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http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,138280,00.html

Howard Stern (search) — claiming he's being "jerked around" and "threatened" by his bosses — says he might start on satellite radio a lot sooner than Jan. 1, 2006.

"A buddy of mine who shall remain nameless says ... Viacom is trying to get Sirius (search) [Satellite Radio] to pay off my contract and then I would leave early 'cause Sirius is anxious to get the show started," Stern told listeners Wednesday.

The top-rated bad boy — who shocked the radio world last month with the announcement he was quitting broadcast radio to take a big-money offer from satellite radio — has been sounding uncharacteristically depressed of late.

He says he's being peppered by "legal letters" and "threats" from Viacom (search) lawyers.

And elsewhere around the country — Stern airs in 46 cities — his show is being heavily censored by Infinity, Viacom's radio unit.

"Jimmy Kimmel wrote me [that] they're trashing the show [in L.A.], cutting pieces out and putting in more commercials than ever," Stern said.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Yeah, Fox News is only about 2 weeks late with this "news". He's been saying this on his show for a while now. In his opinion he doesn't think Sirius should pay the money (even though he'd like them to) because he'll be with them in a year anyway... plus he's still busy getting his channels together. He's going to have 3 of them and they are still trying to iron out the details.

 

[Bog]

Yeah, this is hardly news. He talks about it daily.

 

[Phoenix]

Just be glad that they took the time to confirm their facts, something uncharacteristic of them