Howard Stern officially out at Sirius XM as Andy Cohen makes announcement its his channel now

HOWARD Stern is out at SiriusXM as Bravo's Andy Cohen announced he is taking over his channel.

The shock jock was supposed to return to his show on the satellite radio provider on Monday to address The U.S. Sun's report that his $100 million a year, five-year contract would not be renewed.

In the wake of The U.S. Sun's own reporting, several other outlets also reported that Stern's SiriusXM contract appeared to be ending, with some outlets including caveats about a possible reduced schedule with lower pay.

The radio icon's team teased his big return last week, in which he was to address the cancellation reports live on air, only for his eager fan base to tune in, and for Howard to be a no-show.

His return was rescheduled for Monday, September 8, and instead of Stern taking to the