# Best 9-11 Real Time Reporting Award Goes to....HOWARD STERN **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319 "2012-09-10T19:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/1 "2012-09-10T19:41:43Z")
I ran into this just prior 9-11-2011–ten years later. This is audio only on youtube but I’m sure you can find sound files elsewhere. I was surprised too. So if you care to… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfguSwWeXOw) ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/2 "2012-09-10T19:55:48Z")
> [@cynyc](#): > > I ran into this just prior 9-11-2011–ten years later. This is audio only on youtube but I’m sure you can find sound files elsewhere. > > I was surprised too. > > So if you care to… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfguSwWeXOw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfguSwWeXOw) Totally agreed. Those guys were “one of us” as that all played out, and a bunch of their local call-in regulars reported from the ground. I can’t bring myself to relive any of it, so I’m not going to listen to this again, but I remember being riveted to that show when it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/3 "2012-09-10T21:45:58Z")
I was in the Pentagon listening to Stern when all shit broke loose, thanks to hearing him I instantly knew what was happening and was able to help everyone a lot faster. ---
**Author:** ![cynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/4 "2012-09-10T22:57:33Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > I was in the Pentagon listening to Stern when all shit broke loose, thanks to hearing him I instantly knew what was happening and was able to help everyone a lot faster. I have a lot of respect for Howard Stern but am not a “fan.” “Butt Bongo” didn’t do it for me. 🙂 That being said, I happened into his program just after his station was sued for censorship infractions or something and he had decided to go satellite. He was making a tough PATRIOTIC decision. One could feel his pain. He supported The Constitution with his move. THAT is a program I’d listen to again, but, what, that was 15 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/5 "2012-09-10T23:10:26Z")
If Howard Stern isn’t your thing, the Democracy Now! broadcast from 9/11 is also pretty interesting. Their studio was close enough that if you listen closely you can actually hear one of the planes hitting the tower. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/6 "2012-09-11T00:15:05Z")
I remember that. To make it short, I recorded Howard Stern’s radio show on cassettes off a boombox for someone for a while, around that time. I didn’t listen to the show as a rule, but that day the sound was turned up a little. and as I was puttering around the house, I heard a lot of excitement and thought “what is UP with them today??” Turned up the sound and…they did quite a job that day! ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/7 "2012-09-11T21:44:06Z")
I am not a fan of Mancow, but I was listening to him on my way from Milwaukee to Madison on the morning of 9/11. I still remember the terror in his voice (I think he was broadcasting from the Sears Tower). ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-9-11-real-time-reporting-award-goes-to-howard-stern/634319/8 "2012-09-11T21:55:41Z")
This morning I was listening to MSNBC on satellite radio on my way to work, and at 8:45 they started re-playing the 9/11 NBC/Today show broadcast, which I was watching live when it happened. I cried all the way to work and had to sit in the parking garage and compose myself before coming into work.