On Aug. 5, rumors began swirling that 'The Howard Stern Show' was getting canceled after more than two decades on air

Howard Stern is very much still on the air. A day after a report claimed that his long-running The Howard Stern Show would be cancelled when his contract with SiriusXM ends later this year, he popped up to do an unscheduled show when a repeat would have aired.

Speculation that Howard Stern was fired from SiriusXM and "The Howard Stern Show" canceled have caught fire online as listeners believe the veteran shock jock's decades-long show has come to an end.