Reports are swirling that the company is on the verge of cancelling the famous shock jock’s Howard Stern Show when his current contract expires at the end of the year. Stern, 71, has mulled retirement over the last year, but according to the U.S. Sun “ there’s no way (Sirius) can keep paying his salary” amidst declining listenership.

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.