New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- isteners tuning in to The Howard Stern Show on Monday were met with an unusual surprise: Bravo host Andy Cohen's voice instead of Stern's. Cohen claimed he was taking over the channel, now branded "Andy 100."

"I know you're expecting a big announcement from Howard, and this is not how things were meant to go," Cohen told listeners. "This was supposed to be a cleaner handoff - I'm kind of winging it."

The prank, staged by Stern, quickly fooled several major outlets, including CNBC, Variety and the Associated Press, which reported that Stern had left SiriusXM.

But about 20 minutes later, Stern appeared on-air, laughing at the confusion and calling out the "bad rumors" about his future.

Stern revealed he had missed ...