armstrong

Kyle Casey "K. C." Armstrong (born July 17, 1975) began as the show's intern in 1997 and later became associate producer from 1998 to 2004. Growing up in Suffolk County, New York, his father was the head football and wrestling coach at Port Jefferson High School. He was a Suffolk County Champion wrestler, and formerly a punter for the Western Kentucky University football team.

During his tenure at the show, he was often the subject of gay jokes made by the staff, even though Armstrong maintains he is not a homosexual, though he eventually did admit to having a homosexual experience once or twice in while attending high school. Show producer Richard Christy gained notoriety by making voice mail messages, prank calls and song parodies that mocked Armstrong's alleged homosexuality, since 1999. Armstrong now lives in Newport Beach, California, where he is trying to start a career in acting. He has his own comedy DVD called Die Laughing. He has acted in three movies - Death4Told, Grace and the Storm and Secret War and stars on the comedy DVD series Meet the Creeps.

He is also an amateur bodybuilder and model.

Billy West

Main article: Billy West

Billy West

Billy West provided the show with comedy impersonations on a temporary basis, beginning on November 7, 1988. He would be known for his impressions for Marge Schott and show comedian Jackie Martling. West's final appearance was on November 1, 1995, before he left the show over contract and salary disputes. On February 19 and February 20, 2007, a special two-part retrospective of West's work on the show was broadcast on Howard 100 and Howard 101, covering over 11 hours.

West has also been an occasional contributor to The Adam Carolla Show, a syndicated morning radio show that replaced Stern along cities in the West Coast.

Steve Grillo

[2] Former Stern Show intern and associate producer at WXRK. Known as "Gorilla", Steve was famously in charge of preparing Howard's daily baked potato. Howard dedicated his second book Miss America to Steve.

After the Stern show, he pursued acting and worked as a bartender. Currently, is working with a production company in the development of a show about spending his summers in a trailer park in the Catskils. On June 11, 2010 a benefit concert was held for him at Pasha in New York City in an effort to raise the $5000 needed to save the trailer, as he had fallen behind on his payments to lease space in the trailer park He is also the former co-owner of Hell's Kitchen Pizza. Coincidently, one of his few acting roles was a pizza worker on The Sopranos.

Grillo also conducted movie reviews for Howard 100 News in 2006. As an homage to his former duties as an Stern show intern, he would rate the films by awarding them a certain number of potatoes.

Gorilla, on occasion will ask random "man on the street" questions for the Stern show.

Stuttering John

Main article: John Melendez

In 1988, John Melendez (better known as Stuttering John to Stern fans) was attending New York University's film school, and belonged to a band called "Rock Slide". His college roommate, Mitch Fatel, was on the verge of quitting his internship with The Howard Stern Show, when Melendez begged him for a recommendation for an internship on the show, whose producer, Gary Dell'Abate, interviewed Melendez and mentioned his stuttering problem to Stern, who decided to hire him as a field reporter.

On Stern's show, Melendez conducted outrageous street interviews and appeared at press conferences, asking off-the-wall questions to various celebrities, including Gennifer Flowers, Ringo Starr, Burt Reynolds, Tommy Lasorda, Larry King and the Dalai Lama. He also provided comic relief on the show itself with his misadventures, poor grammar, and sloppy pronunciation. Melendez left the show after being offered a half-million dollar contract as the announcer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Though Howard states during his radio show that his relationship with Melendez is fine, much focus was spent in a February 2008 broadcast in which Stern replayed a recent radio interview between John and radio show host Adam Carolla. During the interview, Melendez stated that Stern and former radio station WXRK (K-Rock) never paid him enough. Stern became infuriated, using several expletives to describe the former intern/phone screener, and even going so far as to order Melendez's wife to stop calling Stern's then-fiance Beth Ostrosky, who were friends.

Al Rosenberg

Al Rosenberg was a writer/performer for Howard on WNBC, and also worked for Imus in the Morning during that period. He did numerous voice impressions including Sue Simmons and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. In The History of Howard Stern, Howard stated that he hired Al after Imus fired him so that he (Imus) could hire his girlfriend to replace Rosenberg. He stayed on at WNBC after Howard was fired because he was still under contract to the station. Al also worked on WNEW-AM radio as one half of the morning team with Bob Fitzsimmons. He also worked with Ted Brown. He would later work again for Howard on the "Channel 9 Show" as a writer. Al called in to Howard's show in 2007 (during a Paul Mooney interview) to discuss Imus' racism. He currently works doing speaking engagements and voice-over work. He also recently started appearing on Howard 101's "Miserable Men" program.

Gary Garver

Gary Garver was a West Coast based correspondent for The Howard Stern Show. He was sent to awards shows, movie premieres and television conventions to ask "Stuttering John"-type questions to celebrities and has-beens. He was fired by the Stern show in 2008 because they felt he was an unfunny hack. It was revealed in an on-air confrontation with Howard Stern and Gary Dell'Abate on the November 16, 2009 broadcast that he was dismissed because Garver's interviews were too confrontational and when the Stern show asked him to reel it in, he did not comply.

Steve Freid

Steve "the Engineer" Freid first worked with Ben Stern and later worked with Howard when he arrived at K-Rock. He was given the nickname Wood Yi, due to sounding like actor/director Woody Allen, and developed a persona around it. As Wood Yi, Steve would do various bits and pranks making homosexual, pedophilic or racist comments. Steve stayed at K-Rock when the Stern Show moved to Sirius in 2006, but still makes occasional calls to the show, although more often, the staff would use clips of his voice.

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