NEW YORK — Howard Stern, the popular and highly paid radio host, returned to SiriusXM's airwaves Monday after trolling listeners into thinking he had departed his long-running show.

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Radio host Howard Stern has returned to SiriusXM

The 71-year-old tapped Andy Cohen to pretend Monday to be a fill-in host before taking over his show

In joining the company in 2006, Stern became one of the highest-paid personalities in broadcasting and gave a massive boost to the nascent satellite radio business

The stunt comes after weeks of promos promised a big reveal following swirling speculation that his show would be canceled

Stern, 71, who evolved from his shock jock origins to become a respected interviewer, enlisted a seemingly flustered Andy Cohen at the top of "The Howard

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