The incident prompted tighter control over content by station owners and managers, leading to Stern feeling "dead inside" creatively.

[2] The five-year deal allowed Stern to produce up to three channels on Sirius with a $100 million per year budget for all production, staff and programming costs including the construction of a dedicated studio.

Just days after being fired from WNYW-TV, the Fox TV station in New York, reporter Penny Crone was hired to work for Howard 100 News.

News director Liz Aiello departed to become the vice president and general manager of Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius XM.

[10] Most of the other staffers were released in February 2015, leaving Shuli Egar and Jon Leiberman, who focused on covering Stern's unusual fans and callers, known as "The Wack Pack."