and told him that David Lee Roth was on the air as Howard Sterns replacement. A bit later Howard called in to say how pissed he was that he didn't get to say goodbye, a few callers called up, and David Lee Roth was annoying and bad...calling himself the new King of Radio. The problem was...it turned out to be a big joke by Howard.

It seemed plausible, Howard was off for the last few weeks for vacation, the higher ups would have thought it was a good thing...keep Howard under contract but off the radio for the next six months while his replacement tries to capture an audience. It was the perfect set-up for the perfect joke by Howard. I wouldn't be suprised if the story about David Lee Roth as Howards replacement that was out there a few weeks ago wasn't planted by someone in Howards camp. I have not listened regularly to Howard Stern in a few years but this stunt may bring me back.