Stern informed listeners it was the first day his show was airing on Sirius Canada, nearly a month after his U.S. debut.

"That whole Canadian Sirius thing is weird," he said. "Like on the one hand they want us because they know that we sell radios, but on the other hand they kinda want to keep us low-key because the Canadian government hates us."

The shock jock's on-air sidekick Robin Quivers observed that the Canadian carrier didn't want to have to field expected complaints from listeners.

Stern also put a caller on the air who said he was listening in Canada but via the gray market, meaning an unauthorized receiver picking up the U.S. signal after the customer provides a fake across-the-border address.