Stern has been recording from his opulent dwellings because he spent much of his $500 million contract on building a property empire.

Howard Stern is no fan of his younger rival at SiriusXM. Stern can’t stand SiriusXM colleague Alex Cooper, the host of the podcasting behemoth Call Her Daddy, because of how big her empire has gotten,

Stern will be fine. Sirius XM will be fine. Investors -- while they wait out the process -- will be fine. The stock is now trading for less than 7 times next year's projected earnings with a 5.1% dividend yield. Stern isn't likely to come back to Sirius XM on the cheap, but investors can do so right now.