[Magnum44]

Howard Stern lost his job in DC back in the early 80s after he called up Air Florida and asked how much for a ticket from Washington National to the 14th Street bridge, shortly after the crash. It didn’t keep him from going on in his career.

[Robert DeLong]

It was 1982, and Stern was working at radio station DC101 in Washington, D.C.; relatively unknown outside of local radio. On Jan. 13, an Air Florida plane that took off from Washington National Airport crashed into the nearby 14th Street Bridge, killing 74 people. The next day, Stern poked fun at the crash on his show and called Air Florida to ask what the fare was for a one-way ticket from the National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge. The resulting controversy and other incidents led to Stern being fired from the station six months later.

So it was a bit more than just the 14th St. Bridge call to Air Florida, because he didn't get fired until 6 months later.

I always thought it was Greaseman, but he got fired by saying something to the affect it's surprising more aren't drug behind trucks, in reference to that disgusting event where an older black man was drug behind a pickup truck by two white boys.

[Robert DeLong]

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