Editing Howard Stern (section)

==FCC fines==
{{main|Federal Communications Commission fines of The Howard Stern Show}}
Between 1990 and 2004, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) fined owners of radio station licensees that carried ''The Howard Stern Show'' a total of $2.5&nbsp;million for content it considered to be indecent.<ref>{{cite web |title= Indecency on the air |first= John |last= Dunbar |date= April 9, 2004 |url= https://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/04/09/6588/indecency-air |website= [[The Center for Public Integrity]] |access-date= September 6, 2010 |archive-date= June 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130605212604/http://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/04/09/6588/indecency-air |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Stern blamed the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] for increased FCC fines and scrutiny of radio broadcasts in 2004 following the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy]] that February, and that year began openly promoting [[John Kerry]]'s [[John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] and urged listeners to oust Bush.<ref name=Kurtz/><ref>{{cite web |last= Douthat |first= Ross |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/kerry-s-secret-weapon/302959/ |title= Kerry's Secret Weapon? |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date= June 2004 |access-date= November 4, 2015 }}</ref>