Signs point to SiriusXM not renewing its contract with radio legend Howard Stern—and his employees are preparing for the change. According to Howard Stern’s employees, “the writing has been on the wall for well over a year” that SiriusXM wouldn’t be renewing the radio host’s $500 million contract.

Stern can’t stand SiriusXM colleague Alex Cooper, the host of the podcasting behemoth Call Her Daddy, because of how big her empire has gotten, according to the U.S. Sun. The animosity runs so deep that SiriusXM works to keep them apart whenever the Los Angeles-based Cooper visits SiriusXM’s New York offices, according to the paper.

Howard Stern had a message for his listeners amid rumors he could be done at SiriusXM when his contract expires at the end of the year. On Wednesday, Stern broke his summer vacation one day after the rumors surfaced for what a Daily Mail source called an "emergency show" that featured an