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Andy Cohen is taking over one of Howard Stern's longtime SirusXM channels.

The duo confirmed the news during Tuesday's  Radio Andy  installment, two days after a press release stated  Howard 101 [will] leave the lineup  and Cohen's show will move from 101 to 102.

Stern, 72, insisted to listeners that they are  not being pranked  - despite he and Cohen, 58, savagely pretending in September 2025 that Stern was retiring.

8 Andy Cohen will be taking over Howard Stern's Channel 101 on SiriusXM, the duo confirmed Tuesday. bravoandy/Instagram

8 Stern insisted to listeners they are  not being pranked  by the announcement. bravoandy/Instagram

Cohen referenced last year's gag on Tuesday, saying,  Last year, we pranked the world. We made everybody think that I was taking over Howard 100. It was the best morning.

 Now, the carrot is being dangled,  the Bravo executive continued.  Radio Andy will be taking over 101. Is this a prank? Am I being pranked? 

Stern, denying this, replied,  Andy has been gracious enough to take over 101 and I have one request: Please continue the tradition of doing a lot of gay antics. 

8  Andy has been gracious enough to take over 101,  Stern said. (Pictured above: Cohen in March 2023.) PR NEWSWIRE/Sirius XM

8 He feels the channel is now in  capable hands  with Cohen (pictured above in June 2023.) Getty Images for SiriusXM

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He told the  Watch What Happens Live  host to  up the gay on air  - and Cohen quipped that the  Howard Stern Show  was  gayer than  his.

Stern added,  I feel Howard 101 is in very capable hands. Enjoy it, take good care of it. And if you blow it, I will be the first one to laugh at you. Don't screw it up. 

The broadcaster noted that he is  not giving up  Channel 100, while Cohen's previous Channel 102, meanwhile, 

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