So now that the cat is out of the bag when it comes to Opie & Anthony syndicating their XM Satellite Radio show to CBS Radio - a lot of questions have been raised. What's the details on this and how will it affect subscribers/non-subscribers?

First, the bombshell. Today is David Lee Roth's LAST DAY on CBS Radio. This has been confirmed by a CBS representative.

Opie and Anthony will be starting on CBS Radio starting next Wednesday. Opie and Anthony will on a total of 7 markets and not 3 markets as was said on Stern's show.

Of those seven markets, O&A will be on in the afternoon drive slot on Cleveland's WNCX, which will allow "Rover" - WNCX's morning drive jock - to continue broadcasting in his current timeslot.

Opie and Anthony will do three hours simulcast from WFNY studios, from 6am - 9am ET, which will be broadcast uncensored on XM Satellite Radio and a FCC-friendly version will be simulcasted on the CBS stations. Then O&A will go down to the XM studio and broadcast an additional two hours, from 9am - 11am ET, exclusive to XM Satellite Radio subscibers. Additionally, there's word that more programming will be added to High Voltage 202 as an added value.

During the simulcast, O&A will be allowed to publicize XM Satellite Radio with little (if any) restrictions. This has no relation and does not void the CBS Radio lawsuit against Stern, because the lawsuit is not about mentions of SIRIUS but rather the alleged hiding of a subscriber incentive. There's little doubt though that this move by CBS to allows free XM publicity will be brought up in the courts.

Expect an official press release on this very soon (possibly today?).

[via AllAccess.com] 

(Side note: it sort of stinks that Inside Radio is getting all the credit for "breaking" this news, when it was really Allen Sniffen from the NY Radio Message Board who broke this back in early March. A little attribution would be nice.)