▁station ▁several ▁weeks ▁later ; ▁both ▁would ▁pair ▁up ▁again ▁at ▁W W WE ). ▁ ▁Lisa ▁D illon , ▁Ric ▁Ben nett ▁and ▁Tom ▁Ren zy ▁also ▁would ▁depart ▁the ▁station ▁that ▁same ▁day . ▁ ▁The ▁Cleveland ▁Fun eral ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁not orious ▁broadcast s ▁of ▁The ▁Howard ▁Stern ▁Show ▁occurred ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁Stern ▁had ▁arrived ▁on ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁air w aves ▁less ▁than ▁two ▁years ▁earlier , ▁and ▁in ▁that ▁time ▁took ▁his ▁synd ic ated ▁program ▁on ▁rival ▁W NC X ▁from ▁an ▁Ar bit ron ▁ranking ▁of ▁th ir teen ▁to ▁number ▁one . ▁ ▁As ▁promised , ▁Stern ▁held ▁a ▁party ▁for ▁his ▁fans ▁on ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁Cleveland ▁– ▁a ▁" Fun eral " ▁for ▁his ▁local ▁riv als , ▁much ▁like ▁similar ▁events ▁held ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁Philadelphia ▁– ▁and ▁broadcast ▁it ▁nation wide . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁now ▁inf am ous ▁broadcast , ▁WM MS ▁engineer ▁William ▁Al ford ▁sni pped ▁a ▁broadcast ▁wire ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁Stern ▁show ' s ▁satellite ▁feed . ▁ ▁Stern ▁continued ▁on ▁with ▁the ▁program ▁over ▁a ▁phone ▁line ▁as ▁engine ers ▁worked ▁to ▁quickly ▁patch ▁together ▁the ▁sever ed ▁broadcast ▁wire . ▁ ▁Al ford ▁was ▁subsequently ▁caught , ▁arrested ▁and ▁later ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ten ▁days ▁in ▁j ail ▁and ▁a ▁$ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁fine . ▁ ▁Station ▁management ▁initially ▁claimed ▁that ▁Al ford ▁acted ▁alone ,