Opie and Anthony have been dropped by New York's 92.3 K-Rock, according to a post on Opie's Twitter page:
"It's official KROCK has just informed us that our services are no longer needed.#2 M18-49,#3 M25-54. This is really bad for our show,PERIOD!"
Later Opie added:
"It's officially over. Extremely bummed. This is not good for our show, period!"
The duo had been hinting that their future K-Rock may be in jeopardy for some time now, but fans had remained hopeful that a deal could be reached. Apparently, that was not the case.
Opie & Anthony had joined CBS Radio and assumed Howard Stern's former helm nearly three years ago at his flagship station (then known as "Free FM"). The 92.3 Free FM moniker didn't work out so well, and in May 2007 it returned as 92.3 K-Rock WXRK.
The word today is that 92.3 K-Rock will soon flip the switch again, and change to 92.3 Now. Also changing will be the format, dropping "the rock" behind K-Rock and transforming 92.3 Now into a current hits station.
[Twitter, Radio-Info]
oh ..this whole time I thought they were twittering that they're no longer on XM!
well phew. I'm actually GLAD. no more DUMP buttons.
while i am sorry that the boys lost the CBS gig, as an XM-only listener, i can't help but be a little giddy about the prospect of having them back on satrad full-time. that is, of course, unless xm cans them too, at which point i would shut my mouth, flush my xm down the toilet and go have my way with my mother.
0.0. Come on we all knew it would happen. They lost every station they had. Ok pests..... Lets hear the spin on this one? Face it guys they stink. It's over and done with
Tough break, but at least they can use the word "poop" on Sirius XM. Screw terrestrial radio and CBS!
Its too bad to hear, but long as they are still on XM Im happy.
not surprising. I got the 'best of XM' package and their show is not very good.
Good Luck Bro!
Aparently, from what I'm able to tell, Krok 92.3 is going CHR sometime soon, and you would expect to hear a wacky morning zoo, so I guess it all works out. Besides fans have been waiting to hear them uncensored, well supposedly for a while so it's good and bad.
May I be the first to say...take your nose out of Howard's ass, throw your Sirius unit in the trash, then go home and frolic with your mother.
ZERO POINT ZERO
THANK GOD!!!
As a long-time O and A listener(since 2001) I was able to experience them both on TR (in their prime) and SATRAD (in unchartered territory) and I have to say I did enjoy them more on XM. Classic bits like the Danza on-line phoners and Jimmy doing the Regis Christmas Songs were some of the best laughs I had with the boys.
I understood why they wanted to do the SBC/XM thing, it made sense, but I am glad to hear the TR side is over with and now they will be 100% SIRI-XM.
I will give Stern credit for leaving when he did, maybe not-so-much him seeing the writing on the wall compared to the amount of $ he landed but TR has definitely changed from 2001, that is for sure.
I never listen to TR, haven't since the early 90's and still think SATRAD is the future.
As a true fan, not one who just trolls message boards to bash Howard-fans, etc., I am thrilled that the censored portion is gone and now can hopefully once again laugh and what is said rather than implied.
O&A Rule. They'll get through this difficult period and emerge even more entertaining than before.
that sucks for the boys, but at least no more censored bullshit on sirius/xm.....
#2 in 18-49,#3 M25-54 on k-rock alone, but howie's zombies still strike back with STALE material as they always do....
Game Over 0.0
Good for the XM-side!
Maybe now the bboys will focus on the XM show 100%
Well that's subjective now isn't it. That's your opinion and you're certainly entitled to it. They were let go because the whole station was tanking in the ratings, not just them. Saying they stink, 0.0 doesn't get anyone anywhere, it just makes you feel like you got the last word in.
Best of luck boys. And before the Stern vs. OnA bullshit starts, this had nothing to do with them failing or ratings in the crapper. KROCK wasn't making ratings or money OUTSIDE the OnA show, hence the format flip. Same exact thing would've happened at WNEW if they didn't get fired for St. Pats first.
hey illiterate jackass. you missed the "...#2 M18-49,#3 M25-54" part. those are ratings. the rest of the station stinks and it's not making enough money. It's flipping formats. learn to read.
R.I.P. to phrases like "Holy Ess" and "What the Eff"
O&A unleashed starting tomorrow...
#2 in 18-49M and #3 in 25-54M is nothing to crow about. They were brought in to not only be number #1 in the young male demo, but dominate it.
They failed, simple as that. They thought they would come back like knights on white steeds after Howard left and dominate the airwaves and it just flat out didn't happen. No amount of spinmeistering by the 'pests'(do such things still exist?) can obfuscate that point.
Perhaps an SIRI/XM only show will be for the best.
Holy Fucking Shit!! Finally a post where it would make sense for the O&A and Howard fans to go at each others throats like a bunch of little children. There should be a post that mentions O&A and Howard everyday just to keep you babies off the posts that have absolutely nothing to do with either show. O&A are doing just fine on XM, Howard is doing just fine on Sirius. Neither show is going anywhere unless they decide to do so themselves. But keep on fighting the good fight. The input of the few foulmouthed middle aged guys on this board is crucial to the success of both shows.
Zero point Zero indeed. (Blech!!)
Now have at it you immature cunts ............
I want to bash O&A, but the people have spoken.
No one cares about them and they are below average at best. This is why they lost so many affiliates and now are off the air. It is only a matter of time before they are off the air on Sirius-XM radio too.
So much for always winning in the end..lol
"Opie & Anthony had joined CBS Radio and assumed Howard Stern's former helm"
Stop Toonhead...you're logic is no match for a zombie that repeats 0.0 over and over again. And when they call O&A Dopie and Aintfunny? Now THAT'S comedy! Wocka wocka!
Bottom line...terrestrial is just not the place for their show. I could've told them that when they went back. It was difficult to do both shows back to back and it kinda messed with the flow of the show. It was amazing when they did an XM only show and I'm glad to see them going back to that.
It's clearly not them, and it's clearly the radio industry. When it's cheaper to just play music then pay jocks(GOOD Jocks therefore they have to pay them more) It just makes sense.
I want to bash O&A, but the people have spoken.
No one cares about them and they are below average at best. This is why they lost so many affiliates and now are off the air. It is only a matter of time before they are off the air on Sirius-XM radio too.
So much for always winning in the end..lol
well FM radio stinks. so what if they are no longer on in NYC I couldn't hear them anyway.
As long as they are on XM I dont care. And E howard sucks, when he is there and not on replay cause he's on vacation
Obviously, it's early, but this raises some questions.
1. Will the schedule change, or will it still be 6-11 Eastern (with the channel being allowed to be live until noon)?
2. Will the boys still get to keep the rights to their old CBS material for re-air for Worst-ofs and such?
3. Can CBS pick a format in NYC that lasts longer than a year or two? Not trying to slam anyone, but it seems their stations flip constantly. With only a couple exceptions, their stations here in Seattle have stayed the same format-wise the 9+ years I've lived here.
tomorrow's show should be good.
I loove O&A !
O&A will always win in the end. They'll be back at some point I'm sure. Also, they weren't tanking, Second place in one of the key demographics? Only losing to the news station? How's that tanking?
O&A for life!
LOL What's the empire down to? One station? And it won't be long before the turkey necks of Oral n Anal will be on the chopping block (if they haven't already been axed)from the only other station they may be on.
While not surprising, it's hilarious to see these two trannies fail. They have no talent ZERO POINT ZERO.
They were handed a gold mine and while they always claimed to be better than Stern they failed miserably. Like all Stern wannabees they can't hold his used batch wipes.
What are the oral n anal worshipers going to brag about now?
I guess there's always podcasting.
LOL
Oh sausage! this stinks.
I'm secretly happy that they will be on XM exclusively now.
As far as the O&A bashers here. How can you stand to listen to Howard and that HOLE! HS in not even relevant anymore. Plus the douche needs new soundbites (Bababooey? 'dolidoodedoo?) PALEEZE!
If they hurry up, they can still get an interview to work at FYE or maybe J&R Music.
Jason Ellis will soon rule the virus and then where will they be?
Twitter this - YOU HAVE NO TALENT
You know Stern is laughing his ass off at the failure of not only these two losers but testicular radio as a whole.
At last count, Bubba the Love Sponge is heard in more markets than these 2 chumps.
Call FL a hick market but it beats no job with absolutely no interest by radio stations ZERO POINT ZERO. It's obvious NYC is too big for them. Maybe you should try pirate radio out of Ronkonkomo
LOL
But... But...
They're as popular as Howard!
Heh.
Zero. Point. Zero.
The FM move was a mistake anyway that the fans were split on. Guess we know who was right now.
O&A are hacks that couldn't adapt.
But...
I know that Howard is a has been!! He's really pretty sad to say the least. O and A are best on XM anyway!! Welcome back Guys!! It's go to have you back full time.
As far as howie is concerned, you know the has been that has an IQ of 0.0--I say Good Day Sir!!
Ron and Fez noon to 3pm
Opie and Anthony never had much talent. They lost station after station until all they had left was the new york market. Good ridance to 2 no talents.
These guys couldn't hold a candle to howard stern.
Now they are in the same boat as david lee roth.
for those xm listeners this also effects us. I heard from some 1 on the inside that they will be cutting a hour. show will be on from 6am to 10 am. so this krock is not good for all of us. and no this was not a rumor from erock
hey don't need no stinkn lectures. Our anti Oral n Anal vitriol is not just idle fodder for this board, but also to let "the talent" know, when the losers read about themselves, how little we think of their show. Until They submit to Stern: Less than zero
The "Larry the Cable Guy" curse continues. Larry was scheduled on the show either the day or the day after the homeless guy was brought on the show and he mentioned doing something to Condelessa Rice... and the guys got kicked off XM for 30 days. Now Larry's on the show, and they get dumped by CBS.
I'm amazed on how the Howard fans can come in here and gleefully predict O&A's failure on Sirius. SIRI is trading at 15 cents a share, Howie better be worried about his job as well. We're all in this together. When O&A are gone, so is your show. 15 cents a share is rock bottom. Buy some radios people!
Howard has been and will continue to be an icon. That said, I love O&A! They have an awesome show and as an XM guy, Im glad they are back...full time. I started listening to the boys on XM and their shows were great. The content overall was better. This will be the best for their show and for Sirus XM.
Can you say Exlusivity on XM? That's what it should be. No where else should it be available then on Satellite Radio. Same goes for Bubba. Who's goning to pay for it if they can get it free. Capice?
cant wait to see all those youtube videos of greg and tony fans smashing their alarm clocks or putting alarm clocks in the blender.
would rather listen to a has been then a never was.
Howard is a has been, but yet your boys have gotten kicked off terrestrial radio after losing almost all of there syndicated markets. Howard had at least 2 million people follow him to sirius and O&A had a whopping 50,000 people subscribe to them when they started at XM. Okay I think I got it......you must be one of the star "pests"
Are you sitting in your mom's basement organizing a mass email attack to get your boys back? lol
Why do the Stern Fans have to bash O@A every chance they get. O@A are part of the BEST of package for XM that should speak volumes. Terrestrial radio is tanking across the board. Look at R and R for the recent ratings you will see. CBS was offloading all their big talents like Adam Corolla. But no It's all O @ A's fault they suck.... GO screw. Frrrrrruuuuuunkis, I wish the Stern and Bubba fans would shut up already, you don't like O@A fine then find something better to do than post about. Like me This is my first and last post about The radio shows. Now Go Screw. Your mom's box!
I never get the zero line, first its incorrect but I dont listen or watch things because its popular. I dont give a fuck if they were on a telephone party line it would still be the best thing on. I used to be a stern fan too but when I went to the John-Cabbie fight he was such a douche between commercials and he was so jealous of Artie, telling the crowd to quiet down when he would get cheers. After that I realized how out of touch with his fans he is. If it wasnt for Artie he would have been off years ago. All you guys in here sticking up for stern he would probably mase you if you tried to talk to him. Maybe I just dont get it anymore because hes older than my dad, but to you guys it doesnt matter hes popular and then when hes done im going go watch deal or no deal or some garbage everyone watches. Go Fuck Yourself.
I can hear it already.
92-THREE... comin' atchya - NOW!
I am afraid that Music Radio is dying a slooooow death, what with ipods and mp3s and the like..Opie and Anthony leaving will create a gap that no one else can fill on terrestrial radio. All the power to xm satelite ( who will now have O and A fulltime now)..and as for those "execs" and "suits" who make decisions over things they know nothing about (apparently), I will watch as they sink down into the ground along with the Stations they are pulling down with them!
only when John valby comes in... :)
Radio is dying. FM has no idea how to stay afloat.
Also, XM had a great thing going until Sirius took them over. Sirius programming is horrid. If it weren't for Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez and Pete Dominick, I would get rid of it.
Your mom's box, indeed.
To BigLar25, which really means big dummy, brainwashed Stern fan.
Howard had 16 MONTHS to advertise and promote his move to Sirius...O&A were not heard from for 26 months... Howard was big in his day, this is not even close to what his day was. This is the day of the IPOD, IPHONE, Sat Radio, Internet radio. If you remember your Stern history he would NOT allow his show to be heard over the internet. Compare oranges to oranges, not to apples.
O&A will be just fine on XM.
And before you zombies cry 0.0 and all that, I USED to be a huge Stern fan, then I started listening to O&A in the afternoons and got hooked. I THINK they do a funnier show, much more interactive with the fans. If you like Stern then good for you, go listen to him. Why are you then commenting on an O&A story ?
Gregg and Tony need to reboot their show, starting tomorrow. No more bitching about the suites and taking thirty minute breaks. No more ill informed heavy handed political rants.
O&A need to man up and do the show they did when they first joined XM. They just gave up after the CBS deal went through, and treated the XM's subs like crap. Now XM/Sirius are their only chance, and they need to go all in.
I never get the zero line, first its incorrect but I dont listen or watch things because its popular. I dont give a fuck if they were on a telephone party line it would still be the best thing on. I used to be a stern fan too but when I went to the John-Cabbie fight he was such a douche between commercials and he was so jealous of Artie, telling the crowd to quiet down when he would get cheers. After that I realized how out of touch with his fans he is. If it wasnt for Artie he would have been off years ago. All you guys in here sticking up for stern he would probably mase you if you tried to talk to him. Maybe I just dont get it anymore because hes older than my dad, but to you guys it doesnt matter hes popular and then when hes done im going go watch deal or no deal or some garbage everyone watches. Go Fuck Yourself.
Good for you?
Why the stupid fighting between the stern and o and a camps? Does it change anything? Stern fans like stern, opie fans like opie. Jesus Christ.
Besides, they are just another casualty of a shitty trend that both camps can appreciate. Radio sucks. The suits in charge are making it so. Spout 0.0 all you like, but the boys were doing well in their target demo in NYC. In the end, the station changed to go after a different demo, and they think the way to generate revenue is to be another ipod with a transmitter.
This shit keeps up and there won't be any talk radio anywhere, except for that awful religious right bullshit. I, for one, would hate for that to happen, regardless of my loyalties to O and A, Stern, or anyone else. More talk radio=more gooder. More top 40 bullshit=teh suck.
Did anyone get to say, "Your mom's box!"?
Someone attacking other people on a SATRAD message board should NOT make fun of others, saying they "live in parents basement". Fucking loser...
And BTW, your "0.0" attack is almost as stale as saying "bababooey".
>> Howard had at least 2 million people follow him to sirius and O&A had a whopping 50,000 people subscribe to them when they started at XM. >>
FWIW, Howard made the jump immediately, O&A were off the air for 2+ years.
And where's this 50,000 number from...? Link?
The bottom line is not that O & A suck, the bottom line is that radio everywhere is taking a huge dump. Advertising dollars just aren’t reaching the masses of terrestrial radio any longer. O & A had great ratings but fewer and fewer people are listening to radio every day, it’s no longer the heyday of Stern on terrestrial and back when O & A were on WNEW. People can say all they want about O & A or Stern but the fact remains that both shows have legions of loyal fans who love either show, haters get over it already.
that is just so horrible lol
Never been a fan of the PESTs, calling other shows, bombing other boards, so I didnt think I liked the show, added best of XM, gave show a chance, now a fan, angry Anthony best radio Ive heard in years. Hope XM only is as good or better. Newer fan of O and A, big Howard fan, Pests=douse.
PS-did any one tell Jimmy, will he show up at CBS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_and_Anthony
XM Satellite Radio
Opie and Anthony returned to the air on October 4, 2004 exclusively for XM Satellite Radio after two years off the air. Initially, the show was offered to XM subscribers at a premium cost of $1.99 a month, to which they encountered some resistance. In April 2005, "High Voltage" became part of the basic XM subscription. There are no numbers available with respect to the number of premium subscribers. Hughes gave some indication, however, when he told the Long Island press in 2006, "We went from having a show that was syndicated in 17 major markets to having a few thousand", which did not help to remove the discrepancy.[13]
From wikipedia Looks like I might have been generous about the 50,000.
O&A are hacks that couldn't adapt.
Howard Drones, how much time you think you have huh? You really think they want to be paying his show's salary? Don't be so ignorant the writing is on the wall for old Howie soon as his contract is up my friends. Seriously think about it he works 4 days a week and 10 weeks vacation a year and 100 million a year? Come on. Or he's in for histories largest pay cut. O&A will be around as long as satellite is. Howie? Please.
Lar, you idiot, Opie was talking about the very beginning of the show on XM. After 2 years of being completely off the air and then thrown onto a medium with just 2.2 million subscribers AND being thrown onto a premium channel where people had to specifically ask to have them play on their radio, yeah, there weren't a ton of people. It's called logic.
The situation isn't the same nearly 5 years later, shitdick. Your mother's a cunt and I hope she's gangraped by negroes.
"O&A had a whopping 50,000 people subscribe to them when they started at XM"
Perhaps more than that:
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/12/25/media-john-gorman-stern-gets-sirius
"XM claims that 200,000 subscribers signed up for O & A, which translates to $400,000 per month"
That article was written before O&A had finished their second week on XM.
Oh Biglar
The reason why O and A had only 50k subs when they started on XM was because they were off radio. Any radio show off the air would have to rebuild after being off radio.
Stern went straight from radio to satellite without any delay, with his followers intact.
If you read the third party radio sites, you will see the boys were slowly but surely taken off each radio station due to budget cutbacks and radio format change. Please find me one article that says they were taken off because ratings were too low...
And BTW, of those 2 million subs who initially followed Howie over, what percent are still listening and dedicated to him?
Howard has his place on satrad, and so do O and A. You can't do edgy or even unique radio on terrestrial with all the rules and regs that are put into place. Howard would fall just as hard or even harder if he went to simulcast on regular radio.
I say good riddance to terrestrial radio and welcome back to unrestricted radio...
i think O and A fans have an overinflated sense of how popular 'their' show is. they keep crowing about #2 with males 18-49, but that's just compared to other terrestrial radio shows. #2 in 2009 is nowhere near as many listeners as it was just 5 years ago. and they're not even #1
i predict they'll do a few months on sirius/xm, get fired/let go, then maybe do podcast for awhile before they split up and fade away into ultimate obscurity.
Wow personal attacks...What else would you expect from a "pest"
I was asked a question and gave PETE his answer.
Please don't pest attack me and email bomb me or something gay like that, that would be really scary.
ZERO.ZERO
O&A SUCK good riddance. Back to ROCK and ROLL 24/7, instead of shit during the morning drive.
ZERO.ZERO
Pete- Good find! I live in Cleveland and did not realize that Howard had a 14 share here and had so many affiliates across the country.
Well it looks like I was wrong about my number then. I stand corrected.
i think O and A fans have an overinflated sense of how popular 'their' show is. they keep crowing about #2 with males 18-49, but that's just compared to other terrestrial radio shows. #2 in 2009 is nowhere near as many listeners as it was just 5 years ago. and they're not even #1
i predict they'll do a few months on sirius/xm, get fired/let go, then maybe do podcast for awhile before they split up and fade away into ultimate obscurity.
Zero . Zero
Howard Stern is going to have a field day with this, but wait - they are on the same team now !
Hey, childish, hypocritical Howard fans. Shut the fuck up. This is bad news for talk radio as a whole. This is a sign of a changing industry and the last safe haven for talk radio is..... Sirius XM. So, until you actually have something to add to the conversation, instead of insulting O+A, shut the fuck up, and stop refreshing the page every 2 minutes to see if anyone responded to your delusional fantasy.
Wow,the "boys" finally bit the dust.Shocking!!Please stop calling these 50 year old men boys.The dark haired guy looks like Horseshack with AIDS.These "boys" never had a chance.They tried to be an edgier Morning Zoo and it never worked.I don't care what age group they were #2 or #3.Are they #1 anywhere?Were they ever?Spin it any way you want if they were the #1 radio show in any market they wouldn't be going anywhere.The sad fact is you couldn't give their show away for free.They tried and failed.I suspect Sirius/XM won't be renewing them.Adios losers.
XM should have ditched them after the Condi Rice rape bit. They barely do better cume than Oprah. Bubba gets better ratings FM and satrad.
Their problem was going after Howard not going, to win over his left over audience by attacking him. My prediction they will be on Howard 101 soon they will apologize to Howard off the air and both parties will make nice on the stern show in a couple months. Artie and JImmy did a show together a few weeks ago. Only Howard fans care about O and A Howard is too big.
1. who is this bubba the cum dumpster you speak of?
2. since when does florida have anyone with an IQ above a donkey tell us who is real radio?
3. if you hurry up....you might miss out on stern since hes on vacation every other week...
4. sounds like you love howie's show so much your probally at home beatin off to sal and richard prank calls and recording lame babbabooey songs....
5. people act like o&a dont draw #'s, the one zombie says #2 is no big deal when even Howie was dethroned by awful morning zoo's after 2000 (that awful preston and steve show in philly (WMMR) beat howie).
The real idiots are the newbs and suckers who pay to listen to satellite radio with garbage on it like these two no-talents. Satellite radio is for newbs and suckers
At least we know someone cares. Even the haters get in a froth when they fail. Competition = good.
I love watching the "pests" freak out when something like this happens (again and again). The spin that they try to apply to o&a's failings is always hilarious.
look, show content and personal tastes aside, there's no comparing howard and o&a in the ratings. he was nationally syndicated, the #1 or #2 morning man in most major markets. sometimes a more family friendly local show or some spanish language crap would beat him, but he still ended his free radio career as the most dominant force in drive time.
when opie and anthony ended THEIR career on terrestrial radio, they were down to being broadcast on only one station, where they put up decent numbers. #2 is fine and all, but i'd be curious to see what kind of share they had.
btw in howard's last philly ratings book he was number 2 OVERALL with a 9 share. what were o and a's philly ratings? oh yeah 0.0 hehehehe
Terrestrial radio blows------------ ,but siri and xm will live. Run dog run----------good dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have nothing against O&A.
But I do wish XM would cancel their show. That way we can get rid of whiny trash like NJRonbo which don't deserve satellite radio.
Over and over, Opie & Hairplugs are one epic fail after another.
And again, what's with this "O&A vs. Stern" nonsense? There IS no "O&A vs. Stern". Those failed hacks are NOT - nor have they EVER been - even in the same league as Stern.
All you Stern bashers need to listen up.
Howard is still king of ALL media. He dominates the 50+ demo.
Zero Point Zero!
Oh no! They aren't POPULAR! What a failure not being popular is! We all know how important it is for the masses to like something! American Idol is obviously the greatest television program ever based on its ratings! We all know that Armageddon is such an amazing movie! High ratings NEVER demand playing to the lowest common denominator and dumbing it down for the cheap seats! Thank God I can still listen to Coldplay, eat McDonalds and enjoy Howard Stern! I was in danger of being an individual for a minute there!
Oh no! They aren't POPULAR! What a failure not being popular is! We all know how important it is for the masses to like something! American Idol is obviously the greatest television program ever based on its ratings! We all know that Armageddon is such an amazing movie! High ratings NEVER demand playing to the lowest common denominator and dumbing it down for the cheap seats! Thank God I can still listen to Coldplay, eat McDonalds and enjoy Howard Stern! I was in danger of being an individual for a minute there!
1. Like most oral n anal fans your IQ is in double digits.
2. Learn how to spell.
3. It doesn't matter if FL doesn't know what real radio is. These trannies don't have a job. Right now, they'd be happy to get a gig in AL. If not there then maybe at a state fair.
4. Oral n Anal don't draw numbers otherwise they'd have a job. Their impact on satrad is nominal. Don't be surprised if they're cut from Sirius/XM real soon.
5. Let Jason Ellis take over the virus and make something of it.
Their show tanked and now I have to get a job on Bob & Tom, who by the way are on in far more cities.
There's no one else to blame but themselves.
this is not good at all.... I could not stand the fm show but we don't know if xm/sirius even wants them full time, I can assure you that they will not do more radio for free. also i think that the bulk of there contract was with cbs right?.....this is going to be interesting
As far as the whole Sirius-XM thing goes, Sirius wasn't fairing so well. Pre-merger SIRI shares running at about $2-$3 a share isn't to brag about.
With a heavy debt load, talent compensation, and other risk factors, SIRI was not a wise investment. The cost efficiencies are coming more to fruition but still the talent costs and operating two separate entities doesn't sit well with others.
Opie & Anthony bring in customers, somewhat heavily compensated but not to the point of breaking the bank like with Howard. Revenue-per-sub isn't financially viable with the Howard line-up.
Howard came straight from terrestrial where listeners weren't paying for content. Now they have to and since they weren't early adopters of satellite radio, they tend to not purchase more high-end radio devices. O&A listeners had to purchase XM initally, many whom purchased devices like the MyFi, Helix, and other higher dollar items.
Sirius didn't have a whole lot of high-end products initially (second to portable, second to live portable) which made the penetration of these devices like the Stiletto harder since many weren't replacing older radios with newer ones. In the end Sirius and its distribution and manufacturing partners had to take harder hits per-unit with product going to price reductions and lost retail space due to lack of retailer interest.
Opie and Anthony listeners have potential for higher profit. If SIRI is smart, they will take advantage of this situation and start heavy promotions in the terrestrial markets lost along with existing subscriber promotion. Dedicated listeners = Steady Revenue.
Hearing YMB made me sad. While their customer service is atrocious and there's no more E-Lo, I'm glad I've got the good ol' XM.
I may forgive CBS if they bring back Mr. Leonard and the lime green Pinto.... No I won't.
Ron & Fez, noon-3
Here's the spin, douchebags.
Radio is F'd. Whether you're Howard, or the overnight DJ. No one wants to advertise in a medium when they're not sure if anyone is listening.
Pay services will win. That might be the new SiriusXM online, or it might be Pandora or Slacker.
People pay, cash money, that goes to talent, and if there are ads, they're to a guaranteed audience.
You ratings lying fucks piss me off. You have the ratings books in prints...and you have Howard's word. And you listen to Howard, rather than the book? What side of the street did you grow up on? God damn!
o&a are two old knobs who could only be considered cool by a pack of easy to laugh geeks..
jim norton is however truly entertaining but his stuff only works on xm..who cares about Howard stern? I can't see tits on a radio show, the gimmick is old but if he is Like an old buddy that u love to listen to then go ahead..
Ron&fez rule the insights on life that ronny b slings are worth every penny for xm.
But back to topic opie is a geek who really never says anything funny in 5 hours and anthony looks like Iraqi prisoner of war and has a grade 10 education but somehow mananges to believe that he is a laidies man and a racist.. Haha and he brags about shooting guns at a range and being ok paltalk on Friday nights,, haha
it's so lame and he is a repetitive douche -- not suprised they tanked again
I assure you...radio is in a mess. Just ask Steve Dahl, Adam Carolla, and Tom Leykis. Who's to say that if Stern had stayed in terrestrial radio, he wouldn't have been the one dumped by CBS today?
It's really easy to say that Stern would have held on to his audience, but no one else has held on to theirs. There's no way to really know, is there? The king of 1985 sure isn't what he used to be.
I wonder how Howard feels about these late developments. Someone should wake him up and ask him...but his team of writers has to tell him what to say first.
A Few comments, if I may.
First off, I'm a former Howard fan, and now that I have the Best of Sirius (primarily for the NFL and Ferrall [spelling?]), I do check him out now and then...But, we got O&A for about a year here in Seattle before the "Sex for Sam" stunt blew up their careers. That being said, it was enough time for my wife and I to get really hooked on the show, and once they were off, follow the websites such as Foundry, and messageboards like Wackbag (I'm BlindWes, so yeah, I am a "message board guy"). Anyway, I got XM when I started hearing rumblings they might join, getting it initially for XM's country and hard rock programming. The day XM released the details on how to sign up for O&A, I was one of the first to sign up, and have never regretted it...And as I said, I' not even as longtime a listener as those who go back to AAF or the beginning of the NEW days. The show has that sort of drawing power. Howard, I listened to because it was the only show on the local dial in the mornings that didn't entirely suck. When he made his announcement about going over to Sirius, I had zero intterest in switchingg, and was completely satisfied with the choice I'd made.
On an unrrelated note, the shifting back to 4-hour shows doesn't bother me too much, but I wish they would've gone back to the 7-11 Eastern timeslot...Then I'd at least get a live hour on my commute to work. Personal opinion, of course. Makes me wonder if they'll shuffle the rest of the day and move Ron and Fez around as well as the replays.
Oh look, all the Howie fans coming in with their usual 0.0 bullshit. Predictable as always. Of course all of them are spinning that they couldn't make it in NYC when they were one of the highest rated radio shows in NYC. Fact is that radio is losing money no only because of this economy, but because no one listens to radio anymore for music because of mp3 players and satellite radio. This should be obvious to the blunt-headed Howie fans if they actually get the facts before being zombies and realize that a LOT of firing is going on everywhere in the world right now, especially in the radio business.
And one more thing. O&A and Howard work for the same company now. They are trying to get along (at least I assume so since I haven't heard Howard's name on the O&A show for some time now), why can't we all get along as well? All of these people posting 0.0 are old Howard fans I am betting, and leave it to them to keep referring to old Howard references. Why is that? Is it because he hasn't brought anything to the table for you in quite a few years? How wonderful is it that you pay for satellite to listen to him four days a week? At least O&A care about their fans to actually do a radio show and entertain them.
"How you gonna beat me when you have no fu**ing show?"
Ha. Stern is destroying them.
@doz: Ant is spending these days with a 20 year old amazingly hot girl. He also dated a Playboy Playmate. Who have you dated? You wouldn't be able to pick up anything like that if you tried.
You claim to be such a R&F fan, but you seem to forget who put them on XM. If you are a R&F fan and not an O&A fan, you are a no-knowledge douche that needs to flush his radio down the toilet, and promptly go fuck your mother.
Also, I am not sure how you confused an Italian with a Muslim. Perhaps you need some more education, as it doesn't seem to be as good as Ant's 10th grade education.
Wow,spin away.It's the economy.It's mp3 players.Adam Carolla got fired.IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY NEVER GOT RATINGS.I find it funny that Bubba the Love Sponge(I'm not a listener)went from 0 stations to 6 in a year.While O & A went from at least 20 stations to 0 in 3 years.Why did Bubba add stations.RATINGS!!!Duh.If you are #1 across the board anywhere there will always be a job for you.Being #2 or #3 in a demographic doesn't mean anything.Adam Carolla didn't get ratings either.He's gone!End of story.
Zero. Point. Zero.
heh.
When is O&A going to finally realize they're not a damn morning show? If they went back to afternoon drive they would be huge, anyone remember the party the O&A show used to be? That can't be done when they're true fans are STILL ASLEEP. Put the show back where it belongs and Ron and Fez back on in the evenings, maybe Fez will pop out of his three year slump.
WTF!!! I turned on the radio this morning and I have to listen to Van Halen? I'll be honest, I won't be listening to K-Rock anymore. O&A is the only reason I ever turn to 92.3 k-rock. I've been listening to them forever and will follow them where ever they go. I'm sure all faithful listeners would agree. If anyone knows what station may be picking up the best radio duo of all time, please let us know. If it's just XM, oh well then. I never needed it because I'm at the office when they come on at 9am. If they go full time and come on for the morning commute than great.
We all know that the current economic climate is forcing everyone to spend less and save more, but this was a bad business decision in my opinion. Everyone I know listens to 92.3 in the morning only because of O&A. There are too many faithful listeners, to think that people would still tune in to listen to just music in the morning, no matter what genre is played or even some hacky morning zoo show.
My daily routine is completely discombobulated now. It worse enough we all have to wake up an hour earlier for daylight savings and now we can't even have a few laughs before we get to our place of business. What's next, no more coffee in the morning? O&A is apart of many peoples daily routines and this a huge bummer.
I am so happy these fucks got shit canned....thats what you get for trashing stern....STERN RULES BA BA BOOEY!!!
I know the FM side was important to the talent, but it was KILLING the show. The golden age of O&A was the XM only years. Being on K rock was a cancer to the funny.
Opie!!!!!!!!!
Anthony!!!!!!
And Nroton too!!!!!!!
Good times, great hits!
XM 202!
SUCK MY F'NG COCK!
No more K-rock = the begining of the second golden age of O&A. Sure, the boys are bitter about losing FM, but it's the best thing that could happen for the show...
Jonny Fi, if you're such a fan get XM, problem solved, stop crying, you can get a unit for $19.99 and $13.00 a month is nothing, that's $0.47 a day stop acting like satellite radio is expensive. I don't have a pot to piss in but I manage to scratch together $13.00 a month.
I think they finally realized they're not a morning show (once they were cancelled) and that they're not an afternoon show or an evening show.
That leaves overnights which is perfect for the 12 or so oranalists who worship their act as they'll be getting off work from Golden Corral.
Three year slump? Try 12 year slump. ron n pez have sucked since Diaz left the show in FL (that would be Ron n Ron). Once Stern crushed them the first week he was on in Orlando, Diaz saw the light and got off the sinking ship that is bennington and fez.
it won't be long before these no talent ass clowns are no longer on siriusxm too.
zero.zero
And how many stations did O&A add in the first year? You can't make a fair comparison can you? You need to compare O&A and Bubba from start to one year, then make another comparison in three years. That is called logic. Oh wait, I forget who I am dealing with here. Regardless, there is no convincing either side so you all just need to go listen to what you want and shut the hell up.
From R&R Online:
It's 'Now' Time For K-Rock/N.Y.
Top 40 '92.3 Now FM' dawns on Wednesday
By Keith Berman
CBS Radio has sounded the last call for rock WXRK (92.3 K-Rock)/New York -- again: As first rumored by Street Talk Daily, the station will be flipping at 5 p.m. on Wednesday (March 11) to top 40 as "92.3 Now FM." Dom Theodore, CBS Radio's VP of CHR programming, will program the station for now, with airstaff announcements coming within the first week. Just like CBS Radio's recent launch of Amp Radio in Los Angeles, 92.3 Now will roll 10,000 songs commercial-free.
"We're excited about this," CBS senior VP of programming Greg Strassell tells R&R. "We have a major 18-34 presence in Chicago with B96 [rhythmic WBBM-FM]. We're excited about Kevin Weatherly's launch at Amp, and this is the New York version of our play to be a dominant force with adults 18-34. We do well adults 25-54 in this market; this will be our first pure play for the 18-34 and teen demographics. And what a great time to do it from a standpoint that PPM is showing that the audience is there and they are consuming contemporary radio. I think the listeners will benefit from a better experience of having another strong radio station in this market doing contemporary hit music."
All i have to say is
I WAS RIGHT YOU WERE WRONG
NANNY NANNY NOO NOO
TOO BAD THAT CUNT NO LONGER POST HERE
always win in the end huh?
hahahahahaha
Radio is dying my ass. Bubba is doing well. O & A just suck. They dont have mass appeal. Young white male prejudice nerds like them. Fuck off..
I couldn't agree with you more tekkitan..
howie has an iq of 0.0, everybody knows it. howie lovers are losers, HooHoo Right Robin!!
They just need to get over it, howie is over.
(And for those of you who want to know, I do live in the basement of the science building)
Ron and Fez noon to 3
lemme guess....o&a suck because howie and bubba tell you!!! ...i guess when 90% of hoo hoo's fans didnt make the jump to sat radio...he's a success??????..
yet no one outside of sat radio talks about shock jocks anymore unless they screw up...NOBODY CARES!!!!!!! its not 1990 anymore when howie and o&a were killing ratings. notice only a handful of us are battling???
i agree with you tekkitan.... howie fans think that o&a at #2 in NY is nothing when howard was probally below that after 2000 when people started to give up on terrestrial radio, then gave up entirely when he moved to sirius... both shows have LOST TO PLENTY OF MORNING ZOO'S, it happens! and they call bubba a success when he does shows in markets like tampa who think they are as big as NY, LA, or philly!
another question howie fans who think o&a are responsible for the flip in format !!!! if the king of all overpayed is so great!!! then why did sirius recieve a bail out after howie's $500 million contract??? i thought he was brought in to make sirius a profit????? __SILENCE____ exactly!!!!!!!!!
O&A suck. Get with it. Howard is the best. Jim Norton is a faggot and it's the worst show I have ever heard. The are no talent ass clowns.
This is fucking fantastic news.
All you haters with nothing better to do make me lol. Sterns show is that boring, i know. I tried it again after all these years. Anything else Robin?
blah blah blah
ron n fezster a noon to a 3
"Radio is dying my ass. Bubba is doing well"
You are going to try to compare Bubba's one hick Florida market to New York City?
Maybe he has more than one, but none of them matter.
Can we put that Zero.Zero shit to rest.
It was one showing in VEGAS! How many people actually live in Las Vegas? And how many actually listen to the radio there? Ratings are bullshit anyway. Lets ask 100 people what they listen to and now Stern fans can talk about it for next 20 years. You insignificant little asses.
somebody got canned? last i remember stern and O&A are working for the same company. O&A longer than stern actually if you really want to split hairs. so..fruuunkis?
This is so stupid,
Why do you have to choose one?
Howard Stern is Awesome
Opie and Anthony are Awesome
Jim norton and Artie Lang are both funny as hell.
Why do people always have to pick one and run with it being so ignorant as to call any of these two shows bad. You guys have two of the best radio shows at your feet and you guys are busy labeling one or the other as shit. there are days O&A kick Sterns ass in funny, and there are plenty of days it's the other way around.
Enjoy them both , They are all incredible talents and dismissing any one is your loss and your ignorance.
Don't hate something because someone you are a fan of tells you you should.
Love how they predicted the end of the "Stern era"
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2006-04-24-opie_x.htm
He has about 5. O & A were fucking handed 20+ stations and lost every fucking one of them. Everything Howard built O & A fucked it up. End of story.....
O&A get fired and Howard's the hasbeen?!?!?
Spielberg couldn't make this one up!
20 stations? More like 7, but oh well.
Yeah but the went to XM because sterm announced that he was going to Sirius. So don't bother splitting hairs.
The "Stern Era" ended in 1987 dumbass.
HooHoo Right Robin! Tell em Fred!!
baba booey
baba booey
baba booey
Well I guess that eliminates them from getting jobs as fortune tellers at carnies. Although the bearded woman might have a shot.
Oral n Anal need your help! Find them a job ASAP!
Here's the criteria - nothing too difficult, no competition and have really low expectations so when they underachieve it doesn't look so bad. They will also need a scapegoat to blame their incompetence on. What is George W doing?
Don't really care about O&A, but I hope Howard has a funeral for Krock, since they are changing their name again.
Don't really care about O&A, but I hope Howard has a funeral for Krock, since they are changing their name again.
This sucks. Now I have nothing to listen to in the shower before I get in my car for Sirius. I would listen to O&A on the AOL radio app on my iPhone first and then switch to Stern when I got in my car. Hopefully that Sirius/XM official app gets approved soon so I can choose between either one.
I don't know why everyone takes sides. I like them both equally and they both have their +/-'s
We can all agree that TR is absolute garbage.
I have Sirius and Opie and Anthony are not on it. If it is all one company they otter have every show available for every listener, Sirius or XM, at no extra premium.
I love how the "pests" cry when they are being "pesterd" LMFAO loser pest bois. BIG CLUE KROCK made no money the rest of the day w/out Stern period! Even before the economy/mp3s blah blah blah. The "Boys" BLEW IT and we'll see how long they remain on SATRAD once thier current contracts are up. The fans of O&A and the "Boys" themselves talked a big game and now it looks like they are coming up a little short. Now it's "we should get along we are on the same team". WWWHHHAAAA face it they now need Stern to CONTINUE to succeed on SATRAD. HEHEHEHE
Your right E, They are now like stern
stern = 0.0
dude, how stupid are you? he said 17 markets, then said a few thousand [markets}. not subs. learn to read.
***Yeah but the went to XM because sterm announced that he was going to Sirius. So don't bother splitting hairs.***
Hey, Fact Check...do a fact check.
O&A were in place and on the air at XM before Howard signed with Sirius. Yet another radio bit he stole. You're wrong...sooooo wrong.
If O&A would have went about things a little different they still might have a radio show...
The very first week on in Pittsburgh, on the same station Howard Stern's most hardcore fans were on, these two jack-offs come on and start disrespecting the guy and Robin too.
The people in Pittsburgh, including me, never heard of these two nit-wit assholes in their lives. Within two day's the air was negative about their show and within six months... POOF they were gone.
O&A acted like they were entitled to Sterns chair, station, syndication and everything he built up, and these two assclowns blew it up in one week. People I talked to were like who the hell are these fucks.
Sorry boy's you started off on the wrong foot.
Baba Booey was right... He said from day one, people in five years will be like who or what is O&A...
Oh well,
At least they'll be on XM.
I cant stand the fake prank phone calls
I cant stand the wacky song parodies
I cant stand all the porn chicks
Oh wait. We are talking about O&A not Howard.
I listened to a good part of his show today. What a joke. And people say O&A rip him off. If O&A did what he does i wouldnt listen. Which is why i switched. Thanks.
Hey, looks who is on the front page of :
http://www.sirius.com/
O&A
Wow, that took a lot of brain power, didn't it? Is this all we can expect from the Stern fans? You're really showing your mental capacities.
"If O&A did what he does i wouldnt listen."
Excuse me but no one was listening to O&A, that's why they were fired.
You are a motherfuking Douchebag cunt who needs to have his face kicked into about 5,000 pieces. It is easy to talk shit on messge board you fucking scumbag loser. You are the kind of jackass that I would love to meet in the street and beat the absolute shit out of, you motherfucking cuntbag. You have got to be the biggest loser on this planet yet you feel like you are a computer tough guy bashing Opie & Anthony!!! PLEASE give me your name and number you little fucking cunt and let's meet up for a drink and see if you still have the same take on the guys after we discuss the situation. I will be awaiting your response Douchebag!!!
Thanks,
SK
Oral & Anal :
A couple of things Stern fans don't get either.
ZERO.POINT.ZERO.
I love the after-the-facters are all saying this is a "good thing" and now the boys (stupidest term ever btw) are "free and uncensored"....you guys know the phrase about perfume on a pig right? hahahahaha. Their ratings suck, their show is nothing but 3 pretentious guys laughing at their own bad puns/jokes for 4 hours. I turn them on during Howard's breaks every so often just to remind myself why Howard is still the king. EPIC FAIL, Oral and Anal.
No that's next. Theres no reason for them to be on Sirius. They suck!
You are truly a Tool. Do some research before posting garbage like this...
And they were handed a "gold mine" from David Lee Roth??? You're a genius.
Commercial Radio is dying a slow death. Overall it is pure crap. But Sirius XM has taken a big drop recently (content since the merger).
I love O&A and Stern, but Sirius XM is no longer worth the money or aggravation.
The future is web based. Slacker destroys FM and Satrad. Now if only O&A would create a podcast to retain us longtime fans.
Hey... Whats on K-rock this AM? Oh that's right, a jukebox for women and homosexual males [18-48].
http://www.923now.com/
ha ha. O&A "fans" who want free webcast broadcast. Get off welfare and get real jobs so you can actually afford satellite radio!
But... they'll be off XM-Sirius soon hopefully and you'll get your wish. Since only webcasting will be their only forum. Losers that they are.
0.0 can mean a lot of things for O&A... Ratings, the IQ of O&A fandom, what they're worth.
I just heard O&A are are going to be on Howard 101, starting next week.
0.0
My army is coming back to corrrrrrect the suits at Krock. We will not stand for this. The bbboyysss always win in teh end.
Good day Sir!!
(hehehehehe)
WAaaahhhh!
(hehehehehe)
Speak Mongo Speak.....!!
WoooF!
Good dog!
Stern bashers, say all you want.
I used to listen to the big nosed jew and thought he was edgy. And then I found the real deal.
I'm glad not everyone gets the show - its understandable that you would eat the slop you're fed and do as you're told.
And if O&A goes podcast, I'll go with.
I hope you Stern fans enjoy Pink Panther 2, Norbit and Madea goes to Jail. Now go laugh your ass off, stick your hand in a garbage disposal and suck your mesiah's c0ck.
I don't know much about these boys, and to tell you the truth, I have never heard them.... but from looking at this picture I have to tell you; holy shit, do they ever look like a couple of douche bags!
These "boys" are 49 and 46 years old. They THINK they are something of a force and they also THINK they have a good show. The truth is they have about 15,000 REGULAR hardcore listeners on XM. Also, they were HANDED one third of the Howard Stern empire and were systematically fired from 28 stations one -after another -after another -after another. Over an almost a three year period, that equals to losing about one radio station EVERY Month and a half...
They did not EARN syndication, it was handed to them out of desperation from CBS/Infinity after the "first" Stern replacement was shit canned -3 months in.
They also have been in continuous spin mode for three day's, over their ratings and success.
FAILURE is the way I see it, and the truth is -terrestrial radio was DEAD the minute STERN turned off the big switch in NY.
Mrwirez is a hayseed who spins the facts to support his lord and savior, Hoo Hoo.
Give it up, son. You are embarassing yourself.
Why is Mrwirez a hayseed? Is it because he explained the reality and you can't deal with it? Where is the "spin". ona couldn't cut it, their ratings sucked, they were canned from every station they were on and
they're not exactly bringing in listeners to satrad.
I suppose when they start podcasting - soon to be their only broadcasting mediump all the OralaNAlists will claim that iPod sales are related to those trannies.
As many industry people have said, in 5 years, no one will know who ona are much less even care. They were off by 2 years.
HOWARD STERN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GOING TO SIRIUS WAYYYYY BEFORE O&A EVEN THOUGHT OF GOING TO XM. AGAIN, IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING GREGG HUGHES SAYS THEN YOU REALLY NEED TO GET YOUR FACTS ELSEWHERE. O&A CLAIM THIS, AND CLAIM THAT BUT THEY CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HOWARD AND HOW MUCH BETTER THEY ARE, BUT LOOK AT THEM AND LOOK AT HIM? STOP LISTENING TO GREG AND DO SOME RESERCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN IT WAS RUMORED THAT HOWARD WAS IN TALKS WITH SATELITE, THEN MYSTERIOUSLY O&A SIGNED ON..HMMMMMMMMMMMM
Personally I like both shows, but can stand their kiss-ass fans.
HOWARD STERN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GOING TO SIRIUS WAYYYYY BEFORE O&A EVEN THOUGHT OF GOING TO XM. AGAIN, IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING GREGG HUGHES SAYS THEN YOU REALLY NEED TO GET YOUR FACTS ELSEWHERE. O&A CLAIM THIS, AND CLAIM THAT BUT THEY CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HOWARD AND HOW MUCH BETTER THEY ARE, BUT LOOK AT THEM AND LOOK AT HIM? STOP LISTENING TO GREG AND DO SOME RESERCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN IT WAS RUMORED THAT HOWARD WAS IN TALKS WITH SATELITE, THEN MYSTERIOUSLY O&A SIGNED ON..HMMMMMMMMMMMM
opie and anthony are freakin awesome first of all. its refreshing to listen to what everyone wants to say but dont have the balls to and its not like the got kicked off krock.. krock is GONE we now have another shitty ass z100 to listen to so everyone should stfu about the boys getting kicked off cuz they suck CBS sucks wih all those holes...
Ron and Fez: Noon to 3
Their fans and themselves need to just accept that in every sense of the word they are failures. They failed at XM when they were a buy-in package, they failed in terrestrial radio (after being handed major markets) and they have failed in the new SiriusXM. Why does Best of Sirius package outsell the Best of XM package 6 to 1?
Failures. Failures. Failures.
I loved them in the earlier days. It was like going to some boring town and finding this great party spot in the middle of nowhere, and then eventually everyone finds out and spoils it. And like Stern they became a bit filled with themselves. The whole edgy comedy crap has grown stale, impressive only to high school kids who want to prove how "rebellious" they are and bunch of overweight slobs who refuse to grow up. I'm sure in time they'll be back on TR, but by then no one will care. They've made a living laughing at folks that had to deal with crap being tossed at them ... well, take a bit of your own medicine boys. Suck it up and deal with it. Rest secure that you still have your XM gig and the gullibility of wannabe-edgy guys that want to shell out money to listen to your XM crap. Their I've said it. So feel free to answer back with your usual "witty", unoriginal, insults (that you're probably stealing from Jimmy Norton).
0.0 were dropped from their 2nd job for extra money?
How in the world is Tony going to pay the bill for his hair plugs?
They were on 30+ terrestrial stations
They were dropped from 30+ terrestrial stations
0.0
wow? o.o really? still using that?
hmm, Howard was #1 in morning drive in Wash DC in 81. Afternoon radio on NBC he beat the #1 morning show in Imus in the morning...went to XRK in 85 to become #1 in morning radio in NY and LA and Wash and Cle and Phi and Dal and who knows how many more of his 60 freakin stations and stayed at or near the top for 20 years! 20 years!! These guys couldn't get in the top 20 in the morning drive in 3 years! Since when did tooting your own horn as they have done in the past make you a good radio show? Howard has the #1 listened to sat channel and he will until he decides to leave and that may be 10 years from now. O and A are extremely jealous and probably extremely angered that they will never ever approach Howards status but they shouldn't be because no one on radio ever has or ever will. bababooey to ya'll
man, you hoo hoo donkeys are stupid.....your comparing the 80's and 90's to now????....so when most of the population depended on terrestrial radio back then, howie and o&a were #1 in their respective time slots (howard on k-rock, o&a on WNEW and both shows syndicated markets) now is much diffrent people..
you zombies worship a guy who got off on trashing his competitors, then when o&a mention him on air with respect and had comparable ratings, the "king of all wigs" was crying at the viacom lawyers demanding a gag order be placed on o&a, WHAT A PUSSY!!!! a show as good as his and with the same company and he takes the bitch route and you zombies eat his dick??????
and all you can fire back with is 0.0?, and greg and tony?????, you people are as stale as howie!
i love how you donkeys make up bullshit
1. 15,000 REGULAR hardcore listeners on XM. Also, they were HANDED one third of the Howard Stern empire and were systematically fired from 28 stations one -after another -after another -after another. Over an almost a three year period, that equals to losing about one radio station EVERY Month and a half...
what empire???? he fell off after jackie left the show, he WAS FALLING OFF in ratings all across america, thats why 90% of terrestrial stern fans moved on since his departure...you call that an empire???? dont kid yourself....even mel k. said they overpaid the washed up hack that he is...
15,000 hardcore listeners????? i would love to know where your source of info came from...wikipedia?...you donkey!
Opie and Anthony are over, done, finish. They will never get back to free radio and they are barley holding on to their jobs at Sirius. They don't even pull in a fraction of the numbers Stern pulls in. Its over Johnny, ITS OVER.
Hey Anonymous;
I am not sure what barley has to do with the conversation...
Anyway, put down your Howie Kool-Aid for a moment and drink this...
1. Free radio will never be the same since the "Tsunami"song and Imus' "Nappy headed" remarks. Couple that with "Win a Wii for a Wee" and you get morning zoo radio as the mainstay. Bubba is doing a clean version just to stay in his three small markets, and Howie would never survive on free radio longer any longer than O and A did.
2. Why do you assume they are barely holding onto their jobs as Sirius? I have yet to read one article or any website that mentions that. The only way you can back up this fact is with hours 2 and 3 of any Howie rant.
3. Compare old Howie bits on one of his many "Classic Howie" channels and what he is doing now. See if you can spot what is new. Reply back when you do, we will wait...
4. Howie took a major opportunity to take his edgy FM show and expand it to pay per view material (remember buying those in the early 90's?) and totally sank.
5. Ok... we get it Howie, Robin agrees with whatever you say, Artie throws us a few laughs and a B list porn star or celebrity rides the symbian. Now can you move on and use satellite radio properly? (hint.. O and A)
Howie = Game Over
"Free radio will never be the same since the "Tsunami"song and Imus' "Nappy headed" remarks."
Wow, more excuses and spin, how surprising. The sad part is that its more entertaining than anything O And A has ever done.
"Compare old Howie bits on one of his many Classic Howie" channels and what he is doing now."
But those classic Howie channels still brings in a hell of a lot more listeners than O And A does.
"Reply back when you do, we will wait..."
Wow, maybe if you guys were as dedicated to O And A's show as you are making excuses for their failures, they would still have jobs a k Rock. Plus their constant crying about how Sirius is treating them is a massive hint of them knowing how done they really are. Are they going to stay with Sirius? I think so but i doubt they are going to keep their salary or their channel.
"Howie took a major opportunity to take his edgy FM show and expand it to pay per view material"
You mean those same pay per view specials that brought in huge money and ratings for the cable provider? What was O And A's claim to fame? Oh yet right, promoting the XFL.
Stick a fork in them son, O and A are pretty much done.
HOO HOO Zombie #162 writes:
Opie and Anthony are over, done, finish. They will never get back to free radio and they are barley holding on to their jobs at Sirius. They don't even pull in a fraction of the numbers Stern pulls in. Its over Johnny, ITS OVER.
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yes folks, the same generic comments that flood this site still continue, the same hoo hoo zombies offer nothing as usual!!!....it's like they work for fmqb.com, or know an insider at cbs radio and spit these ridiculous make believe stories out ...i would love to know where you get your info from.... funny how guys like DMAN and others continue to make howie fans look stupid and uneducated! and what are the usual reply's you ask???
garbage like this:
1.Opie and Anthony are over, done, finish. They will never get back to free radio and they are barley holding on to their jobs at Sirius. They don't even pull in a fraction of the numbers Stern pulls in. Its over Johnny, ITS OVER.
2.hmm, Howard was #1 in morning drive in Wash DC in 81. Afternoon radio on NBC he beat the #1 morning show in Imus in the morning...went to XRK in 85 to become #1 in morning radio in NY and LA and Wash and Cle and Phi and Dal and who knows how many more of his 60 freakin stations and stayed at or near the top for 20 years! 20 years!! These guys couldn't get in the top 20 in the morning drive in 3 years! Since when did tooting your own horn as they have done in the past make you a good radio show? Howard has the #1 listened to sat channel and he will until he decides to leave and that may be 10 years from now. O and A are extremely jealous and probably extremely angered that they will never ever approach Howards status but they shouldn't be because no one on radio ever has or ever will. bababooey to ya'll
3.0.0 were dropped from their 2nd job for extra money?
How in the world is Tony going to pay the bill for his hair plugs?
They were on 30+ terrestrial stations
They were dropped from 30+ terrestrial stations
4.
Their fans and themselves need to just accept that in every sense of the word they are failures. They failed at XM when they were a buy-in package, they failed in terrestrial radio (after being handed major markets) and they have failed in the new SiriusXM. Why does Best of Sirius package outsell the Best of XM package 6 to 1?
Failures. Failures. Failures.
5.
Opie and Anthony never had much talent. They lost station after station until all they had left was the new york market. Good ridance to 2 no talents.
These guys couldn't hold a candle to howard stern.
Now they are in the same boat as david lee roth.
6.
1. Like most oral n anal fans your IQ is in double digits.
2. Learn how to spell.
3. It doesn't matter if FL doesn't know what real radio is. These trannies don't have a job. Right now, they'd be happy to get a gig in AL. If not there then maybe at a state fair.
4. Oral n Anal don't draw numbers otherwise they'd have a job. Their impact on satrad is nominal. Don't be surprised if they're cut from Sirius/XM real soon.
5. Let Jason Ellis take over the virus and make something of it.
Their show tanked and now I have to get a job on Bob & Tom, who by the way are on in far more cities.
There's no one else to blame but themselves.
7.
LOL What's the empire down to? One station? And it won't be long before the turkey necks of Oral n Anal will be on the chopping block (if they haven't already been axed)from the only other station they may be on.
While not surprising, it's hilarious to see these two trannies fail. They have no talent ZERO POINT ZERO.
They were handed a gold mine and while they always claimed to be better than Stern they failed miserably. Like all Stern wannabees they can't hold his used batch wipes.
What are the oral n anal worshipers going to brag about now?
I guess there's always podcasting.
LOL
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and i save the biggest dummy for last:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_and_Anthony
XM Satellite Radio
Opie and Anthony returned to the air on October 4, 2004 exclusively for XM Satellite Radio after two years off the air. Initially, the show was offered to XM subscribers at a premium cost of $1.99 a month, to which they encountered some resistance. In April 2005, "High Voltage" became part of the basic XM subscription. There are no numbers available with respect to the number of premium subscribers. Hughes gave some indication, however, when he told the Long Island press in 2006, "We went from having a show that was syndicated in 17 major markets to having a few thousand", which did not help to remove the discrepancy.[13]
From wikipedia Looks like I might have been generous about the 50,000.
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if you had any intelligence, you would know wikipedia is UNRELIABLE: a fuckin donkey could easily edit a wikipedia page and change numbers, you dont need an account, all they do is record your ip address in case you do something criminal, plus you can easily change the IP address if you know how to.
sounds like you howie fans are a bunch of zero's when it comes to intelligence....
you have an IQ of a fuckin sea turtle:
they dont have a job?????
last i checked they were on their own channel on sirius/xm while bubba the cum dumpster was on HOWARD's other channel doing a live show 1 day a week! and squeaky clean for 4 days in a market full of no talent, also, thats great you idolize a hypocrite like stern who even stated on his awful show that its important to do a friday show!....looks like he stiffed you donkeys once again.....
oh yea i remember those pay per views......when me and most of the country were getting them for free with analog cable descramblers!!!!!! he barely made a profit, you tool!
Now Now iLLRATED...
You deserve the credit as well for making the donkey sausages look and sound exactly what they are... Useless Hoo-Hoo fans who get their talking points from the Messiah himself.
Ok... Time for a lesson on spin:
Spin is when you distort a fact in order to bolster your own argument. You see it all the time from politicians who take parts of a fact and reframe it in order to prove their point.
Now, Dale when you say "spin" in reaction to my listing of the last 5 or 6 years worth of free radio highs and lows, I would like for you to find "spin" any of what I mentioned. You need to ask yourself, did these events happen and was their a change due to these events. In every case, their absolutely was:
Tsunami Song: the entire morning team was "put on leave" until they were fired. The global outcome was no more Asian jokes, references or accents
The Imus basketball team: He again was "put on leave" then shit canned. The global effect was even less making fun of or mocking the African-American race. Do so, and you get a Sharpton up your ass before you finished your shift on the air. Even with Robin, Hoo-Hoo would find Sharpton at his palace the moment he uttered an racist remark.
The Wii for a Wee stunt: Another "put on leave" then shit canned. Yes, someone tragically died, and the global effect is no more edgy radio games, hence O and A having to sit out this years egg nog drinking contest along with any other zoo program thinking of doing a midly dangerous game with listeners.
Please show me the spin? You and all the other Hoo-Hoo's forget (or weren't told by the Messiah) that these events effected all radio, even satellite. So go wait at the bottom of Mount Howie, await his next talking point and post them, so myself, iLLRATED and others can enjoy shooting holes through your lame, repetitive arguments.
Till tomorrow (oh that's right, Hoo-Hoo is off tomorrow), so till Monday then!!!!
I don't know what is worse, Opie and Anthony or the retarded fan base who actually think they are blowing holes into arguments. All they have is excuses, nothing more and most of them are so illiterate that most of them don't even make sense.
Congratulations!
This topic has more comments than 0.0 have listeners.
Way to go!
If we can take this and show the radio people that 0.0 have a fan base then maybe, just maybe we can get an overnight gig on a station somewhere. PLEASE!
Congratulations!
This topic has more comments than 0.0 have listeners.
Way to go!
If we can take this and show the radio people that 0.0 have a fan base then maybe, just maybe we can get an overnight gig on a station somewhere. PLEASE!
Dear sir...
Which excuse are you talking about? The actual radio history in which all people including hoo-hoo now live under?
Please start giving valid arguments with facts (not hoo-hoo facts) or you'll easily start sounding like the retard you accuse me of.
I vote this one as "the easy slapdown of the week"
Wow, overnight gig somewhere? Perhaps a radio station in small markets? I know, they can go up against Bubba!!!!
The sad fact that all the hoo-hoo drones cannot admit or express that a combination of budget cuts, format changes and stations looking to cut corners in budget is what knocked O and A off FM radio. Spinning and fact butchering is the center of the Hoo-Hoo fan base.
Every hoo-hoo argument starts with "retard" and "0.0", but no one, including you take the time to read or think. Bring some facts to this forum, I beg of you!!!!
The hoo-hoo followers success story for FM is Bubba...a syndicated show, FCC friendly on what can be considered small markets at best. And he gets to do a satrad program once a week.
Wow, you donkeys really gave us O and A fans a dose of reality!!! Who is second in your FM success arsenal, Mancow?
The people and the company have spoken... two thumbs down. They stink. Who cares what the numbers are... The FM show is O-V-E-R.. Now YOU get over it....
btw.. 0.0
um, the companies are still speaking, as two more stations, JFK and BCN are flipping formats to either top 40 or sports. And guess what happened to O and A's replacements? You guessed it, unemployment line. Their FM show is over as well... So, yes little by little, every station is speaking out. Lykas is gone and Bubba, Mancow are next. And this is not because the two of them suck hardcore, the stations will all flip to save money and try to get numbers back.
And the people speaking? More and more are turing to SiriusXM to get programming like O and A, and yes even Hoo-Hoo.
So, pleae give me some more facts of people speaking out that the show is over (unless the voices are in your head, in which case I suggest Seroguel 300mg twice daily). This will prevent the Messiah from filling more stupid shit into your head.
O&A sucked and were way overrated... I tried to listen to them but they were not funny at all. The only funny cat at the show with little Jimmy Norton, Opie was ok and Anthony a racist whiney bitch. They could go fuck themselves for all I care.... Unemployment line for these self loathing bastards...