Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970's college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.

Brooklyn Bridge, Lower East Side, Manhattan.   The Brooklyn Bridge, built btw 1869 and 1883, connects Manhattan with New York's most populous borough, Brooklyn, at the time one of the country's largest cities. The bridge is one of the most magnificent landmarks in New York.

Ben Stern's Workplace, 110 East 42nd Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue (btw 49th and 50th Streets) Manhattan.   Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres btw 48th and 51st streets. Website: Official Rockefeller website

Near Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue and East 82nd Street, Manhattan.

After Robin is fired from the radio station, Howard follows her out onto the street trying to convince her that he will do everything in his power to get her job back.

Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue (btw 49th and 50th Streets) Manhattan.   Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres btw 48th and 51st streets. Website: Official Rockefeller website

NBC Studios

Located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza (on 49th Street, btw 5th and 6th Avenues) in Manhattan, the historic GE Building houses the headquarters of the NBC television network, its parent General Electric, and NBC's flagship station WNBC, as well as cable news channel MSNBC. When NBC Universal relocated, 24 hour cable network MSNBC joined the network in New York on that day as well. The new studios/headquarters for NBC News and MSNBC are located in one area. The first NBC Radio City Studios began operating in the early 1930s, and tours of the studios began in 1933. NBC offers guided tours of their New York studios at a cost to tourists. Because of the preponderance of radio studios, that section of the Rockefeller Center complex became known as Radio City (and gave its name to Radio City Music Hall, a gigantic and renowned venue for theatre and films located in Radio City). Even into the present decade, tickets for shows based at 30 Rock bear the legend "Radio City."

Bryant Park, 6th Avenue and West 41st Street, Manhattan.