The End is Near??

[buya97]

Since the weekend, I have seen nothing bickering from everyone (pro and con) to the free fm situation. Now my question to everyone is, is this the end of show as we know it, and if not, is this the end of the loyal fanbase that we have grown to know and love since the am show started. I have noticed more and more people that are second guessing ONA and feel like they are doing a "bad thing". These people would be less likely to do anything that would involve "pest work". Just wondering if we are weakening ourselfs, or is this just phase one of Purge v.2.0?

[WOWmagnet]

This only makes the show stronger. Give it some time and enjoy.

[DonTheTrucker]

This is going to be great.

[badcellphoneguy]

(kelsey grammer) "oh dear lord" (kelsey grammer)

[madbam]

If everyone would just give them some time and relax a little things will work out just fine. Like Op said this morning and other numerous times...they have been doing this radio show for over 10 yrs...10 yrs people (a little Don West for ya) There are going to be naysayers and critics but hey thats what makes it fun when it does work. So not like I have any influence but my advice is to sit tight and enjoy the ride..

[buya97]

I have all the faith in the world in the boys, and I believe they know whats best for the show and the fans, I was trying to gauge what the general consensus of the baord fealt on that subject.

[The Stormrider]

(kelsey grammer) "oh dear lord" (kelsey grammer)

Good Lord! Good Lord! Good Lord!

[Pete from CT]

Yes, because as we all know, NO ONE listened when they were on for free in Boston and in New York.

[Coffee Diva]

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[cpontani]

I just want to know if CBS will drop the Free-FM moniker.

[AJellyDonut]

Wow...the threads just get worse and worse.

[DonTheTrucker]

Who cares what they call themselves....Free FM is a lot better than THE HOME OF ROCK AND ROLL or THE X, or some other such faggotry.

[Jalapeno-Juice]

Good....O&A always Win in the END. Good Luck Bros.:icon_eek:

[vice86]

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[fewtoomany]

I thought the show was great on WNEW and have grown to like it even more on XM, but I'm not going to pass judgement until I hear the show for a few months.
As for the fan base I would guess that the FM fan base may outnumber the XM fan base while the XM fan base grows in the future, but all will be fans none the less. The XM fans will just be more gooder.

[JSHAW]

Personally I'm tired of all the second guessing and naysaying that's going on here on WB.

O&A know what they're doing and what's best for the show. It's THEIR show, let them do their job, sit back, relax and enjoy the funny.

From the statements that O&A made to the media yesterday about it being "their dream come true", I'm happy for them.

The fans, YES YOU, you don't get to produce the show. You don't get to make the business decisions for the boys. Now please, STFU and let the boys do what they do best, CRINGE RADIO.

[Amazingkaddycap]

Anyone who can't see why this is huge for O&A is a complete idiot.

[vice86]

Personally I'm tired of all the second guessing and naysaying that's going on here on WB.

O&A know what they're doing and what's best for the show. It's THEIR show, let them do their job, sit back, relax and enjoy the funny.

From the statements that O&A made to the media yesterday about it being "their dream come true", I'm happy for them.

The fans, YES YOU, you don't get to produce the show. You don't get to make the business decisions for the boys. Now please, STFU and let the boys do what they do best, CRINGE RADIO.


lol..so true. Either STFU and enjoy the shows....or go listen to Stern. People ALWAYS find something to complain about.

[Smokezilla]

I trust the B-B-Boys. They are professionals, aren't they?:icon_wink

[vice86]

Im actually excited to hear them on FreeFM! Good for me, eh?

[LilJimmyRbinson]

I've looked around and can't find it, maybe someone here can help out. What will be done about FM's 10+ minute commercials? Will they come back on XM while FM is still in commercial or will they just do "sands through the hour glass" type stuff?

[toporshaqr]

I don't know. They spent 18 months bashing terrestial radio saying why would anyone want to be on there....and here they are?
Now for being a fan since wnew and an avid listener I will only get them uncensored for 2 hours rather then 4. I don't think that sounds like a good deal to me.
Think what you will of the new show, but there is no way during the 3 hour cbs show that they will be allowed to play things like Pat O'briens' sex tapes. No way little Jimmy will be allowed to be, well, raunchy little Jimmy. I just don't see it happening. And that's what I REALLY enjoyed during thier xm show. It will be a watered down, cencored, version of thier xm show. And who wants that? I'm sorry, but being muzzled by the fcc so they could do things like the 50 drum challenge just isn't worth it.
I wish them the best, but I don't like the direction this went.

[King of Depew]

I don't know. They spent 18 months bashing terrestial radio saying why would anyone want to be on there....and here they are?
Now for being a fan since wnew and an avid listener I will only get them uncensored for 2 hours rather then 4. I don't think that sounds like a good deal to me.
Think what you will of the new show, but there is no way during the 3 hour cbs show that they will be allowed to play things like Pat O'briens' sex tapes. No way little Jimmy will be allowed to be, well, raunchy little Jimmy. I just don't see it happening. And that's what I REALLY enjoyed during thier xm show. It will be a watered down, cencored, version of thier xm show. And who wants that? I'm sorry, but being muzzled by the fcc so they could do things like the 50 drum challenge just isn't worth it.
I wish them the best, but I don't like the direction this went.

I hear this. I'm def gonna give the show a chance, yes, it's too soon to just completely dismiss them. But I def see storm clouds overhead. If the fucking 3 hours that we're paying to hear are severely compromised, I'm gonna do that hilarious (and original suggestion, since I never hear it) sequence: "Unplug...flush....fuck my mother". (I dont even think Bonnie is laughing at that one anymore) Oh yeah, and then go buy Stern. Cause anyone that has any kind of problem with this very radical turn of events should get rid of their XM and automatically buy Sirius. :icon_mad:

[patmoran]

O&A were great wnew , and will be great on FREE FM...Simple as that mister

[patmoran]

i am not new, just haven't visited here in awhile, been on the other site, don't know if I am allowed to mention it or not, but have been listening to xm for the past 8 months

[Harvey_Birdman]

If I complain about the CBS show they can't even tell me to "flush it down the toliet and go fuck my mother."

[Sinn Fein]

Jesus Christ... enough.

They haven't even aired the first combined show yet.

Calmo....

[bundle of joy]

We're all bitching. Thats a given, it's the beginning of something new. Most people dont like change. A month or two from now, the pests, O&A, everybody will be stronger and more gooder.

[pinheadrbc]

today's show was horse shit. they ignored everyone who made a good point. the biggest issue that pertains to us is the commercial time, and they think they can put old worst of on and appease us? this attempt to insult our intelligence is absurd. remember how you said "give them a chance" during the summer when youre getting TWENTY MINUTE bits again and paying for them. we paid for the one hour clips, and i guarantee we lose them after the FIRST months ratings are followed by huge advertising bucks. they should have fought to stay on the air during FM commercial time, they should have fought to do an XM show and make CBS edit it, instead we as XM listeners are going to be the ones who suffer. I'm not addressing their content, because I realize that they're capable of putting on a funny show. But it's going to be just like before they were fired from NEW: funny, but in very small doses. Of course we're going to keep listening, but for me, it will forever be with a grain of salt, as nothing they say will ever seem honest again.

[mwgiii]

Like most, I'm not too excited that they are back on FM, BUT I will give them a couple of months to see how it works out.

Props to the boys though, they should get a nice pay day out of it.

[Harvey_Birdman]

as nothing they say will ever seem honest again.

Exactly, and their honesty was a big part of what made the show great.

[DELORES HAZE]

today's show was horse shit. they ignored everyone who made a good point. the biggest issue that pertains to us is the commercial time, and they think they can put old worst of on and appease us? this attempt to insult our intelligence is absurd. remember how you said "give them a chance" during the summer when youre getting TWENTY MINUTE bits again and paying for them. we paid for the one hour clips, and i guarantee we lose them after the FIRST months ratings are followed by huge advertising bucks. they should have fought to stay on the air during FM commercial time, they should have fought to do an XM show and make CBS edit it, instead we as XM listeners are going to be the ones who suffer. I'm not addressing their content, because I realize that they're capable of putting on a funny show. But it's going to be just like before they were fired from NEW: funny, but in very small doses. Of course we're going to keep listening, but for me, it will forever be with a grain of salt, as nothing they say will ever seem honest again.

I hear you. I feel as an XM subscriber, I'm getting the short end of the stick.
I kept up the service just for O&A, and now I'm getting 2 hours instead of 4.
And how long do you think it will be until the CBS show starts taking 20 minute commerical breaks every hour? If they could have stayed on during the commercial breaks for the loyal XM subscribers.. do you know how cool that would have been? Instead we'll be getting promos and old WNEW best ofs for 20 minutes out of the hour. So in reality it will be more like an hour and 20 uncensored minutes, instead of 4 hours. The spontaneity of the wild tangents the boys go off on.. Jimmy's spur of the moment rants.. its all gone. . What we will be getting is a completely new kind of O&A show. It will no doubt be the funniest FCC muzzled show on terestial radio.. but the XM era is over. What O&A really want is a huge audience. They don't give a shit if its on XM or terrestial radio. My feeling is when they start getting Stern sized ratings (and they will) the walk down the street will come to an end. The boys will have a huge national audience, and their new listeners won't have a clue how great the old XM show was. Who knows, when they start making enough to fly the Opie-copter up to the hamptons, they might even get a hole.

[pinheadrbc]

good post by me, sometimes i surprise myself:clap: quoted all over the place. i should be in minelli's next article

[mendozathejew]

Who knows, when they start making enough to fly the Opie-copter up to the hamptons, they might even get a hole.

now, youve taken it too far.

the FM radio show in the long run will make the 2 hour XM show better than it was for the past 18 months.

[getmeajury]

Indeed the XM era is over.
The bbboys will go on to make funny free-fm radio undoubtedly.
If you dig the double entandrae, and dubious references, bleeps, and oh-so-safe references have fun.
I,for one will continue listen yet always pining for the “good ole” days when Jimmy could talk endlessly about shoe leather abortions etc, etc.

[Stinky'sGhost]

Amazing that alot of folk complain their not as good on XM as they were on wnew. Now that their going back too the airwaves where they are said to have done their best show another group of people are shitting on them. I have just gotten used to the fact that some people have nothing better to do then whine and bitch so it's not even worth paying attention to them. Listen or don't, it's that simple.

[Stinky'sGhost]

What O&A really want is a huge audience.

Isn't that why someone put's on a radio show? Would you rather them sit in obscurity because it appeases you?

[DELORES HAZE]

Indeed the XM era is over.
The bbboys will go on to make funny free-fm radio undoubtedly.
If you dig the double entandrae, and dubious references, bleeps, and oh-so-safe references have fun.
I,for one will continue listen yet always pining for the “good ole” days when Jimmy could talk endlessly about shoe leather abortions etc, etc.

Does the FCC muzzle even allow for double entandraes anymore? Remember Anthony saying you could be fined because the FCC said they knew what you meant by the double entandrae? Fuckin scary.

[PotatoBalls]

It is going to be very strange at first. Just like the xm show was strange at first. However, I'm happy for the boys and I think this is going to be great.:clap:

[getmeajury]

Does the FCC muzzle even allow for double entandraes anymore? Remember Anthony saying you could be fined because the FCC said they knew what you meant by the double entandrae? Fuckin scary.

Thats a good question.
Anybody know if there is a way for a layman to access documentation about FCC standards?

[niklbag]

to all the people who say the show wont change , the replay is on and i counted 12 curses in the first 10 minutes of the show about 5 in the intro alone. stay the same huh?

[FANDICK]

to all the people who say the show wont change , the replay is on and i counted 12 curses in the first 10 minutes of the show about 5 in the intro alone. stay the same huh?

Oh no! Oh no!

Isn't two or so hours of cursing and whatever else enough?

Who gives a fuck if it comes after 9 am?

Not to mention they have all of the WNEW stuff back...you know...the CENSORED show that everyone fell in love with in the first place?

:icon_roll

[WOWmagnet]

Thats a good question.
Anybody know if there is a way for a layman to access documentation about FCC standards?

It's not about specific rules. It's about radio stations not wanting to take the FCC to court over the rules. It's cheaper to pay $1,000,000 than to fight a 5-year court battle and possible have your braodcast liscense pulled indefinately.
The sick thing is that the FCC was NOT created to monitor content. It was chartered to regulate braodcast power.

[DELORES HAZE]

Isn't that why someone put's on a radio show? Would you rather them sit in obscurity because it appeases you?

I'll elaborate. If you build up a huge audience, and constantly get Stern-sized ratings, then why worry about what your listener's think. There's no incentive to keep doing a funnier show or take chances with the FCC.
Once the boys build up an audience on terrestial radio, they won't need XM to fall back on. As long as the paycheck is there it doesn't matter to them if they have the ability to say fuck or not. I think I'm still allowed to listen to the show and have an opinion. I'll probably still listen when they move back to free FM for good too. I don't think the show will ever be as good as it was on XM, but I can guarantee you they will still be the funniest thing on terrestial radio.

[Harvey_Birdman]

What O&A really want is a huge audience.
No doubt.

0Isn't that why someone put's on a radio show? Would you rather them sit in obscurity because it appeases you?

As a listener, I am only interested in good radio. I don't care if it's popular radio or not. As the move to CBS is likely to produce less funny radio - I don't like it.

No matter how funny they are on CBS I will be thinking that they could always be more funny if they weren't restricted.

[LastDeadMouse]

Is there any word on what the replay schedule will be? I listen at work from 7 - 11 pm and I'm asleep in the morning (late shift sucks ass) so if there's no replay in the evening, I'm screwed.

[getmeajury]

It's not about specific rules. It's about radio stations not wanting to take the FCC to court over the rules. It's cheaper to pay $1,000,000 than to fight a 5-year court battle and possible have your braodcast liscense pulled indefinately.
The sick thing is that the FCC was NOT created to monitor content. It was chartered to regulate braodcast power.

You are correct it is not about specific rules, the interpretation of the "rules" and the prospect of court battles over these interpratations is what it is about. Still I am curious as the what these written rules are.

It is indeed sick, and kinda frightening.

[JSHAW]

There's no incentive to keep doing a funnier show or take chances with the FCC.

The incentive to keep doing a funnier show is so they keep their reputation for being a funny show and cutting edge, and the need to take chances with the FCC?

They no longer need to take those chances, they have their XM gig to be the pressure release valve. Want to let the expletives fly? Walk over to the XM studio and it'll be done there.

With Anthony's new home purchase, Opie's future home purchase and Jimmy's shining future I feel the boys are looking for a more stable career which means they're in this for the long haul. In their own words, they've learned their lesson. I seriously don't see Opie trying to trainwreck their new deal.

The boys incentive is to show their peers that they're the BEST show on radio and that they deserve to be where they are. When you're always being compared to Stern there's plenty of incentive to go in the studio and do the best show you can on a daily basis.

[Save My Up's Dick]

Wow...the threads just get worse and worse.
Unfortunately they are going to get worse.


....I thought he said "The sheriff is near"

[niklbag]

The only thing keeping me from clogging my toilet with my xm unit and bending my mother over is the fact that ive heard o&a do a very entertaining show on regular radio and im a pest to the bone. I think most of my frustration comes from the fact that(even though i might be nieve)o&a where loyal to their listeners. I payed my 2 bucks extra a month when nobody knew they were back. thats my loyalty. why does it seem that the fans that have been there for 18 months take a back seat to listeners who didnt have enough dedication and loyalty to shell out the cash to support the bbboys. Of course im going to continue to listen but i think o&a have given up the freedom to be the most creative show on the air anywhere. Now in the midst of this deal i feel like we are gonna be watching sopranos on the cartoon network. Im not mad at the fact they are making more money . they are not sellouts. I am mad at the fact that XM listeners who pay get second fiddle now. Why am i loyal if they arent loyal to us? i mean i cant and wont stop listening but WTF!

[kloraferm]

Bzzz! Try again dumbass!

[getmeajury]

...why does it seem that the fans that have been there for 18 months take a back seat to listeners who didnt have enough dedication and loyalty to shell out the cash to support the bbboys. Of course im going to continue to listen but i think o&a have given up the freedom to be the most creative show on the air anywhere. Now in the midst of this deal i feel like we are gonna be watching sopranos on the cartoon network. Im not mad at the fact they are making more money . they are not sellouts. I am mad at the fact that XM listeners who pay get second fiddle now. Why am i loyal if they arent loyal to us? i mean i cant and wont stop listening but WTF!

Well put. I have 2 xm subscriptions, and subscribe to the audible download. Will I cancel any of these? Fuck no. O and A are now and will be the funniest shit out there. That in no way prevents me from saying WTF, and commenting on how much better they would be if not censored.

[MJMANDALAY]

Gotta remember the Free Fans won't be hearing the end of the show without XM. And I would doubt that the boyz will rehash what happened the last two or three hours of the show the next morning. So XM fans will definatly have it much better. On top of more hours we get more laughs and more info.

[Harvey_Birdman]

On top of more hours we get more laughs and more info.

Don't believe the hype. The hours will rapidly diminish as pay commercials eat up more and more of free fm's time.

CBS will always be less potentially funny than XM.

Here's a mathematical representation of same:

CBS (X) = XM (X) - Y + (CBS Z (2.5)) + A

Where x represents funny
Y represents curse words, **** jokes and racist humour
Z represents the amount of commercials and
A represents a larger audience

[getmeajury]

CBS (X) = XM (X) - Y - (CBS Z (2.5)) + A

Where x represents funny
Y represents curse words, **** jokes and racist humour
Z represents the amount of commercials and
A represents a larger audience

"Birdman's Law of Diminishing Funny"

SCIENCE!

[Harvey_Birdman]

It's obviously true because it has an equal sign.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

today's show was horse shit. they ignored everyone who made a good point. the biggest issue that pertains to us is the commercial time, and they think they can put old worst of on and appease us? this attempt to insult our intelligence is absurd. remember how you said "give them a chance" during the summer when youre getting TWENTY MINUTE bits again and paying for them. we paid for the one hour clips, and i guarantee we lose them after the FIRST months ratings are followed by huge advertising bucks. they should have fought to stay on the air during FM commercial time, they should have fought to do an XM show and make CBS edit it, instead we as XM listeners are going to be the ones who suffer.

I can't help but feel a little slighted to be a loyal subscriber since day one and have them cater to CBS instead of vice versa. When I first heard about this I pictured the FM outlets getting the rights to air what they want and can from the XM show everyday. They could be on a half hour delay and that would provide enough time for FM dumping each day.

Now instead of 3 1/2 hours of live XM show we'll get maybe and hour and 45 minutes. I'm confident that the 6-9am block will still be funny, but I got XM for not just O&A but so I wouldn't have to listen to 20 minute commercial blocks.

However, XM has 170 other channels and I dont' understand how people can ignore all the other content and listen to O&A 3 times a day.

[rancidcuntjuice]

The only thing keeping me from clogging my toilet with my xm unit and bending my mother over is the fact that ive heard o&a do a very entertaining show on regular radio and im a pest to the bone. I think most of my frustration comes from the fact that(even though i might be nieve)o&a where loyal to their listeners. I payed my 2 bucks extra a month when nobody knew they were back. thats my loyalty. why does it seem that the fans that have been there for 18 months take a back seat to listeners who didnt have enough dedication and loyalty to shell out the cash to support the bbboys. Of course im going to continue to listen but i think o&a have given up the freedom to be the most creative show on the air anywhere. Now in the midst of this deal i feel like we are gonna be watching sopranos on the cartoon network. Im not mad at the fact they are making more money . they are not sellouts. I am mad at the fact that XM listeners who pay get second fiddle now. Why am i loyal if they arent loyal to us? i mean i cant and wont stop listening but WTF!

I don't know what everyone is worried about. Opie can't control himself. Once he arranges for a Voyeur Bus load of porn stars to be dropped off at St. Patrick's Cathedral to have sex on the alter with the mayor of Boston and order an attack on the reporters that cover it, they'll be fired and back on XM exclusively.

I agree with you Niklbag. It is great that they will be making more money. It is great that they will have a larger audience. It is great that they will have more fame. They deserve all of it. It will still be a good show. You are a tool and sheep however if you think that a show with more language restrictions and more commercials (or at least breaks for commercials) is more better.

[King of Depew]

"With Anthony's new home purchase, Opie's future home purchase and Jimmy's shining future I feel the boys are looking for a more stable career which means they're in this for the long haul. In their own words, they've learned their lesson. I seriously don't see Opie trying to trainwreck their new deal."

EXACTLY. That's the problem. The boys are getting old, they were always punk rock radio. They did whatever they wanted, told anyone that said shit to em to fuck off, and were just out of control assholes. And that's the beauty of the O and A show, they dont take shit from anyone and above all were loyal to the listeners.

But now we have a more cleaned up show. I wish people would realize its not just about hearing "swear words", it's the whole attitude of the show. Now they have to temper themselves for a commercial radio audience, who they have trashed for the better part of two years and now have both feet in their mouth because they're playing ball with them again. They compromised the intergrity of the show and they went back on their word, this is a first as far as I know in their career and is most likely the beginning of an awful new trend.

I dont care how funny the CBS portion is, now we have to sit through long commercial breaks and have 3/5 of the show "tempered down". This eats at me more and more seemingly every fuckin hour of the day, it's really pissing me off.

As Cartman would say: "It's wrooooong. It's WRONG!"

[toporshaqr]

they should have fought to do an XM show and make CBS edit it, instead we as XM listeners are going to be the ones who suffer. I'm not addressing their content, because I realize that they're capable of putting on a funny show. But it's going to be just like before they were fired from NEW: funny, but in very small doses. Of course we're going to keep listening, but for me, it will forever be with a grain of salt, as nothing they say will ever seem honest again.

Agreed. They really should've just fed cbs thier xm show and let cbs deal with editing it how they wanted. I will still listen to them and give them a chance. But I just don't see how it will ever be as good the thier xm show.
It's like I'll be listening to a LiteXM station playing soft music.

[Niwot's Curse]

I will certainly give them my trust and will listen no matter what, but this move really really stinks. I just don't get how you can lambast free radio for 2 years and then turn around just like that and go back to it for 60% of their show. Can you say seeeeeellll out?
So for 3 hours we, the XM listeners get a watered down show, and then we get 20 minute "worst ofs" while the cbs listeners have commercials. Too much worst of = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I dunno, I will listen b/c I love the boys, but I really wish they had just stayed exclusive to XM :(

[Niwot's Curse]

Agreed. They really should've just fed cbs thier xm show and let cbs deal with editing it how they wanted. I will still listen to them and give them a chance. But I just don't see how it will ever be as good the thier xm show.
It's like I'll be listening to a LiteXM station playing soft music.


totally agree ^^^

[Stinky'sGhost]

I'll elaborate. If you build up a huge audience, and constantly get Stern-sized ratings, then why worry about what your listener's think. There's no incentive to keep doing a funnier show or take chances with the FCC.
Once the boys build up an audience on terrestial radio, they won't need XM to fall back on. As long as the paycheck is there it doesn't matter to them if they have the ability to say fuck or not. I think I'm still allowed to listen to the show and have an opinion. I'll probably still listen when they move back to free FM for good too. I don't think the show will ever be as good as it was on XM, but I can guarantee you they will still be the funniest thing on terrestial radio.

They already don't care what listeners think, that's why the shows funny. They don't try to make every asshole happy like Z-morning zoo's across the country do. If they listened to you and every other shithead with an opinion it would be what Howards show became, keeping everyone happy by doing the same shit week in and week out.

[mendozathejew]

can naysayers explain to me why in your view they can not make the show the "best of both worlds?" explain why you think its not possible that we get the old WNEW show and the new XM show in the same day

[Chichomang]

I'll still listen on my XM subs... I'll give it a try - they're still better than everything else even when censored. But I really don't expect O&A to be doing this dual format thing much past October.

[Garm]

Don't believe the hype. The hours will rapidly diminish as pay commercials eat up more and more of free fm's time.

CBS will always be less potentially funny than XM.

Here's a mathematical representation of same:

CBS (X) = XM (X) - Y + (CBS Z (2.5)) + A

Where x represents funny
Y represents curse words, **** jokes and racist humour
Z represents the amount of commercials and
A represents a larger audience

You forgot friction coeficient

[mascan42]

The key to making sure the XM show doesn't suffer is not allowing CBS to have too much control over it. IMHO, there are two things that can be done to keep this from happening:

1. Move the show back to the XM studios for the entire broadcast.
2. Have a long delay on the CBS feed. I mean twice as long as the old WNEW feed. 90 seconds should do it. That will give CBS the time to decide if a bit is too much for terrestrial radio and dump to a commercial break.

I'm not saying that we need cursing, but we do need O&A to feel free to speak their minds.

[Pvt Oompa Loomp]

Hey guys? I understand your frustrations. Really, I do. I sympathize.
(Okay. No. I don't.) But as a listener from show 1 ( I mean their very first show EVERRRR) trust me when I say there is method in their madness.
I crack up at ALL these Nicky Negative posts. It's like deja vu all over again.
Memories. Memories.

Just wait boy and girls. There is shenanigans at work. GOOD SHENANIGANS.
They can't tell us EVERYTHING!!!


All I have to say is: PURGE!!!!!

[YourAmishDaddy]

Eat your own, ladies and gentlemen.... Eat your own..

[JayDawg]

Does anyone realize that if they curse it will be on XM. When they made the anouncement they were on a long delay, almost a minute. So the person who counted 12 curse words in the first 10 min can do the same tomorrow. The advantages of having XM : MORE show, replays Plus if you have a Skyfi or Myfi you can pause the show. And I was a fan before XM Im sure Ill still be laughin all day, yes ALL day (replays)

[Tow Truck Tony]

The only thing keeping me from clogging my toilet with my xm unit and bending my mother over is the fact that ive heard o&a do a very entertaining show on regular radio and im a pest to the bone. I think most of my frustration comes from the fact that(even though i might be nieve)o&a where loyal to their listeners. I payed my 2 bucks extra a month when nobody knew they were back. thats my loyalty. why does it seem that the fans that have been there for 18 months take a back seat to listeners who didnt have enough dedication and loyalty to shell out the cash to support the bbboys. Of course im going to continue to listen but i think o&a have given up the freedom to be the most creative show on the air anywhere. Now in the midst of this deal i feel like we are gonna be watching sopranos on the cartoon network. Im not mad at the fact they are making more money . they are not sellouts. I am mad at the fact that XM listeners who pay get second fiddle now. Why am i loyal if they arent loyal to us? i mean i cant and wont stop listening but WTF!


first, think about this..... XM does VERY little Marketing for the show, I rarely see anything in the Xm Signal, or in magazines, or billboards.....So the only way people know about the show are folks that come here, or the other fan sites, maybe Google "Opie and Anthony" occasionally, word of mouth, etc.
Also, some of the "Loyal" fans from WNEW and the other 18 syndicated Infinity stations from the ole days are the reason the boys are even on XM.....If they weren't huge then they wouldn't be here now.....You must also remember that some people just can't afford the 12.95/month plus the unit....and believe it or not, a lot of people STILL have dial-up computer connections..(xmonline is not worth $7/month with dial-up). I payed the extra $2 18 months ago, but I also spent over 2 years waiting for them to come back from the NEW incident, after listening on WNEW for 3 years, and WYSP while in Syndication.....

Going back to Terrestrial radio in any capacity is HUGE for the show, regardless of what they may have said about it, they also have said that if there was a way to simulcast the show they would do it....For now we have to just chill and wait....O&A are EXTREMELY loyal to their fans ALL OF THEM, XM, and FREE FM......But at the same time, they have to make sure that they can live, yes they may be millionaires already, but they have worked extrememly hard to get where they are, and they deserve ALL OF IT....oh and I don't see it as us playing second fiddle, because the shows are on XM, and we have a whole channel dedicated to O&A and R&F....FREE FM ONLY gets 3 hours a day 5 days a week......

[TeenBungle]

this all has become very disheartening. they will be compromising the show, after a month or so they will not go over 11 as much as they initially will and expect us to get used that. i dont want to admit it but it really seems like this was their plan all along and they used our loyality and all along they wanted a big paycheck and to be in howies old timespot so they could somehow finally get out of howies shadow. they seem so desperate now to prove themselves better than howie. and lets not get into how they fucked over ron and fez. but like i have said before i will give the new show a shot, but if it does turn out to be compromised i will turn my back on them. i bought an xm the two days before they came on satellite. as most of you have. are loyalty kept them from faling into obscurity for those two and a half years.

[waycar]

Since the weekend, I have seen nothing bickering from everyone (pro and con) to the free fm situation. Now my question to everyone is, is this the end of show as we know it, and if not, is this the end of the loyal fanbase that we have grown to know and love since the am show started. I have noticed more and more people that are second guessing ONA and feel like they are doing a "bad thing". These people would be less likely to do anything that would involve "pest work". Just wondering if we are weakening ourselfs, or is this just phase one of Purge v.2.0?


how long before us XMers get phased out? that's what I'm worried about. I'm not going back to terrestrial radio. EVER.

and i think i will vomit when i hear one of the guys yell HOLY ESS!

[jlfrench]

with increased ratings come increased commercial lenght/frequency. So in theory the "better" the show gets, the less of it we have access to. I really really hate to even think it, but this may be the jump the shark moment directly following the (imo) best 2 years of radio the boys have put together in their careers.

[waycar]

The key to making sure the XM show doesn't suffer is not allowing CBS to have too much control over it. IMHO, there are two things that can be done to keep this from happening:

1. Move the show back to the XM studios for the entire broadcast.
2. Have a long delay on the CBS feed. I mean twice as long as the old WNEW feed. 90 seconds should do it. That will give CBS the time to decide if a bit is too much for terrestrial radio and dump to a commercial break.

I'm not saying that we need cursing, but we do need O&A to feel free to speak their minds.

I whole heartedly fucking agree.
I don't see why they couldn't have gotten this done. Was everyone too eager to get this deal done? CBS was the desperate party that came to O and A and XM for help. For everyone that says it won't affect the show I say bullshit. Half the god damned soundboard clips can't even be used.

[25133WhooOoAH]

i dont get why they are doing this in 2 studios? why dont they just broadcast from there studio and just have the subs go everywhere xm/cbs........

[HowardsYamBag]

Since the weekend, I have seen nothing bickering from everyone (pro and con) to the free fm situation. Now my question to everyone is, is this the end of show as we know it, and if not, is this the end of the loyal fanbase that we have grown to know and love since the am show started. I have noticed more and more people that are second guessing ONA and feel like they are doing a "bad thing". These people would be less likely to do anything that would involve "pest work". Just wondering if we are weakening ourselfs, or is this just phase one of Purge v.2.0?

Why is anyone even questioning this move?

O&A have done this for years, they know their show better than any of us moron listeners. Just let them do their thing and enjoy it. Frankly, now we get more new material each day.

[jlfrench]

Why is anyone even questioning this move?

O&A have done this for years, they know their show better than any of us moron listeners. Just let them do their thing and enjoy it. Frankly, now we get more new material each day.

how are we getting more new material each day?

[waycar]

I can't help but feel a little slighted to be a loyal subscriber since day one and have them cater to CBS instead of vice versa. When I first heard about this I pictured the FM outlets getting the rights to air what they want and can from the XM show everyday. They could be on a half hour delay and that would provide enough time for FM dumping each day.

Now instead of 3 1/2 hours of live XM show we'll get maybe and hour and 45 minutes. I'm confident that the 6-9am block will still be funny, but I got XM for not just O&A but so I wouldn't have to listen to 20 minute commercial blocks.

However, XM has 170 other channels and I dont' understand how people can ignore all the other content and listen to O&A 3 times a day.


i agree with pinhead. I don't want to hear worst of during commercail breaks. bullshit. they should keep talking and not interrupt the show for us, the xm listeners that are PAYING for the show. why not give the freeFM'ers some incentive to go out and buy a fucking XM radio? that way we get to keep our hour long show with no breaks, XM gets to activate some radios and CBS gets thier show.

[BitWrecker]

End Near??? It is just beginning!!!!
And no, I am not referring to all of this crybaby bitching.

[BitWrecker]

psst, 5-6 hours for us..SHUT UP!!!!!

[jlfrench]

End Near??? It is just beginning!!!!
And no, I am not referring to all of this crybaby bitching.

not needed, valid points and concerns being discussed, don't degrade this into a confrontational tit for tat.

[jlfrench]

psst, 5-6 hours for us..SHUT UP!!!!!
actually with all due respect I believe the show runs 3 and a half hours or so now in 4 hours.

Starting tomorrow we would need to listen for an additional hour to get less SHOW than that. Here's how I figure.

6-9am 40 minutes max of show per hour.
9-9:15am "walk across the street"
add in one to two 10 minute piss breaks, and the slow winter walks and we get less. Best case scenerio we listen for an additional hour to get exactly the same content wise.

[MAVRIC305]

http://members.aol.com/mavric305/images/cbsxmwow.gif

I will just say prepare for a revolutionary Whip 'em out Wednesday!

[BitWrecker]

http://members.aol.com/mavric305/images/cbsxmwow.gif

I will just say prepare for a revolutionary Whip 'em out Wednesday!

Love it...Perhaps this is why they are starting on Wednesday.....Very intuitive

[DELORES HAZE]

Since the weekend, I have seen nothing bickering from everyone (pro and con) to the free fm situation. Now my question to everyone is, is this the end of show as we know it, and if not, is this the end of the loyal fanbase that we have grown to know and love since the am show started. I have noticed more and more people that are second guessing ONA and feel like they are doing a "bad thing". These people would be less likely to do anything that would involve "pest work". Just wondering if we are weakening ourselfs, or is this just phase one of Purge v.2.0?

I'm losing faith because as an XM subscriber I feel like I'm getting fucked over. I feel with commercial time filled with promos or best of stuff.. I'm paying for about 1.5 hours whereas I used to get 4 uncensored hours. On todays show anyone who brought that topic up, was laughed at and hung up on. It wasn't the usual stuff.. it was actual contempt. XM was the stepping stone to get back free FM. I think the show will evolve into an immensely popular FCC muzzled free XM show. Those of us who loved the XM era, will be bowing our heads in sadness. As an XM subscriber pests knew there was a urgency to spread the virus. The new listeners will not be pests, but fans who will just take for granted the show will be everywhere on the dial, good or not. . For example, I can't see FM fans taking up a collection to hire a billboard in O-town just to fuck with a local DJ. This won't be a purge, this will be a new show. This will become a very popular FCC muzzled FM radio show. The original XM subsrcribers will still listen.. but shake their heads when they think about the original, edgy, and excellent show that was on XM. Oh.. if you haven't gathered... the XM show will last until the contract the is up. CBS will make them totally terrestial with another big payday to stop interest in satellite.

[BitWrecker]

Oh.. if you haven't gathered... the XM show will last until the contract the is up. CBS will make them totally terrestial with another big payday to stop interest in satellite.

Are you super-agent Bob Eatman??

[LIL ANT]

psst, 5-6 hours for us..SHUT UP!!!!!

You can't be that damn naive, 3 hours of bullshit free radio is at best 2 hours of radio. And no, i don't want to hear old bits from wnew, that'll be switch the channel time. Heard them all and don't want to relive the past as a way for them to try to pacify the XM listeners

End Near??? It is just beginning!!!!!!!!!

The end is the boys run on XM. This is about as close to holding up a white flag and saying "we can't cut it on xm alone" as you'll ever get.

[BitWrecker]

You can't be that damn naive, 3 hours of bullshit free radio is at best 2 hours of radio. And no, i don't want to hear old bits from wnew, that'll be switch the channel time. Heard them all and don't want to relive the past as a way for them to try to pacify the XM listeners

So, you are the guy who has only seen caddyshack and airplane 1 time??



The end is the boys run on XM. This is about as close to holding up a white flag and saying "we can't cut it on xm alone" as you'll ever get.

Or perhaps CBS is so confident based on what they have done on XM that they know it can save CBS's radio division, which is actually the fact.

[LIL ANT]

First heard them on WNEW and isntantly became a fan. After subscribing for the last 18 months on XM I definitely don't want to take the major step back that Free radio has to offer. The show is a 1000 times better on satelite.

Never thought I'd call the boys hypocrites but thats exactly what they've become.

"Satelite radio is the future like cable was to television"

Sure, then why are u putting the rabbit ears back on top of the set.

"We won't compromise the XM show"

1. Fuck you, 2 hours of uncensored radio isn't a compromise ??
2. The 2 hours of uncensored radio takes place between 9-11am when only the west coast could give two shits, not even morning drive time.

"Censored broadcasts of classic movies are the worst"

Great, now we get 3 hours of O&A Scarface with all the corny bleeps and code words.


"Don't worry we got it all planned out"

Guess the money was more important than the plan, cus the plan blows.

Best day ever for O&A - Worst day ever for the XM fans.

If the gig works out like it should on Free radio - you can start counting the days before before O&A leave the tough world of satelite radio.

[stupernicus]

after you've done heroin, tylenol pm ain't gonna cut it.

[supertool]

O&A were great wnew , and will be great on FREE FM...Simple as that mister

No one is disputing this, I've listened to both, the XM version is much better, mister.

[supertool]

First heard them on WNEW and isntantly became a fan. After subscribing for the last 18 months on XM I definitely don't want to take the major step back that Free radio has to offer. The show is a 1000 times better on satelite.

Never thought I'd call the boys hypocrites but thats exactly what they've become.

"Satelite radio is the future like cable was to television"

Sure, then why are u putting the rabbit ears back on top of the set.

"We won't compromise the XM show"

1. Fuck you, 2 hours of uncensored radio isn't a compromise ??
2. The 2 hours of uncensored radio takes place between 9-11am when only the west coast could give two shits, not even morning drive time.

"Censored broadcasts of classic movies are the worst"

Great, now we get 3 hours of O&A Scarface with all the corny bleeps and code words.


"Don't worry we got it all planned out"

Guess the money was more important than the plan, cus the plan blows.

Best day ever for O&A - Worst day ever for the XM fans.

If the gig works out like it should on Free radio - you can start counting the days before before O&A leave the tough world of satelite radio.

I wish I could argue with you. I really do.

[BitWrecker]

corny bleeps will only be on FM, code words were part of their charm for 8 years, going in with a negative attitude will only slow the process.
Be open minded for a week or 2 while this works itself out, and I Gaurentee you it is move along without a hitch

[supertool]

corny bleeps will only be on FM, code words were part of their charm for 8 years, going in with a negative attitude will only slow the process.
Be open minded for a week or 2 while this works itself out, and I Gaurentee you it is move along without a hitch


Les? Is that you?

[whoisisthis]

First heard them on WNEW and isntantly became a fan. After subscribing for the last 18 months on XM I definitely don't want to take the major step back that Free radio has to offer. The show is a 1000 times better on satelite.

Never thought I'd call the boys hypocrites but thats exactly what they've become.

"Satelite radio is the future like cable was to television"

Sure, then why are u putting the rabbit ears back on top of the set.

"We won't compromise the XM show"

1. Fuck you, 2 hours of uncensored radio isn't a compromise ??
2. The 2 hours of uncensored radio takes place between 9-11am when only the west coast could give two shits, not even morning drive time.

"Censored broadcasts of classic movies are the worst"

Great, now we get 3 hours of O&A Scarface with all the corny bleeps and code words.


"Don't worry we got it all planned out"

Guess the money was more important than the plan, cus the plan blows.

Best day ever for O&A - Worst day ever for the XM fans.

If the gig works out like it should on Free radio - you can start counting the days before before O&A leave the tough world of satelite radio.

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[RuneSpyder]

I'm one of those people that had never listened to O&A before they moved to XM. I love(d) their XM show. It was awesome to hear their type of comedy. I hate to use buzzwords like "edgy" and "over the top", but that's what I liked. If I wanted to hear people pussy-foot around with their jokes always fearful of the next fine, I could have just listened to the local Seattle talk radio assholes.

XM and Sirius are in the same position that DVD was when it first came out. Everyone knew that VHS was dead when DVD was released. Everyone knows XM and Sirius are better than FM. Noone in FM will admit it.

I don't agree with "we are going to have the same conversations, just no dirty language" bullshit. I don't think I will hear Jimmy say "Kick a baby in the nuts" on FM. No dirty words, but it still won't happen.

Granted, the new show might be funny but it won't be as good as the current XM show.

It's ridiculous to think of this 2-show-a-day format as anything other than just a way to appease the XM listeners. Doing 2 shows a day is completely and utterly stupid and a huge waste of resources & time. Switching studios every day is going to get old real fast. I can say without a doubt that format isn't going to last long and it won't be long until the only show on XM is the FM show. It's a lock. I assume that switch will happen whenever their current XM contract is up. Then, XM will just have to pay CBS for the rights to broadcast the show, if they even want to anymore.

O&A just handed the future of satellite talk radio to Howard Stern & Sirius.

Sell-outs.

[MilitantRabbit]

O&A just handed the future of satellite talk radio to Howard Stern & Sirius.

Sell-outs.
And getting paid 100 mil a year and doing nothing you promised in the first place isn't?

[wrastler]

You can listen to their explanations all you want, but I'll tell you what's going on here. This stinks. They are screwing their XM fans and are pleading for you to wait until you judge? What they really are doing is asking you to wait until your anger dies down and you just accept that this is how things are. These guys were the deciding factor in my choosing XM over Sirius. The show is watered down as it is with them not having the characters / stunts / content they had on their WNEW show. If I were to switch to Sirius, at least I know that Howard is EXCLUSIVE programming and giving it his all. Isn't that what I was paying for here? We're being asked to accept a handout and on today's show it was shoved in our faces. Time to call the enemy and ask what kind of deal they can make for a deserter.

[cberth`]

what is there to be pissed at--i spent 180 on a myfi last month and added that second sub with my car sub--and now i get 3 hours of christian radio and then two hours of something at the end

but if i complain im not a real fan am I--go figure

[snakeeyes]

can naysayers explain to me why in your view they can not make the show the "best of both worlds?" explain why you think its not possible that we get the old WNEW show and the new XM show in the same day
Because,first of all they arent going to do the old NEW show. The show has changed,going to mornings. The NEW show was "Im off work its time to party"
The CBS show is going to be tamer for other reasons also. Maturity on the hosts part. Multi Million dollar mortgages to worry about. The climate of radio changing. Getting fired no longer means a bigger payday,and besides,where
would you go from CBS to get one?

Now lets address the notion of how great the NEW show was. Even OnA say the XM show was better because they had "freedom" So obviosly moving to a less free enviroment will make for less gooder radio.

Now lets look at the idea that we are getting more radio. Weve already figured out that when they start getting ratings,the 20 minute comercial breaks will start. That brings the FM show down to 2 hours of broadcasting. Plus the walk over, which will no doubt take up another 20 minutes. Now the 6 hour xm show is down to 4 hours and 40 minuts of broadcasting.
But do you seriously think they are going to go past 11 on a regular basis? I doubt it. Remember all the AFRO shows that were going to happen when R&F came on 202? How many of those did we have? And of those,how many was Anthony in studio for? Remember, he leaves at 11:01 and has a 20 minute drive home. If he leaves at 12:00 he has an hour and a half drive. So seriously, how often is the show going to go past 11:00?

So now we are down to 3hrs. and 40 min. of show. and Im not counting in any XM breaks. They might not take any. but 2 hrs of broadcasting time is Free FM watered down safe show. So we get 1hr and 40 min. of uncensored content. And its not about the F word. Its about the reaction of Duff on todays show when he realized Ant dropped the F bomb. Its about Jimmy Johnsons reaction to Caddy Jims comment. ("you didnt just go there"), its about breaking the Pat O'brian sex tapes and being the only people to hear the whole thing. Its about the Pat O'brian remixes. Its about the Emily Stern Remixes. Its about SHITDICK , and the Richard cheeze remix of shitdick. Its about John Valby in the stienway store.Its about the stuff you CAN'T hear on terrestrial radio.

And yes, I realize for the past couple months most of the content of the show could have been aired on Terrestrial. But except for certain jewles( Patrice Oneal outbursts, Jimmy Norton being ON FIRE since returning from LA), the show hasnt been as good the past couple of months. I measure how good the show is by how many times a day I listen to it. Before R&F came onboard I would listen to 12 or more hours a day. Lately I listen to 4 hours(sometimes less) very rarely 8 hrs. Sometimes I listen to Allen Colmes instead of the 2nd replay.

So, would all you terrestrial gung ho supporters explain to me how this is good for the XM subscribers?

[TeenBungle]

holy shit, sir. that was vey well put. sums up our side of the argument perfectly

[Krycek]

the only problem I'm having with the show so far today is that the commercial breaks every few minutes bring the show to a complete stop just when they get things rolling... I wish they could go for an hour without a break and then just double the commercials the way they did on the XM show

[BeersOnTheBoat]

Yes, first day...
Yes, Ant is sick...
Yes, they're on unsure ground...
Yes, they're getting used to the studio...
Yes, its all new...
Yes, I will stay with it to the end (whenever that is).

But.....where's the funny (which isn't shit, piss, fuck, cunt)?

[dannyssack]

I was a fan before XM, and I'm gonna be a fan wherever the boys go.They didn't have to say "fuck" or "cunt " before to be funny and deliver great radio. You're no real fan if you can't see how great it is that they have made one of the larget radio companies in this country submit & admit that radio gold-in any form is still gold. HAPPY B-DAY ANTHONY.

[Krycek]

I'm not complaining about the show itself, I love the show, I never got a chance to hear them on WNEW, because they got taken off the air right around the time I moved out to Jersey, but I did sign up for them when they went to XM because of what friends had said about their show. (had XM before they joined), They are great and I believe they can do the funny without the swearing, and blah blah blah, I'm just saying that the commercial breaks are killing the flow just as they start to get a good rythym going on

[DieAlready]

im glad they're going to Free FM. imma cancel my XM now.

[Tuggs]

38 mins on XM and a break already, fan fucking tastic.......

[supertool]

I think you came pretty close to nailing it Snakeeyes.

[sidisdead]

WOW that was very well said. I would love to hear their answer.

[Heller417]

You seem to forget Buya97 without the Free/WNEW FM listeners there would have never been an XM show. Don't count us out just yet. We got the boys to where they were, you XM guys kept it going. Now we all can spread the virus.

[Ben's Bulge]

I am going to give it time. I'm not going to sit here and say everything is going to hell because I find it idiotic. I also find people saying how great it will be just as idiotic as those saying it will tank. Also I really am trying not to be negative about this, but it is hard not to feel like I'm getting shafted when I'm paying for something I can get for free.

[Ben's Bulge]

You seem to forget Buya97 without the Free/WNEW FM listeners there would have never been an XM show. Don't count us out just yet. We got the boys to where they were, you XM guys kept it going. Now we all can spread the virus.

You realize that a good part of the XM listeners are old FM listeners who weren't cheap as fuck and actually bought an XM when we heard O&A were coming back?

[Mud Duck]

It's nice to see the concerns, and Im happy the bbboys are at least recognizing them... Snakeeyes pretty much put all of my concerns in a nutshell..

It's not soo much the cursing, but more of the content and lack of being able to have those priceless moments from 6-9pm as per snakeeyes examples (reaction of Duff on todays show when he realized Ant dropped the F bomb. Its about Jimmy Johnsons reaction to Caddy Jims comment "you didnt just go there", its about breaking the Pat O'brian sex tapes and being the only people to hear the whole thing. Its about the Pat O'brian remixes. Its about the Emily Stern Remixes. Its about SHITDICK , and the Richard cheeze remix of shitdick. Its about John Valby in the stienway store.Its about the stuff you CAN'T hear on terrestrial radio.)

You will NEVER have those gems from 6-9am anymore... And I know, I know.. "Never say never"... But how would it be possible? The FCC will throw fines at them like shit flinging monkeys... The show is no doubt going to have a bigger target then ever before with all of the publicity and the (yet again) rehashing on how awful morally they are (IE St Pats, Mayor prank, etc). Please do not forget the FFC regulations have only gotten tougher since O&A's departure of free-radio.

I dont know about you, but Im not one to enjoy a "safe show" for more than 1/2 of my O&A experience...

Jimmy said it himself... What would you rather listen to, Richard Pryor censored on terrestrial or Pryor uncensored on satellite? I mean really, what would be funnier?

[DELORES HAZE]

The CBS show is going to be tamer for other reasons also. Maturity on the hosts part. Multi Million dollar mortgages to worry about. The climate of radio changing. Getting fired no longer means a bigger payday,and besides,where
would you go from CBS to get one?

So True Snakeeyes. As for my 2 cents worth I think when the boys started on XM I believe they thought that by turning out an edgy uncensored show, they would revolutionize radio. Like Stern, they believed that old syndicated audience would clamor to get XM and boost subscriber rates. It happened, many people bought XM, but not just for O&A. I found them when I bought I a new car and had a 6 month trial period. I renewed my subscription just for them. It must have been extremely frustrating to turn out radio gold everyday, and not have more people appreciate it, the XM show was great and they knew it. It began to dawn on them that the fan base for making such gems as the 50 gal drum challenge happen, just wasn't out there.
I don't know who started talking to them about terrestial radio again, but I think they realized if they stayed on satellite right now, they would never be big. The opportunity for Stern-sized ratings and a Stern-sized paycheck might never come again, and they had to grab the brass ring when they could. O&A are older and wiser, and I think they realized if they could behave themselves, put out an FCC friendly, PC show, their second chance on CBS will make them very very rich men. In time the boys will get tired of that walk up the street, and the stress of a 5 hour day. Alas, and when that XM obligation is gone, so will they. I can't blame a man for wanting that kind of life, but as a loyal XM subscribe and O&A fan, the footprints on my back leading to a great career on terrestial radio hurts. Gone is Guess Whats in my Pants, gone is shitdick, gone is Andrew Dice Gay, gone are the schwoogies. Gone is the O&A I loved.:icon_sad:

[augiep38]

You seem to forget Buya97 without the Free/WNEW FM listeners there would have never been an XM show. Don't count us out just yet. We got the boys to where they were, you XM guys kept it going. Now we all can spread the virus.


I was a WNEW listener the entire time they were there. I helped them get to where they were and I continued support through to XM even when they were on the premium channel. So I think I have a right to be pissed about you cheap shitdicks who have not listened to the entire xm show. A real fan would have cut a arm off to hear them.

[wes mantooth]

Does anyone think the FCC will be more lenient on the boys than they were on hoo hoo? Howie's show was much more sexually charged and the FCC seems to be much less tolerent of that shit than poking fun at tards. Plus the boys are more right leaning than Hooey which might help them. Just a thought. Back to the thread: I'll give the new show a chance but to be honest I haven't listened to FM at all since i got O@A/XM over a year ago. If they ever abandon satellite altogether I hope they both get castrated by rabid ferrets.
I love their XM show and I'll never listen to hoo hoo again thanks to them so at least they accomplished that much.

[getmeajury]

What an abortion today was.
Hey is that Fonzie on the water skis? Hey what is hey doing heading for the ramp over the shark pen?

[FatDave]

Does anyone really think O&A give a fuck about thier XM fans? Or what we think? They finally got what they wanted. They'll do good on Free FM.

Remember all the shit about how bad commerical radio was and they never wanted to return? Shows just how loyal they are to thier fans.

Spin it how ever you like but this is a big FUCK YOU to all the XM fans. They are giving up part of the XM show for Free FM.

Wonder how much longer they will be on XM?

Until thier contract runs out.

[MAVRIC305]

Does anyone really think O&A give a fuck about thier XM fans? Or what we think? They finally got what they wanted. They'll do good on Free FM.

Remember all the shit about how bad commerical radio was and they never wanted to return? Shows just how loyal they are to thier fans.

Spin it how ever you like but this is a big FUCK YOU to all the XM fans. They are giving up part of the XM show for Free FM.

Wonder how much longer they will be on XM?

Until thier contract runs out.

Hey Dave,

You said this, on 02/17/06:


I agree that Xm doesn't promote O & A enough. While really big with thier fans they are only a small part of XM.

Unless you live in the Northeast most people have never heard of them. XM knows this and isn't going to spend money to promote someone people have never heard of.

55 millon bucks for Oprah is a lot of money for a name. And that's all it is. She's not going to sit down in front of a mic and do a show every day. They might get a pre-recorded 30 minutes to an hour a week if that. But the name alone made big headlines and it was good for XM. It's also a name that everyone knows. Just like Stern at the doggie company.

I love O & A but the humor they do but it doesn't appeal to everyone. If they want big exposure they are going to have to be more main stream which would ruin the show. I know that sucks but it's just the way it is.

Sending threats to people doesn't help the show . All it does is show what a bunch of fuckin' idots they have as fans.

The show will continue to grow but it won't be because XM promotes them. It'll be because people sign up for XM, listen to the show and like what they hear.


What better way to promote O & A than to put them on commercial radio? Let others hear how much fun we are having on XM. The future is satellite. We all know it. This is why XM has made this move. They know the future is satellite. This just spreads the word a whole lot easier than running ad's.

PEOPLE, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! The show is going to get BETTER and BETTER everyday, after day, after GOD DAMN DAY!

[ThongSmoker]

Hey Dave,

You said this, on 02/17/06:



What better way to promote O & A than to put them on commercial radio? Let others hear how much fun we are having on XM. The future is satellite. We all know it. This is why XM has made this move. They know the future is satellite. This just spreads the word a whole lot easier than running ad's.

PEOPLE, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! The show is going to get BETTER and BETTER everyday, after day, after GOD DAMN DAY!

O&A won't promote XM on the CBS show. They won't start a bit over there and finish it on XM. I dont see that happening. Howard had a shit load of listeners, how many of them followed him??? Why would they come to XM when they didnt go to Sirius in huge droves?

[Al Killew]

What better way to promote O & A than to put them on commercial radio? Let others hear how much fun we are having on XM. The future is satellite. We all know it. This is why XM has made this move. They know the future is satellite. This just spreads the word a whole lot easier than running ad's.

PEOPLE, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER! The show is going to get BETTER and BETTER everyday, after day, after GOD DAMN DAY!
I love how the pests are so loyal and listen to everything O&A say. The MAVRICs and Dugout Dugs of the show will support the boys no matter how hypocritical they are. This move is not about converting Free FMers to satellite. This move isn't about making the show better, and this move sure as hell is not about what us loyal XM fans think. They made it very clear yesterday with their tongue-in-cheek humor and the very telling Liz call that they don't give a shit about their loyal XM fans. So, all of you pests that suck the asses of O&A in the hopes that they'll recognize you on the air for a few seconds, just keep listening to the shit they keep feeding you. The rest of us that have our own brains can see what this move really is all about...money.

[whoisisthis]

The rest of us that have our own brains can see what this move really is all about...money.

people are disputing this?:icon_eek:


I'm in for the long haul, but this shit doesn't look good:icon_frow

[Fruit Monkey]

http://www.ebibleteacher.com/images/twreck2.jpg

right where this thread is going

[PuddingChest]

The success of the show on XM is largely due to the hard core fans who thought an uncensored, edgy show was special because you cant hear that anywhere else. I like many others rarely missed a show and promoted the boys everywhere just so more people would subscribe. I hardly ever listened to radio before O&A. The assaults on the media, the pest attacks, the billboards were all from fans who wanted to promote O&A and see them succeed with the XM show. I dont think the O&A show will have this kind of loyalty anymore with the mediocrity of todays Free FM show. I havent flushed mine yet but im not too optimistic.

[MAVRIC305]

I love how the pests are so loyal and listen to everything O&A say. The MAVRICs and Dugout Dugs of the show will support the boys no matter how hypocritical they are. This move is not about converting Free FMers to satellite. This move isn't about making the show better, and this move sure as hell is not about what us loyal XM fans think. They made it very clear yesterday with their tongue-in-cheek humor and the very telling Liz call that they don't give a shit about their loyal XML fans. So, all of you pests that suck the asses of O&A in the hopes that they'll recognize you on the air for a few seconds, just keep listening to the shit they keep feeding you. The rest of us that have our own brains can see what this move really is all about...money.


If your a fan of Opie & Anthony, you would think differently.

You are about money... The money you spend. I am about enjoyment. I enjoy listening to Opie & Anthony. That is the point. I do not care about the money ($15 a month) I spend on great entertainment. It is well spent. I cannot listen live, so I will hear maybe an hour of the Free FM slot, but I DO NOT CARE! I know I will laugh when I hear the replays on XM, and that is all that matters.

I am not what you think... A blind-less supporter. I am the guy who is not a FUCKING LOSER, who listens to his XM ALL FUCKING DAY! I work, I concentrate on things other than the RADIO. I know when I flick my XM on, I will have Opie & Anthony making me laugh.

You are too wrapped up in all the bullshit. Get a job, a hobby, or a vagina to poke your manhood in, and leave me out of it!

I am sick of whining little bitches who complain about the money they are spending. I can do the whole "Flush your unit" thing, but I will just say this, "GROW THE FUCK UP"

[Tommy Ceez]

The success of the show on XM is largely due to the hard core fans who thought an uncensored, edgy show was special because you cant hear that anywhere else. I like many others rarely missed a show and promoted the boys everywhere just so more people would subscribe. I hardly ever listened to radio before O&A. The assaults on the media, the pest attacks, the billboards were all from fans who wanted to promote O&A and see them succeed with the XM show. I dont think the O&A show will have this kind of loyalty anymore with the mediocrity of todays Free FM show. I havent flushed mine yet but im not too optimistic.

You DO realize that a vast majority of these events were done by WNEW listeners, dont you?

[frankieblue]

The success of the show on XM is largely due to the hard core fans who thought an uncensored, edgy show was special because you cant hear that anywhere else. I like many others rarely missed a show and promoted the boys everywhere just so more people would subscribe. I hardly ever listened to radio before O&A. The assaults on the media, the pest attacks, the billboards were all from fans who wanted to promote O&A and see them succeed with the XM show. I dont think the O&A show will have this kind of loyalty anymore with the mediocrity of todays Free FM show. I havent flushed mine yet but im not too optimistic.

I would agree with you the loyal fans have been a big part of O&A's success.

The thing that worried me the most about the prospects for the new show is when a recent caller complained he would have to hear all of the old bits on XM during the CBS radio commericals when he could just go to OAVIRUS instead. Anthony made the comment something to the regard of you are not the typical O&A listener. As Opie has mentioned in the past, the average O&A fan only listens for around 20-30 mins. With that said, the new show is perfect for attracting more "typical" listeners as they will not care too much about the commericals, two different studios, the XM show versus the CBS show, etc. The show will get bigger for sure but unfortunately I think the boys will pick up mostly average listeners then hard-core listeners in the future. Howie's failed move to Sirius is a perfect example of 90% of your listeners on commerical radio being average listeners that aren't especially loyal. I don't blame O&A for the move as 99% of us would have done the same in their position. However, I think the show will lose much of its current appeal with the number of hard core fans greatly reduced in the overall show audience.

[LIL ANT]

Because,first of all they arent going to do the old NEW show. The show has changed,going to mornings. The NEW show was "Im off work its time to party"
The CBS show is going to be tamer for other reasons also. Maturity on the hosts part. Multi Million dollar mortgages to worry about. The climate of radio changing. Getting fired no longer means a bigger payday,and besides,where
would you go from CBS to get one?


:clap:

Couldn't have said it any better. The FCC rules are much tougher than they were in the NEW days which leads to a more censored show and way less gooder radio.


Go check out O&A virus and i'm sure at least half of the great bits u see there from the NEW days couldn't be played on Free radio today. Hard headed opie will argue this point but he has no chance of winning this argument.

My favorite spin line they've been throwing around the last few weeks has to be, minus the cussing most of our XM broadcasts would be acceptable on Free Radio. Might that have been why we've been given minimal sexual content in the last 6 months ? The answer's obvious, we were being slowly guided towards a cleaner show.

The boys have jumped in their Delorean, hit 88 mph landed in 1999 radio land, and are searching for the old "rock star" days they once had at NEW.

The enourmous egos in the room don't want to play theatre shows, they want to play the arenas and stadiums like they once did.

Fuck the XM fans they will quickly be in the minority and their voices ignored. And why not, I'd be willing to bet the contact with CBS is conservatively 10 times more than the XM contract.

PLEASE someone tell me they think Anthony will consistently do a radio show until 12pm - I got plenty of shit i can throw on ebay to sell to you rubes.

[mendozathejew]

anyone who quits listening to the show will absolutely be back.

you'll come back when they start getting big interviews, and make them interesting.

you'll come back when the larger fan base, getting back old fans makes the show sharper and better.

and you'll come back when the FM show makes the XM show better, when it allows the boys to take satellite radio further than they would have otherwise.

and you know it so shut your face and tell your mother your complaints. stop crying on this site if youve given up.

[BitWrecker]

so aggrivating some of you are.
I'm sure glad you gave the show 6 hours before you bailed.
give them time to work all the intricies out, and see what does and doesn't get dumped.
From what i understand, jimmy and ant talking about "another shot in the head in dalles" followed by "shot in the face" was NOT dumped. They have to push the limit first before theyknow when to pull back.
With that said, I listen on XM and have no worries as soon as they work out the commercial schedules, which i am sure they were aware of being too choppy and extended.

[PuddingChest]

This is like Metallica releasing the Black Album. They got more money and fame but the music has sucked since then. It's all down hill from here. the best days of O&A are behind us.

[mendozathejew]

hey pudding chest, did u listen to the boys before XM

[Blake Karringto]

This is like Metallica releasing the Black Album. They got more money and fame but the music has sucked since then. It's all down hill from here. the best days of O&A are behind us.

Its a bitch to think that the days of full XM shows are over.

[snakeeyes]

If your a fan of Opie & Anthony, you would think differently. That in itself is nothing but an ignorant statement. Commercial radio SUCKS. It doesnt matter WHO is doing it. Yes the boys are talented,Yes the will do a great commercial radio show. But its still commercial radio. There is no way in hell commercial radio will be better than uncensored XM.

You are about money... The money you spend. I am about enjoyment. I enjoy listening to Opie & Anthony. That is the point. I do not care about the money ($15 a month) I spend on great entertainment. It is well spent. I cannot listen live, so I will hear maybe an hour of the Free FM slot, but I DO NOT CARE! I know I will laugh when I hear the replays on XM, and that is all that matters.You are spending 15 dollars to listen to FREE radio.

I am not what you think... A blind-less supporter. I am the guy who is not a FUCKING LOSER, who listens to his XM ALL FUCKING DAY! I work, I concentrate on things other than the RADIO. I know when I flick my XM on, I will have Opie & Anthony making me laugh. I listen to my xm for 12 hours a day WHILE I WORK douchbag.I have a job where I can listen to the radio all day long. It helps me to pass the time while Im busting my ass.

You are too wrapped up in all the bullshit. Get a job, a hobby, or a vagina to poke your manhood in, and leave me out of it!

I am sick of whining little bitches who complain about the money they are spending. I can do the whole "Flush your unit" thing, but I will just say this, "GROW THE FUCK UP"And Im tired of mindless fucksticks who want to bash me because I dont like paying for something that is FREE and not worth paying for to start with.
What you people dont seem to realize is,there is no way they can be as good on commercial radio as they used to be on Sat. (I have already explained why) .And XM stuck it to us by charging us for a free service.

It is free,and we are paying for it. What dont you get about that? Also OnA were the only XM exclusive content ON XM. Everything else is commercial radio being carried by xm. Now OnA are also.

[25133WhooOoAH]

i am one that said that the wnew show was better, but now the xm show was just getting perfect, actually its been perfect for the last like 10 months, it was a good thing, I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF 2 SHOWS! it pisses me off wtf is that 2 shows? why does the replay label it as the cbs show? why dont they just do a 5 hour show straight on xm and edit it out for cbs

[snakeeyes]

so aggrivating some of you are.
I'm sure glad you gave the show 6 hours before you bailed.
give them time to work all the intricies out, and see what does and doesn't get dumped.
From what i understand, jimmy and ant talking about "another shot in the head in dalles" followed by "shot in the face" was NOT dumped. They have to push the limit first before theyknow when to pull back.
With that said, I listen on XM and have no worries as soon as they work out the commercial schedules, which i am sure they were aware of being too choppy and extended.
What "intricies"?( by the way,you spelled that way wrong) What are they going to change about commercial radio that is going to make it better than uncensored sat.??

And what is there to work out on the commercial schedule? Its commercial radio,they have commercials. Every 20 min. the show is going to get interupted for 10 min. It doesnt matter what they play during that time, wether it be bodog comercials,Piazzano's commercials, old commercial radio bits , or worst of bits weve heard a thousand times,its going to suck because the show is going to be interupted for 10 min. every 20 min.
And before you dopes start with the " you just got spoiled by sat. not having many breaks for commercials" You are right. But thats what I spent my money to get. No comercials. And that is why commercial radio sucks,and it doesnt matter how many guests they get or how good the boys are at radio, Commercial radio is commercial radio, and commercial radio stinks.

[freud]

My favorite spin line they've been throwing around the last few weeks has to be, minus the cussing most of our XM broadcasts would be acceptable on Free Radio. Might that have been why we've been given minimal sexual content in the last 6 months ? The answer's obvious, we were being slowly guided towards a cleaner show.
Don't you pull something out of your ass based on a fucking guess and then insult the rest of us by calling it obvious. If we were so obviously being guided towards a cleaner show, then why are you only noticing enough to complain NOW? Why are you going to miss the XM show when it was so *obviously* being self-censored?

The boys have jumped in their Delorean, hit 88 mph landed in 1999 radio land, and are searching for the old "rock star" days they once had at NEW.

The enourmous egos in the room don't want to play theatre shows, they want to play the arenas and stadiums like they once did.
This makes sense. How many stadium and arena shows did O&A run at WNEW? How many in comparison to shows they ran at a bar or a club, which they could still fill today with XM listeners?

Fuck the XM fans they will quickly be in the minority and their voices ignored.
Or, O&A could do what they've always done and that is ignore the initial backlash and continue to do the show they know how to do. I'm sure there were original fans from Boston who would have called O&A sellouts for purposely blowing up their old gig to get more cash and a bigger audience at WNEW, but O&A know they can never win everybody over, so why should they give a shit if you hop off the bandwagon because you don't like this particular move? You have to understand that if they listened to people like you they would have never made it to where they are today. So when we tell you to wait and see or have a little faith in the boys, it's not just the company line, it's because shit like this has ALWAYS required a little patience on our end. And instead of assuming "but this time it's different" like EVERY other time, maybe we really should just shut the fuck up and wait to see how this plays out for once.

[WOWmagnet]

See the way they were mocking all the whiners? The joke's on anybody who is offended! Yes! he joke's on you! Think of all the times you all LOFFED and LOFFED at other peoples' expense. Now YOU are THAT GUY.

They are now calling some of you a 'faction'. You are being marginalized. If you leave, youl'll be quickly forgotten, even if you had *GASP* 3000+ posts on some message board. You will then watch the show grow without you.

This combo-show is radio history. I'ts not about <insert self-important 'uber-fans' name here>, or even 100 whiners united, it's simply way bigger than that now.
Maybe some of you sould not base so much of your lives on the show? **shudder**

If it's money and you feel you're being ripped off, BUH BYE.

Adapt or be left behind.

[favourite]

This only makes the show stronger. Give it some time and enjoy.


yeah second that.

[bender]

enough of the best of's.........I'm sick of it already

[bobimpact]

:clap:
My favorite spin line they've been throwing around the last few weeks has to be, minus the cussing most of our XM broadcasts would be acceptable on Free Radio. Might that have been why we've been given minimal sexual content in the last 6 months ? The answer's obvious, we were being slowly guided towards a cleaner show.


It couldn't possibly be that O&A are not in their mid 30's anymore and the show is now on in the morning right? I know when I wake up the first thing I want to hear is some whore in studio getting naked. Come on, it's been done before, THEY did it before, now let's move on. I wouldn't trade one tender sentiments gag for that. The show is funnier that it ever was in the old days BECAUSE it is a more mature show now.

[Blake Karringto]

See the way they were mocking all the whiners? The joke's on anybody who is offended! Yes! he joke's on you! Think of all the times you all LOFFED and LOFFED at other peoples' expense. Now YOU are THAT GUY.

They are now calling some of you a 'faction'. You are being marginalized. If you leave, youl'll be quickly forgotten, even if you had *GASP* 3000+ posts on some message board. You will then watch the show grow without you.

This combo-show is radio history. I'ts not about <insert self-important 'uber-fans' name here>, or even 100 whiners united, it's simply way bigger than that now.
Maybe some of you sould not base so much of your lives on the show? **shudder**

If it's money and you feel you're being ripped off, BUH BYE.

Adapt or be left behind.

And in all of this nonsense, not one reason the show itself will be better. Because despite your eagerness to spin this, you cant dispute that the show will be watered down as a result of this deal.

[Al Killew]

If your a fan of Opie & Anthony, you would think differently.

You are about money... The money you spend. I am about enjoyment. I enjoy listening to Opie & Anthony. That is the point. I do not care about the money ($15 a month) I spend on great entertainment. It is well spent. I cannot listen live, so I will hear maybe an hour of the Free FM slot, but I DO NOT CARE! I know I will laugh when I hear the replays on XM, and that is all that matters.

I am not what you think... A blind-less supporter. I am the guy who is not a FUCKING LOSER, who listens to his XM ALL FUCKING DAY! I work, I concentrate on things other than the RADIO. I know when I flick my XM on, I will have Opie & Anthony making me laugh.

You are too wrapped up in all the bullshit. Get a job, a hobby, or a vagina to poke your manhood in, and leave me out of it!

I am sick of whining little bitches who complain about the money they are spending. I can do the whole "Flush your unit" thing, but I will just say this, "GROW THE FUCK UP"
I am a true hardcore fan that has never gotten into the "pest" mentality. I have been a loyal listener since about the first month they were on WNEW. I have a job, a wife, hobbies, and a life...and I love Opie and Anthony. I will not be cancelling my XM subscription, because I cannot listen to the show live since I work in the morning. I will keep XM so I can listen to the replay. I have no doubt that I will continue to love the show, and O&A will continue to be the best show on the radio. Please, don't think that my complaints have anything to do with the cost of my XM subscription.
Now with all of that said, the truth is that Opie and Anthony and Little Jimmy look like major hypocrits right now. Joking or not, they don't seem to care what the loyal, hardcore, XM fans think. The 6-9 show will not be the same as it always has been. We have already seen that the constant commercial breaks are interupting the flow of the show and just yesterday, Ant mentioned that he wanted to say something and he knew Jim was on the same page, but they couldn't say it on commercial radio. That is where the show will lose some of its edge. The show will still be great, and I will continue to listen as long as they are on some sort of radio medium. It just won't be as great as the last 18 months.

[DELORES HAZE]

What you people dont seem to realize is,there is no way they can be as good on commercial radio as they used to be on Sat. (I have already explained why) .And XM stuck it to us by charging us for a free service.

It is free,and we are paying for it. What dont you get about that? Also OnA were the only XM exclusive content ON XM. Everything else is commercial radio being carried by xm. Now OnA are also.

I feel like you do, but thank God for Jimmy. I laughed so hard when the teacher who called in said black men like her booty, and Jimmy asked "Why? is it stolen"?? I just got a glimmer of hope at that point that maybe things won't be so bad. At least they brought the inappropriate bell with them.

[cberth`]

lets not forget that the FCC is looking for a new lightening rod since howard is gone and America is entering into an election season--this may be the most aggressive FCC in history

[Harvey_Birdman]

I'm sure the new show will be very good, certainly better than anything else on radio, but it's not going to be as good as the XM show was capable of being.

I'm going to miss that.

[westben2002]

it makes the show MORE GOODER

[getmeajury]

The show sucks now. The post morning zoo portion is not enough, sorry it just isnt. The sycophantic fan-boys will continue to rationalize this jip no matter how terrible it gets. I think that is because the OandA show/culture provides something for them to belong to that is bigger than themselves, to admit that it is no longer good would be serious blow to their already shaky self-images.

I hear the call for patience, blah.
What other item is purchased with the disclaimer of "Keep coming back it will suck less later"? That is insane.

Oh and yes, flush, fuck..
Oh, and "your not a Real Fan, maaaaannnnn...."
And the "STFU noobie! come back when you have 1000 posts..."

enough I get it.

The catharsis provided by posting to this board has run its course.
Have fun with this watered down mess.
Enjoy the extra time you will have with the commercials you pay for, perhaps use this time to learn knitting or something similar.

[khcaz]

I dont know,

there could be a "your mom's box" in the very near future.

I am not sure i like this new format. i feel that we the xm listeners are getting the short end of the stick.

khcaz

[stardog]

I got XM for mainly the music and MLB, then I found out O and A were on XM so it was an extra bonus. I'd never really listened to the boys until I got XM, I live in Ct and I could only get WAAF on certain days, but I knew who they were. Now that they got me hooked they pull a bait and switch and the XM subs are left out in the cold. The show has become CBS first and XM a distant second. I will still listen to O and A but it's not the same. I just hope they stay on XM because I don't live in any of the FreeFM markets so I guess a watered down O and A is better than no O and A. This is my first post to WB been trying to join WB for about a week and finally got in. BTW love the photoshops.

[thegreatgazoo]

I got XM for mainly the music and MLB, then I found out O and A were on XM so it was an extra bonus. I'd never really listened to the boys until I got XM, I live in Ct and I could only get WAAF on certain days, but I knew who they were. Now that they got me hooked they pull a bait and switch and the XM subs are left out in the cold. The show has become CBS first and XM a distant second. I will still listen to O and A but it's not the same. I just hope they stay on XM because I don't live in any of the FreeFM markets so I guess a watered down O and A is better than no O and A. This is my first post to WB been trying to join WB for about a week and finally got in. BTW love the photoshops.


Welcome!!!

[cknight725]

Thread Starter = SHITDICK!

[snakeeyes]

Thread Starter = SHITDICK! you = the one the shit on his dick came from.

[livebackwards]

They're not hypocrites for bashing Free FM and then joining CBS radio because they're STILL DOING the XM show. They're doing two shows! They're bending over backwards to please old fans and bring in shitloads of new ones. 6 hours of radio a day? God damn, when was the last time any of you talked for six hours? They're working their asses off. Yeah, longer commercials would suck if we were listening on Free FM, but we're not... we can listen to the old bits (which beat the shit out of anything ELSE on Free FM... or satellite for that matter) or even switch the dial and listen to music for 5-10 minutes. Christ, it's not that big a deal. Even neutered by the FCC, O&A are still funny as hell and worth listening to. And we XM subscribers still have an XL-XM show to listen to. I just don't see why we should be anything but happy little dickenses about all this.

[Blake Karringto]

I just don't see why we should be anything but happy little dickenses about all this.


Really? Its simple: We had a full uncensored show with short commercial breaks. Now were paying for half of that and "Free FM," FCC-friendly radio with 15 minute commercial breaks.

[BitWrecker]

Really? Its simple: We had a full uncensored show with short commercial breaks. Now were paying for half of that and "Free FM," FCC-friendly radio with 15 minute commercial breaks.

buy, flush......

[Fredo Corleone]

i don't think it's really that big of a deal. personally, i thought the old show on wnew was even funnier than the xm show. hopefully now we'll get some more old school anthony, and it's always funny to see them try to get around the rules. they still have 2+ hours for the filthy stuff too. best of both worlds, it all go shoved right down sterns throat, and we get an extra hour or two of o&a a day. seems good to me.

[Harvey_Birdman]

and it's always funny to see them try to get around the rules.

Stop it. Where are you from, the Midwest?

and we get an extra hour or two of o&a a day.

Enough with the Howie math. 3 hours of radio with commercials is closer to two hours, and how far have they gone past 11:00 so far?

[MOTHRA]

The end is indeed near...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pd50378e4036cf8373c6aff4e775f4bea/ef3bfd22.jpg

[Buster H]

I think there are plenty of other threads to bitch in