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Sirius reported 23-million subscribers in 2012, of which Stern claims 60% — about 14 million — listen to his show exclusively.

“I don’t know if that’s exactly right, but it’s what publicists should hear,” he said.

In a slight to frequent guest Billy Corgan, Stern took sole credit for the success of The Smashing Pumpkins’ 2012 albumOceania —claiming the legendary frontman was a non-factor in the industry until he appeared on the show.

“Billy Corgan was off the radar,” Stern said.

“He came on The Howard Stern Show, and he sold albums.”

Stern then showed photos of six celebrities he says owe their success to him, including Adam Levine, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Kathy Griffin and Jerry Seinfeld.

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“Jerry Seinfeld had a show calledThe Seinfeld Chronicles that was about to go off the air,” he said.

“He used our show.”

Not itself a standalone series,The Seinfeld Chronicles was the pilot episode of his hit NBC sitcom Seinfeld.

“Adam Levine owes us, man,” Stern said of the Maroon 5 frontman and former host of The Voice.

“Nobody was looking for him before The Voice.”

As “payback” for their success, Stern demanded these guests be booked at least twice annually.

He also ordered staff to actively promote the show, even requesting they write letters to their favourite stars.

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Singling out audio editor and occasional show personality Mike Morales — who reluctantly came out as gay after constant on-air badgering regarding his sexuality — Stern requested he personally approach The Matrix co-director and trans-woman Lana Wachowski to rescind previous refusals to appear on the show.