The King of All Media pulled a fast one on listeners on Monday morning (Sept. 8) when he appeared to announce his retirement from afar when he didn’t show up, as promised, following a long summer break. Howard Stern, 71, was originally slated to be back on air last week amid rumors that his nearly two-decade run at SiriusXM might be coming to an end.

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He pushed that return back a week with no explanation, and when fans tuned in at 7 a.m. ET on Monday morning they were greeted with Stern fan/friend and fellow SiriusXM voice Andy Cohen seemingly announcing

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