He was hired right after graduating from Adelphi University in 1984. Gary Dell'Abate, aka Baba Booey, serves as the show's executive producer. Ĭhristy is currently the drummer in the heavy-metal band Charred Walls of the Damned. Since joining the show, Christy has become known for his prank calls, song parodies, unique personality, and "show stunts" he's performed with his writing partner Sal the Stockbroker. 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. Christy made 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. From 2001 to 2003, Christy sent song parodies and bits about Armstrong and show co-host Robin Quivers including some like "It's K.C.'s Sausage Party" (a parody of " It's My Party") and "Gay Photograph" (a parody of the Def Leppard song "Photograph") that continue to be played on the show to this day. 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. Bronk is well known on the show for suffering frequent outbursts of the Herpes STD that he claims he contracted while attending college at Penn State. When the Howard Stern Show moved to Sirius satellite radio in January 2006, Bronk continued in his role as an in-studio joke writer. Īfter Martling left the show in early 2001, Bronk continued as an in-studio joke writer with Norris. In 2000, Benjy was given an in-studio seat next to writers Jackie Martling and Fred Norris, writing on-the-spot jokes for Stern as the show transpired. Bronk eventually earned a paid position conducting pre-interviews of show guests and gathering articles for Robin Quivers' newscasts. 4, 1967) began working on The Howard Stern Show as an intern in 1998. These are the behind-the-scenes personnel, although, in the Stern world, many of these staff members appear on air.īrandano, previously known as "Steve The Intern," answers Stern's phones, is a contributor on The Wrap-Up Show, and was formerly the host of the Thursday night intern show.īenjy Bronk (born Sept. Norris also provides impersonations of show regulars, celebrities and others. Norris' current role on the show is to provide sound effects, organize and direct commercials and live reads, and perform writing duties. Norris is married to Allison (née Furman) and they have one daughter, Tess.
The "Earth Dog Fred" nickname originated in Washington, as Norris replaced an engineer nicknamed "Earth Dog Brent." Although Stern left shortly afterwards, Norris stayed at WCCC until joining Stern and Quivers at Washington, D.C.'s WWDC in 1981.
Norris worked the overnight shift, after which Stern hosted the morning show. Of the show's staff, Stern met Norris first, in 1979, when the two worked as disc jockeys at WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut. These people currently sit in the studio throughout the entire broadcast or have an exclusively in-studio role with the show when present. Here are the current and former staffers he fights with the most on-air and behind-the-scenes on The Stern Show.These staffers currently work for and appear on the show on a regular, if not hourly basis. This is especially true when Ronnie is involved as he goes from zero to a hundred in milliseconds. They usually find their way of 'hugging it out' at the end of the day, but things can get pretty nasty. Of course, staffers are encouraged to argue with one another and there have been some truly epic staff fights.įans adore it and Howard loves watching his staffers badmouth each other. But his feuds with his colleagues are a little different. Ronnie's feuds with callers like King of All Blacks and Apples are downright legendary. So much so that the elderly race car and stripper-loving Las Vegas resident loses it, starts yelling, and things get incredibly personal.
There are several other staffers who get under Ronnie's skin. Howard clearly loves pushing Ronnie over the edge but he's not the only one. This is funny because he remains one of the most offensive aspects of the acclaimed satellite radio show.
The man can flip in an instant and is one of the easiest people to offend. Of all the staffers on The Howard Stern Show, Ronnie 'The Limo Driver' Mund may have the hottest temper.
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