Artie Lange offered his resignation and Howard Stern accepted. Lange, who's been with the Stern radio show since 2001 "was spotted disputing with his assistant in the hallways off the air. When it was brought up to Stern, he asked the assistant Teddy to come into the studio and discuss the situation on the air," according to an article by Adam Abramson at newsday.com.
After Lange made physical threats to Teddy and would not guarantee from refraining from such actions in the future, Stern told Lange he couldn't continue to have him around.

Newsday.com writes, "Artie then offered his resignation; Stern accepted, but told Lange to leave and cool off. Just before Lange left he told Stern: 'I'm not a good person ... I gotta leave ... I love you'"

The biggest question said to be on the minds of Howard Stern fans for the last week was answered just after 6:00 a.m. this (Monday) morning when they heard the voice of a contrite Artie Lange.

Stern’s sidekick was back on the show following an on-air blowup Thursday, April 17. Lange took full responsibility for his actions - which included throwing a water bottle at his assistant - and apologized to Stern, Sirius employees, and the fans.

No word of disciplinary actions, but Stern said Lange met with Sirius brass who were not happy about the incident. Stern and Robin Quivers also said there will be no more chances for Lange.

So was this your typical news-grabbing promotional scam for a show that has few listeners any more?  Except maybe in the highly populated East Coast cities?

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So was this your typical news-grabbing promotional scam for a show that has few listeners any more?  Except maybe in the highly populated East Coast cities?

Just out of interest - how do you know that the show has few listeners outside of the east coast?

I don't KNOW .. that's why the question marks.  It's an opinion based on the lack of 'buzz' about Howard any more, unlike his terrestrial radio days.  
Because satellite listening is an individual experience, not community-centered in any sense, the reaction tends to be isolated and solitary.  
I read somewhere that the majority of the Stern fans were now on the Eastern seaboard.   Of course that may ALWAYS have been the case.  
In my opinion, Howard's impact now is close to nil.  What do YOU think?

The Stern show may not be for everyone's taste, but it can be entertaining at times.

The same can't be said for all radio programming.

I'm sure most Stern fans are on the east coast because that's where his terrestrial base was and that's where the largest centres of population are.

I can only speak for myself, but perhaps I am part of a larger group that should be of concern to the many hard working and sincere people on this site who care about the radio business.

I subscribed to Sirius in November 2006 and since then they have represented 90% of my radio listening.I won't admit this to many but I have become hooked on the Stern soap opera which at times seems scripted liked the WWE. When people who don't share my warped sense of humour are in the car with me I will turn to one of the music stations - usually oldies or blues - and listen to hours of commercial free, static free radio. If I need a news or traffic report fix then its a 5 minute listen to a local station and then back to Sirius.

I pay $150 a year for this privilege which I believe shows a commitment to radio - albeit not local.

I miss the NHL on Sirius but hopefully the Sirius-XM merger will solve that. I don't believe that losing the NHL has seriously hurt Sirius' subscriber base. New equipment is being introduced that provides better sound in the car and more choices to hear satellite radio outside of the car and house.

I smell a PR stunt! It's makin' people talk, so it worked!