Howard Stern Makes Sirius Debut

Howard Stern Makes Sirius Debut

King of All Media debuts with a touch of humility: Aidin Vaziri | Howard Stern's much-hyped Sirius Satellite Radio premiere got off to a surprisingly tame start yesterday. After navigating through nearly 20 minutes of technical glitches, trashing rumors that he had married his longtime girlfriend, model Beth Ostrosky, and briefly exercising his newfound freedom to sling around curse words, the New York radio host, previously broadcast in San Francisco on KITS 105.3 FM, actually seemed at a loss. That was one of the most shocking things about Stern's latest venture -- but not for lack of trying. Early on in the show, he engaged in phone sex with Playboy bunny Heidi Cortez. He aired last year's scandalous voice mail messages allegedly left by "The Insider" host Pat O'Brien for a female friend. He played a skit in which David Letterman impersonator "Evil Dave" described anal sex with a porn star. He even attempted to place a call to David Lee Roth, his replacement at CBS Radio. "I hyped this thing so much, it could never, ever live up to anyone's expectations," said the self-styled King of All Media.