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Post by bamafan2102 on Apr 4, 2005 23:06:00 GMT -5
These guys are freakin' hilarious! I listen everyday. Thaey are on vacation for the rest of this week so it's a good time to listen and catch up for those who didn't suscribe. Looks like the channel High Voltage could get a couple of more shows like these guys, (Ron and Fez are rumored to be there soon).
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Apr 5, 2005 19:57:42 GMT -5
I heard a sample of their show when that whole Frankie Blue scandal was going on. I'd subscribe, maybe, just for their show.
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Post by No Brake$ on Apr 5, 2005 20:46:52 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure its free now.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Jan 30, 2006 3:49:58 GMT -5
These guys are really clicking now. Putting Howie (Hoo Hoo) to shame.
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Post by arebomb on Jan 30, 2006 23:17:20 GMT -5
These guys are just incredible. Their show is damn hilarious and I love the fact that they pretty much have a consistent rotation of 3rd mic guys instead of just Jim Norton. I like Norton, but I love the different guys being there on a regular basis. Patrece Oneal is my favorite by far, but Bill Burr is also a solid guy. They're a lot more inspired and creative than Howard Stern is.
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Post by Moonshadow on Jan 31, 2006 18:43:22 GMT -5
I remember when these guys were on 102.7. Then they broadcasted the play by play of those people who had sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jan 31, 2006 21:18:54 GMT -5
I remember when these guys were on 102.7. Then they broadcasted the play by play of those people who had sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. I remember that too! I heard a recording of it but I didn't know it was Opie & Anthony's show. I found out that it was their show a long time after I heard it.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Feb 2, 2006 4:47:51 GMT -5
They were not in the church. They were in the vestabule. It's amazing what the media said happened and what really happened. They played the tapes from that day and most of the stuff that people said happened... never did. They really don't rotate the third mic. Norton is the guy. He is filming a sereis for HBO that keeps him away for sometimes a couple of week's at a time. If it weren't for that, he would be on everyday. I do like Patrice and Bill Burr but Norton makes the showfor me. Opie seems to be coming out of his shell a bit more everday and Anthony is just awesome with his impressions.
These guys may get a little nasty sometimes but for the most part they are freakin' hillarious.
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Post by snowultra on Feb 16, 2006 23:49:18 GMT -5
what channel are they on
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Post by Slinky on Feb 17, 2006 8:10:50 GMT -5
202. It's called High Voltage.
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Post by lsutigerfan on Feb 21, 2006 23:16:23 GMT -5
O & A are awesome. Much better than everything else around, Howard Stern included.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Feb 24, 2006 0:13:29 GMT -5
Howard is going down!!! The pests are attacking!!! This is great radio!!!
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Post by vinman on Mar 31, 2006 5:10:01 GMT -5
I listen to them too. Hilarious. Did you listen to the Gansta F*g bit? That was so funny!
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Post by DaveZ35 on Apr 20, 2006 9:07:49 GMT -5
David Lee Roth, the biggest flop in radio history, is about to be replaced by Opie & Anthony on some CBS radio stations. I hope that they don't come to Pittsburgh's 93.7 K-Rock! www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=203624Report: Opie & Anthony To Replace David Lee Roth April 20, 2006 News reports are suggesting that a deal has been finalized for XM Satellite Radio's Opie & Anthony and the show's third star Jim Norton to replace David Lee Roth on CBS Radio's Free-FM outlets, posssibly within the next two weeks. A deal is supposedly being worked out by CBS's Joel Hollander and XM's Hugh Panero that would bring O&A to WFNY/New York, WYSP/Philadelphia and WBCN/Boston. All three markets are former O&A outlets. Roth was still on the air this morning. Other Roth outlets include KLLI/Dallas, WNCX/Cleveland, WRKZ/Pittsburgh and WPBZ/West Palm Beach. It is unclear if O&A would appear in those markets. O&A skirted the subject at the start of their program today and would not directly address the rumor, other than mocking Howard Stern's coverage of the news on his Sirius program earlier this morning. The move by CBS Radio will surely annoy Stern, especially since The Wall Street Journal is reporting O&A "would promote XM on air to CBS's listeners." Stern is admittedly not a fan of Opie & Anthony and recently came clean regarding the long-rumored gag order he had Mel Karmazin place on the duo when both parties were employed by Infinity Broadcasting. Also, since arriving at Sirius Satellite Radio, Stern has stepped up his attack and on-air disparagement of the XM personalities compared to his days on terrestrial radio when he barely mentioned them and treated them as more of an after-thought. O&A will continue to be heard on XM's High Voltage channel 202 from 7am - 11am, with a cleaned up version airing on CBS Radio. The duo's XM show, while sometimes crossing into FCC objectionable material, has generally been clean for terrestrial radio's airwaves, barring some curse words that will need to be edited out of the program. Earlier this year, O&A held a "Super Ball" contest with three male contestants going through different forms of genital torture, including an "ultimate challenge" where a contraption filled with bees and wasps was connected to the contestants' scrotum. While one radio station recently copied the contest, this type of material might not fly in the new FCC-driven world of clean content on the nation's airwaves. O&A were last on terrestrial radio in a fulltime capacity before the Janet Jackson breast-baring incident. A call to a CBS Radio spokesperson has gone unreturned at this time. This may seem like a quick fix for CBS Radio, but will this reignite the Roman Catholic League candle of outrage and make this marriage more trouble than it's worth? Also, with already diminished ratings and less commercials than during the Howard Stern days, will Free-FM be one boycott away from an even worse position than it was with Roth?
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Apr 21, 2006 0:51:48 GMT -5
Free FM, at least in NYC, is a MASSIVE FLOP!
I'm trying to figure out what move was worse by Infinity/CBS Radio? Replacing Oldies with Jack or even attempting to change K-Rock from what it had been?
Bring K-Rock back to NYC.
Keep Opie and Anthony in the mornings if you're going to do it at all.
I doubt it's going to last because they're going to do SOMETHING that pisses off somebody.
But whatever the move, I hope it's successful.
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Post by No Brake$ on Apr 21, 2006 8:18:06 GMT -5
I loved this show until it got kicked off radio. I have XM but never listen to it, looks like I should, I did however one day hear them calling the center for Alzheimer's Disease, that was hilarious.
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Post by DaveZ35 on Apr 21, 2006 8:24:08 GMT -5
Did Opie and Anthony have high ratings when they were on in New York with Infinity/CBS before they were fired? Since David Lee Roth took over for Howard Stern, 93.7 K-Rock in Pittsburgh has turned into a major FLOP!! I was hoping they would bring back B-93.7 (CHR/Pop), but it looks like O&A are headed to Pittsburgh as well... Official announcement won't be until next week, but here's breaking news from Billboard: www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002383598David Lee Roth Booted From Radio Gig April 20, 2006, 3:30 PM ET Paul Heine and Mike Boyle, N.Y. David Lee Roth's short-lived radio CBS morning show stint will come to a screeching halt within a few weeks, sources say. In one of the first satellite-to-terrestrial radio syndication deals, XM Satellite Radio has an agreement in place to license its Opie & Anthony Show to CBS Radio as a replacement for Roth in seven markets. Opie and Anthony will air on all seven stations where Roth replaced Howard Stern in January: WFNY New York, WYSP Philadelphia, WBCN Boston, KLLI Dallas, WNCX Cleveland, WRKZ Pittsburgh and WPBZ West Palm Beach. Coming days before Winter 2006 Arbitron results will document Roth's morning ratings disaster, the agreement allows CBS to air a three-hour version of the O&A show that will originate from its WFNY studios. CBS will have control over this portion of the program, which will simulcast uncensored on XM. The hosts of one of XM's 10 most-listened-to shows, Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia previously did afternoons for CBS predecessor Infinity Broadcasting at WNEW-FM New York and were simulcast on WYSP and WBCN. Fired after their infamous "Sex For Sam" broadcast, where a couple allegedly had sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral at their urging, the pair sat on the beach for two years before XM hired them in August 2004. Roth replaced Stern in seven markets in January, when Stern began a new five-year deal at Sirius Satellite Radio.
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Post by jimmy74747 on Apr 21, 2006 9:41:08 GMT -5
Roth is horrible. I think I gave him three chances and turned the dial after about 20 minutes.
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Post by DaveZ35 on Apr 21, 2006 9:50:58 GMT -5
Roth is gone. Today was his last day. :)
Roth Radio's Swan Song April 21, 2006 By Mike Boyle
“It’s official, today is my last day." That was the word from David Lee Roth seconds into his syndicated radio show Friday morning (4/21), ending the nearly four-month CBS Radio experiment known as Roth Radio.
As Billboard Radio Monitor reported Thursday (4/20), CBS Radio and XM Satellite Radio are expected to announce that XM's Opie and Anthony will replace Roth in the seven markets where he succeeded Howard Stern, who segued to Sirius Satellite Radio in January. The duo would host a three-hour show on terrestrial radio, then finish their day with a two-hour unedited version on satellite. XM would air all five hours.
Telling his audience he was informed of his dismissal “in the car on the way to work today,” Diamond Dave also said the parting was not amicable: "I was booted, tossed and it’s going to cost somebody.”
Roth quipped that he and his “legal team of Darth Vader” planned to meet today with CBS officials to “settle like gentleman or start World War 9.” Roth said he has retained the same legal team employed by Stern, whom he replaced on Jan. 3.
Roth claims he gave up considerable touring money to take a job with CBS, but also said he wanted to continue in radio, hinting that television or satellite radio are future possibilities. “I have a shout-out to Sirius," Roth said.
“Of course we had crappy ratings,” Roth added, adding that he felt the show was finding an audience. “The flow was smoking.”
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Post by tico on Apr 25, 2006 23:47:52 GMT -5
I wonder what prompted CBS to bring them back to their stations when they got rid of them after the sex-in-the-church deal. I never listened to DLR's show and I thought it was gonna be a disaster from the start. I didn't think it would tank this quickly.
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Post by DaveZ35 on Apr 26, 2006 10:04:09 GMT -5
DLR had one of the shortest careers in radio broadcast history. lol I think that anyone who would've been chosen to replace Stern was destined to failure. CBS is desperate after the failure of DLR. They even went so far as to get approval of O&A from the Catholic League. Catholic League Forgives Opie and Anthony - XM Radio FMQB ^ | 4/21/06 | FMQB Reacting to the impending deal, Catholic League President Bill Donohue released a statement, "After I lashed out against Opie and Anthony for providing an on-air account of a sexual stunt in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 2002, they were fired by Infinity Broadcasting, the CBS Radio outlet. Once they were dumped, I withdrew the complaint that I had filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and asked the FCC to drop its investigation. On August 5, 2004, I issued a news release about the decision of XM Satellite Radio to pick up the duo beginning October 4. At that time I said, ‘We wish Opie and Anthony well and trust they have learned their lesson.’ Now CBS Radio is set to bring them back on its Free-FM outlets." The statement continued, "To those who say ‘you can’t go home again,’ I say nonsense: In the year-and-a-half that Opie and Anthony have been on XM Satellite, not a single complaint has reached our office about anything they’ve said. Indeed, when the two shock jocks were picked up by XM, their producer called one morning and asked if I would go on the air with them. Though I had some reservations, I said yes, and was immediately put through. They made it clear that they regretted the St. Patrick’s stunt. We mixed it up for a bit and had a great time. In short, the Catholic League hopes Opie and Anthony have a great run on CBS Radio."
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Post by reception on Jun 24, 2006 11:43:14 GMT -5
Jun 23, 7:41 PM EDT Opie and Anthony Make Comeback As Stars
By LARRY McSHANE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The comeback is nearly complete for Opie and Anthony. It was just four years ago when the raucous radio duo became shocked jocks, yanked off the air for their infamous "sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral" stunt. The pair are back now as satellite radio stars and terrestrial radio saviors - doing shows in both formats, and luring back listeners lost by David Lee Roth.
"Oddly enough, our goal a few years ago was just to get work," said Anthony Cumia, one-half of the once-reviled team. "We wanted to get a job."
Now they have two. From 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., they host a syndicated terrestrial radio program for CBS. And then, for the next two hours, Opie and Anthony bring the act to their home of the last 20 months, XM Satellite Radio.
The move made them the first broadcasters to make the shift from satellite back to terrestrial radio. And it allowed them to take over some of the stations where their nemesis, Howard Stern, ruled the ratings before his jump to Sirius Satellite Radio. "It's the best of both worlds," said Greg "Opie" Hughes. "We wanted to do this 18 months ago, when we heard Howard was leaving, but unfortunately CBS was still a little too scared of us. They had to fail miserably to see things our way."
The high-profile failure was Roth, and the former Van Halen frontman disappeared less than four months after stepping in for Stern. In their first full month back on terrestrial, Opie and Anthony repaired much of the ratings damage left by David Lee.
In New York, Philadelphia and Boston, according to Arbitron, the number of listeners aged 18 to 34 basically tripled in all three markets during an average 15-minute stretch of show - although they're not at the Stern level yet.
The pair was dumped by CBS Radio after an August 2002 stunt where they aired a live account of listeners having sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. When they finally returned in October 2004, Opie and Anthony bolted for the unexpurgated environs of satellite radio. But Cumia said the pair never doubted they could make their show work under the watchful eye of the Federal Communications Commission.
"On the XM show, the content we were putting across wasn't really outside FCC boundaries," he said. "The subject matter itself, if the stories were told the right way, was fine for FM radio."
The duo initially returned on seven stations at the end of April; on Monday, WJFK-FM in Washington will become the 11th station to carry the syndicated program. More stations are expected to join soon.
"I'm not at all surprised about O&A's rapid recovery of their audience - they're talented pros and they have very strong name recognition," said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade publication Inside Radio.
Opie offers another explanation for their sudden success: "It just shows there's nothing to listen to. How starved were these people?"
Either way, the success provides vindication for the pair.
"We're happy to be in this position, it's the best of our careers," said Cumia. "A couple of years back, I never thought I'd be saying that. Our goal is to make what we call the greatest comeback in radio history."
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Post by bamafan2102 on Jun 26, 2006 1:13:20 GMT -5
This is really good for the guys, although it kind of sucks for the XM people. After getting used to the show the way it was, you get a slightly watered down version. I think they have done a great job anyway. These guys are really funny and Jim Norton is great as the third mic.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Jul 30, 2006 23:14:54 GMT -5
The guys will be taping Letterman on August 31st as reported by all access.com. I always thought they would do Leno first. This will be great publicity for the boys.
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Post by reception on Sept 28, 2006 18:25:22 GMT -5
From All Access:
Opie And Anthony, JV And Elvis Battle In On-Air Argument The tension between OPIE AND ANTHONY and the show that follows them on CBS Talk WFNY (92.3 FREE FM)/NEW YORK erupted into an on-air argument THURSDAY when O&A's show ran 20 minutes long and middayers JV AND ELVIS complained on the air about the delay of the start of their show.
O&A's show stayed on the air late because of the continuing battle between ANTHONY CUMIA and officials at a hospital over an incident in which ANTHONY's girlfriend was involuntarily committed after being taken to the hospital ill and in an intoxicated state by an alarmed ANTHONY. ANTHONY's telephone argument with a hospital representative kept the show on the air past the usual 9a ET "crossover" to XM SATELLITE RADIO; meanwhile, JV AND ELVIS complained to WFNY management, and then on the air, about the delay. After O&A moved over to XM at about 9:20a and got wind of JV AND ELVIS' on-air complaints, they called into JV AND ELVIS' show to confront the middayers.
"I don't give a crap about the schedule. If we want to go late, we're going to go late," OPIE told JV AND ELVIS. After JV AND ELVIS claimed that O&A didn't earn their syndication and said that HOWARD STERN had earned the stations with O&A merely the replacements, O&A sidekick JIM NORTON responded by asking, "Why weren't you the replacement? Why did they stick you in middays?" JV AND ELVIS said on the air that they were discussing going back to where they had been successful in the past, an apparent reference to returning to SAN FRANCISCO.
"It'll happen more in the future," OPIE said, referring to staying on the air past 9a, "so you'll have to deal with it or get another gig."
JV and ELVIS continued trashing the morning show (denigrating OPIE as a "board op") and taking anti-O&A phone calls well into the show, with OPIE, ANTHONY (on the phone from his home), and NORTON listening in and commenting on XM and arguing with JV and ELVIS. OPIE noted that "it must burn (JV and ELVIS) up that a board op is doing better than (them)." "New midday show... coming to FREE FM," ANTHONY laughed, adding that he was "nude and shampooing" during the whole argument.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 19, 2006 2:18:39 GMT -5
from FMQB:
Opie & Anthony In A Ratings Dilemma October 17, 2006
As the latest Arbitron ratings are digested, Opie & Anthony are finding a dilemma as listening drops off on terrestrial radio when their program ends at 9 a.m., dragging down numbers for the traditional 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. morning drive daypart. "I look at the numbers and I know its higher," said Anthony. "Then you look at [the midday show] and that's a quarter of our ratings right there."
At O&A's CBS Radio flagship station, WFNY/New York, there has been growing tension with the show that follows them, JV & Elvis. The latest ratings results aren't going to help mend the rift as there is over a 50% drop off during the 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. hour. For instance, with Men 18-49, Opie & Anthony have a 6.4 from 6 a.m. - 9 a.m. while from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. JV & Elvis pull in a 2.8.
"The show on after us is just a disaster and it doesn't get much better throughout the day," said Opie while suggesting that XM mates Ron & Fez and WYSP/Philadelphia-based The Kidd Chris Show would be better suited to follow on Free-FM in New York than the current line-up. That comment didn't sit well with WFNY GM Tom Chiusano who had a terse conversation with the duo during a commercial break.
Also suggested was expanding O&A's terrestrial radio show to 10 a.m. by using "Worst Of" material to better fit with Arbitron's daypart system. It is unknown if XM would give approval for "Worst Of" material to run on terrestrial radio while the live portion of Opie & Anthony's program runs on XM.
O&A had a solid showing at WFNY in all their key demos during the 6 a.m. - 9 a.m. hours, including Men 18-34 (#3 overall, #2 English), Men 18-49 (#2 overall, #1 English), Men 25-49 (#2 overall, #1 English), Men 25-44 ranked (#2 overall, #1 English), and Men 25-54 (#3 overall, #2 English). At WBCN/Boston, O&A ranked #3 Persons 18-34, #7 Persons 25-54, and #2 Men 18-34.
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Post by reception on May 11, 2007 13:03:24 GMT -5
May 11, 12:18 PM EDT XM Shock Jocks Apologize for Sex Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) -- XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized Friday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.
The remarks were made on their show Wednesday by a guest the duo call Homeless Charlie. As the name of each woman came up, the guest said he would like to have sex with her - using language not fit for print.
Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" while describing a violent sexual encounter in which Rice is punched in the face.
Washington-based XM condemned the remarks.
"We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie & Anthony Show,'" XM spokesman Nathaniel Brown told The Associated Press on Friday. He would not say whether XM planned to take disciplinary action.
Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Anthony Cumia and Greg "Opie" Hughes, apologized to listeners on Friday's show.
"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused," they said.
Because the show airs on satellite radio, there are no federal restrictions on its content. According to XM's Web site, the radio service has parental controls that allow users to block access to channels that frequently contain explicit language. Those channels are designated with an "XL" notation.
The same radio duo was dumped by CBS Radio in August 2002 for running a contest in which they said two listeners had sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. They were hired by XM in 2004.
The remarks could become an issue as XM seeks approval from the Federal Communications Commission to merge with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio, said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade magazine Inside Radio.
"XM and Sirius don't want any regulation," he said in Friday's New York Daily News. "But it's come up in four congressional hearings - and at this point, the merger is such a close call, any issue could become important."
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Post by reception on May 15, 2007 15:30:16 GMT -5
All Access Net News For Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Latest Update: Tue, May 15, 2007 1:28 PM (PT)
XM Suspends Opie And Anthony XM SATELLITE RADIO has suspended OPIE AND ANTHONY for 30 days, effective immediately. The suspension follows the airing of the "HOMELESS CHARLIE" rant about Secretary of State CONDOLEEZZA RICE last week for which XM and O&A apologized.
The company says in a press release, "Comments made by OPIE AND ANTHONY on yesterday's broadcast put into question whether they appreciate the seriousness of the matter. The management of XM RADIO decided to suspend OPIE AND ANTHONY to make clear that our on-air talent must take seriously the responsibility that creative freedom requires of them."
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