All I know is that we had a great FM station here in Philly in the 1980s, and Stern came along and literally ridiculed all the morning DJ's, calling them names like pussy and stuff, while declaring he was gonna kick ass.
He did fart jokes and little meat jokes, and it apparently struck a chord with male rock n rollers.
Stern eventually won the rating war, but it made me sick how he had to berate everyone else to do it -- and I have refused to listen to him ever since.
I love rock n roll, but I wouldn't pay a dirty dish rag to see or hear anything from Stern.
My 24-year old son used to tell me that Stern was funny, but even he can't stand the same old crap anymore.