On March 2 , 1981 , Stern began his third morning job at WWDC , a rock station in Washington , D.C . He was determined to become a success , and noticed the importance of news segments for satire . He wished for a news person to riff with him in the studio . Management paired Stern with Robin Quivers , a news anchor and consumer reporter from WFBR in Baltimore , who agreed to meet Stern after hearing him interview a prostitute on the air . Quivers at first " thought I would come in and do the news ... but it was n't that way ... he wanted someone to play off of ... he wanted a real live person there with him " . The show began to break format , and Stern held a lesbian edition of " Dial-a-Date " in May 1981 . He formed the Think Tank , a cohesive trio of male listeners who conversed with Stern and played along with quizzes and routines , which helped the show sound more natural . By January 1982 , Stern had the second highest-rated morning program in the city . On January 14 , one day after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 , Stern made listeners believe he asked Air Florida the price of a one-way ticket to the 14th Street Bridge , the location of the disaster . " Is that going to be a permanent stop ? " asked Stern . On June 29 , 1982 , Stern 's contract at WWDC was terminated . Later , he wrote that the Air Florida segment was not the reason for his departure , nor did anyone complain about it . He had signed a contract with WNBC in March , and began to berate management and other DJ 's on the air . Quivers , who left the show early on June 17 , worked at WCBM in Baltimore until rejoining with Stern on October 18 , 1982 . Stern presented a farewell show two weeks later on competing station WAVA-FM . He had more than tripled the station 's ratings during his stay
Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90
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