While Opie & Anthony today officially made the move from delayed afternoon broadcasts to live morning-drive airings in Cleveland, word has come in that the dynamic duo is about to sign a new deal.

According to FMQB, Opie & Anthony are on the verge of inking a new deal that will keep them on both XM Satellite Radio as well as on regular radio stations run by CBS Radio and Citadel Broadcasting.

This would, of course, quickly dispel the rumor that Booker is taking over the b-b-boys slot at K-Rock once their CBS contract expires.

[FMQB]
Thanks Spencer!

Talker's Magazine has once again released its annual list of the "heavy hundred" - a subjective ranking of the top radio talk show hosts around the country.

This will be the 2nd year in a row that satellite radio "shock jocks" Howard Stern and Opie & Anthony will be sharing the Top 20, though there were definitely some changes in ranking since last year.

Howard Stern dropped from #12 last year to #13 this year, and while his ranking dropped, Talker's Magazine still acknowledged that he is the "father of hot talk radio" and "the most listened-to satellite radio talk host."

Opie & Anthony dropped from #6 last year, to this year's ranking of #17. Sadly, Talker's placed Mancow above O&A this year... and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why. The industry publication was kind enough to label Opie & Anthony as the "leading practitioners of hot talk" and called them "topical and humorous."

Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage took the top three spots.

A dubious distinction indeed.

[Talkers Heavy Hundred 2008]

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