In a possible signal that tides are turning at the long-running “The Howard Stern Show,” two longtime staffers — Gary Dell’Abate and Ronnie Mund — have found buyers for their tri-state-area homes, all but confirming the buzz that they will not be returning to the show’s SiriusXM studio in New York City when offices are expected to reopen after Labor Day.
Stern’s veteran executive producer, Dell’Abate, has scored a buyer for his $3.2 million Greenwich, Connecticut, home mere weeks after it first hit the market, The Post can report.
Lovingly known as Baba Booey, Dell’Abate has presided over “The Stern Show” for nearly four decades. The producer, 60, custom-built the mansion to his liking.
The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home first hit the market on June 17 after talks that Dell’Abate and wife Mary Dell’Abate were considering leaving the tri-state area for good to live a hybrid life between Maine and Florida.
Nearly three weeks later, an offer was made on the home and it is now under contract, property records show.
Longtime “Howard Stern Show” staffers Ronnie Mund (lower photo) and Gary Dell’Abate have pending offers on the houses they put up for sale in recent months. Realtor; Sirius
(From left) Howard Stern, Beth Ostrosky and Gary Dell’Abate attend the San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on February 8, 2008. WireImage
Gary Dell’Abate’s house spans over 7,600 square feet. Realtor
The front porch. Realtor
The formal living room. Realtor
The kitchen. RealtorDell’Abate and his family have lived in the home since 2007.
“The idea is to have a small place in Maine and maybe a small place in Florida, eventually,” he noted in a September 2020 “Stern Show” episode. “I’ve got one big house — I can trade it in for two much smaller houses.”
And indeed it appears he is doing just that.
During the pandemic, Dell’Abate noted several times on the show how he had been working from his “man cave” located in the basement of the house.
In addition to the makeshift home studio, amenities of the residence include a mudroom, study, office, game room with a bar, a home theater, a gym and enough lawn space to install a pool.
Meanwhile, Mund, 71, listed his home in Queens for $916,000 in April — and now also has a pending offer.
Known as Stern’s bodyguard and limo driver since 1986, Mund has lived in the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home since 1994. At the time, he purchased the humble abode for only $390,000.
Ronnie Mund has been Howard Stern’s driver and security officer since 1986. Lizzy Snaps Sullivan; Debra L Rothenberg/FilmMagic
The house was built in 1960, and before Mund, it was owned by World War II veteran, chemist and Olympic fencer Silvio Giolito. Realtor.com
Mund owns the house with his 50-year-old son Brian, although it appears that Brian does not share the house with him. Realtor.com
One of three bedrooms realtor.com
The kitchen realtor.comThe 1,140-square-foot house looks like a typical home, with NASCAR memorabilia, beer posters, photos on the fridge and vertical blinds, which are nostalgic for their popularity in the ’80s and ’90s, according to Realtor.com listing photos.
The stone-front house has an intensely teal living room with an attached dining room. Mund recently posted a video of him bantering on the living room sofa.
The house also has a bright yellow eat-in kitchen with black laminate countertops, white cabinets and a leaded glass-windowed door leading to the backyard. He recently posted a video on Instagram of him enjoying a beer in his yellow kitchen.
Mund previously explained on “The Howard Stern Show” how he hopes to retire in Las Vegas with his 37-year-old partner, Stephanie Carney.
“Those of us here in New York will be sad to see Ronnie go — but I understand what you’re up to, and I support it,” Stern, who has a robust real estate portfolio himself, told Mund on the show.
Meanwhile, as his loyal staffers make major moves, some Stern fans are outraged that the shock jock took the summer off after signing a rumored $500 million SiriusXM deal, as Page Six exclusively reported last month.
