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He's been threatening to move off plain old on-air radio to escape the FCC's crackdown, and today Howard Stern confirmed that he'll take his show to Sirius Satellite Radio in 2006. He's getting a $500 million deal. Bad news for KLXS, since Stern's morning antics pretty much prop up the station.
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