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Opie and Anthony may replace Diamond Dave - CBS will hire shock jocks (Desecrated St Patricks)
MSNBC ^ | 4/20/2006 | AP

Posted on 04/20/2006 10:58:44 AM PDT by Rome2000

NEW YORK - No surprise: David Lee Roth's run as morning radio host is about done. Big surprise: It appears raunchy satellite radio stars Opie and Anthony will replace him on seven CBS Radio stations.

Opie and Anthony were banished from terrestrial radio in 2002 — oddly enough by their new boss, CBS Radio — after airing a live account of listeners having sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.

A deal was in the works to dump the ex-Van Halen singer's ratings-deprived program with shock jocks Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. They spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement of the agreement next week.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: blasphemers; opieandanthony; perverts; radio; smut; unsaved
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1 posted on 04/20/2006 10:58:47 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: Rome2000

Well at least they didn't replace him with Sammy Hagar.


2 posted on 04/20/2006 10:59:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: Rome2000
This will not stand.

Its OK in CBS's book to hire people who have desecrated St. Patricks cathedral.

They must be out of their minds.

3 posted on 04/20/2006 11:01:13 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000
I'm one of the few fans of the Roth Radio Show.

IMO, Opie and Anthony are human excrement. But I guess you shouldn't expect much more from CBS Radio than filth and fart jokes.

4 posted on 04/20/2006 11:01:21 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
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To: Rome2000
Opie and Anthony were banished from terrestrial radio in 2002 — oddly enough by their new boss, CBS Radio — after airing a live account of listeners having sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.

I'd like to see CBS radio go down the tubes.

5 posted on 04/20/2006 11:03:05 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta (A man's first duty is to his honor and conscience.)
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To: dfwgator

10/2/03
(AP) The government on Thursday proposed the second-biggest fine ever for indecency: $357,000 against Infinity Broadcasting for a radio segment in which a couple was said to be having sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.

The Federal Communications Commission responded to an outpouring of complaints following an August 2002 broadcast of the "Opie and Anthony" show over New York's WNEW-FM and 12 other Infinity radio stations. The nationally syndicated show was canceled a week later and DJs Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia were fired.


6 posted on 04/20/2006 11:03:12 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: dfwgator

Does this mean that O & A will no longer be on XM?


7 posted on 04/20/2006 11:04:15 AM PDT by Space Wrangler
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

From smokinggun.com:

AUGUST 23--We don't usually agree with the Catholic League, but moronic shock jocks Opie and Anthony got just what they deserved for broadcasting last week's stunt involving the Virginia couple arrested for having sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia were canned yesterday for the August 15 incident that resulted in the arrest of Brian Florence and Loretta Harper for public lewdness. Opie and Anthony flunky Paul Mercurio--who provided listeners with a running account of the St. Pat's incident--was also arrested. Florence and Harper--dubbed the "Juicy Lips" team--were one of several couples entered in the radio show's "Sex for Sam" contest, where participants were given points for having sex in public places like St. Patrick's (25 points), Trump Tower (15 points), and Central Park (10 points).

They were also awarded points for specific sex acts, with the WNEW-FM hosts gleefully reporting when couples completed a "two-point conversion" or "balloon knot," Opie and Anthony slang for anal sex. At one point, Hughes announced what the Virginia couple earned for the St. Patrick's stunt: "Oh my God, 25 points, a two-point conversion, and eternal damnation."


8 posted on 04/20/2006 11:06:21 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

Opie & Anthony

9 posted on 04/20/2006 11:06:47 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta (A man's first duty is to his honor and conscience.)
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To: Rome2000
"Its OK in CBS's book to hire people who have desecrated St. Patricks cathedral. "

You seem confused, O & A didn't St. Patrick's Cathedral.
10 posted on 04/20/2006 11:07:09 AM PDT by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: Space Wrangler

You can bet if they did this in a mosque they would never work in radio again instead of getting a fat contract from CBS


11 posted on 04/20/2006 11:08:09 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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12 posted on 04/20/2006 11:09:10 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta (A man's first duty is to his honor and conscience.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

"I'm one of the few fans of the Roth Radio Show."

What's he like as a radio host?


13 posted on 04/20/2006 11:09:17 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: Space Wrangler

That's a good question...

I enjoy listening to them sometimes on XM...

they had only been on the radio for a couple months when the incident happened.


14 posted on 04/20/2006 11:10:55 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

From smokinggun.com:
According to the misdemeanor complaint filed against Florence and Harper, the couple was spotted having sex in a church vestibule, "rocking their pelvises back and forth." Harper, with her back to Florence, was found naked from the waist down and "her genitals were open to view by the public." For his part, Florence was spotted placing "his hands in his genital area and was touching his genital area."


15 posted on 04/20/2006 11:11:56 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: tfecw

O & A paid people to desecrate St. Patrick's Cathedral.

I doubt CBS Radio will sign them.


16 posted on 04/20/2006 11:12:01 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
IMO, Opie and Anthony are human excrement. But I guess you shouldn't expect much more from CBS Radio than filth and fart jokes.

Fake but accurate filth and fart jokes. Courage.

17 posted on 04/20/2006 11:12:37 AM PDT by pikachu (For every action there is an equal and opposite government program)
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To: Rome2000
For the life of me, I can't understand why an FM station in New York wouldn't just adopt a music format for the morning drive instead of having these dopes on the air to compete with all the other drive-time chatter on the radio.

I dropped K-Rock (Howard Stern's old station) from my pre-set stations in my car because I wanted to hear music -- not bullsh!t -- on these FM stations.

18 posted on 04/20/2006 11:12:47 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: JZelle


DLR wasn`t that bad. A couple of his shows were very good.

One i`m thinking of is where he and a friend talk about old queen music and disect it musically.The specific song being 'Doing All right'.

His archive shows are here:

http://www.david.freefm.com/


19 posted on 04/20/2006 11:12:57 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: JerseyHighlander

No, SAMUEL ADAMS paid people to do that. Then they cowardly denied any knowledge of the contest.


20 posted on 04/20/2006 11:13:42 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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