The Howard Stern Show delayed its on-air return to Monday, September 8, after social media accounts for the program posted an update that moved the planned September 2 return to almost a week later.

Newsweek reached out via email to SiriusXM for comment.

Why It Matters

The show's brief social media-driven campaign had promised a major on-air announcement amid widespread speculation about whether "shock jock" Stern, 71, would continue his long-running program with SiriusXM, which began in 2006, with implications for satellite radio revenue, listener habits, and talent deals across the industry.

Stern has been a decades-long fixture in the United States and beyond, gaining traction and millions of listeners as part of his nationally syndicated radio program that aired from 1986 to 2005

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