New York, December 16, 2005 – Radio personality Howard Stern’s celebration of his move to Sirius Satellite Radio was as outrageous as his show. By 7 A.M., the smell of pot smoke filled West 56th Street in Manhattan, where thousands of fans had gathered outside K-Rock studios, Stern’s former home. Pouring rain didn’t stop Stern aficionados, who guzzled beer, moshed, and stripped off their clothing. The crowd was so thick that police officers had difficulty containing it, and warned us that if the barricades went down, we’d be on our own.

Perhaps prophetically, the rain stopped and skies turned azure just as Stern emerged from his final K-Rock show. He and his entourage, including sidekick Robin Quivers, boarded a bus for a celebration at the Hard Rock Café, where free beer flowed, and Sirius personality Martha Stewart joined the merriment.

Holding trademark props like whips and paddles, Stern tried to get Martha to deliver them to his new office at Sirius. Saying he has a hard-on for the new gig, Stern clarified, “No, not that kind of hard-on.” Then, after a pause, “Actually, I think I do have that kind, because Beth is around here somewhere”, referring to his girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky. Sheryl Crow closed the luncheon with a rocking set.

Two days before Stern’s antics, XM Satellite Radio’s crazy duo Opie & Anthony - famously fired from terrestrial radio for planting a fornicating couple inside a church - greeted their fans at a store in lower Manhattan.