O&A Listening Thread - Week of 5/14/07

[Hottub]

Help HTG in the fight against censorship (http://www.peopleagainstcensorship.com/)


Fear not. The boys are live.

Enjoy.

[Lillibaby]

Haha, good ol' Ozzy!

[Don Stugots]

i can not imagine the ozzy interview on free fm with the dumps, thank you XM.

[MasterSoySauce]

wait were they live on the freefm show? werent they suspended?

[nevnut]

I wish people wouldn't use the term "O&A" and the word suspended in the same thread.

[Lillibaby]

I wish people wouldn't use the term "O&A" and the word suspended in the same thread.

Seriously! Radio has enough drama by itself without online forums contributing to all this negative hype.

[Midkiff]

Woah, they just got an email and went straight to break! Noooooo!!!!!

[Midkiff]

And now they said "bear with us, we gotta go!" "It's not over!"


Fuck!

They're leaving at 10:35!

Please God, no!!!!!!

They got some email, went to break, came back, and said that stuff. They went straight to line of the day.

What's happening?

[Lillibaby]

I hope nothing serious...at least they didn't even hint at "Your Mom's Box" this time.

[Hottub]

Hopefully we can still discuss the FreeFm show here.

[johnniewalker]

Good morn, Ectasy is a sweet sweet thing to hear

[Fezticle98]

The streaming on 923freefm.com is not working for me. Anyone know where else I can pick up the show?

[Reephdweller]

I love the picture of Anthony Cumia here...
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070516/ENT07/705160381/1035

[johnniewalker]

I love the picture of Anthony Cumia here...
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070516/ENT07/705160381/1035

Yeah i made a little comment on there, when i saw that

[johnniewalker]

The streaming on 923freefm.com is not working for me. Anyone know where else I can pick up the show?

Try this,
mms://69.28.153.133/bdcast_infinity_wfny-fm?MSWMExt=.asf

[Fezticle98]

Try this,
mms://69.28.153.133/bdcast_infinity_wfny-fm?MSWMExt=.asf

I got it to work, thanks.

I also decided to comment on the story, but told them it was a picture of Steve Carlesi. It seemed like a funny idea after no sleep.

[johnniewalker]

I got it to work, thanks.

I also decided to comment on the story, but told them it was a picture of Steve Carlesi. It seemed like a funny idea after no sleep.

I just got my comment deleted and the picture changed, ha gotta love the press.

[LordJezo]

Why are they completely ignoring the XM firing?

Did they cave to pressure about not being able to talk about it? One of the biggest things to happen to them in a while and they are talking about Scientielogy.

[johnniewalker]

Why are they completely ignoring the XM firing?

Did they cave to pressure about not being able to talk about it? One of the biggest things to happen to them in a while and they are talking about Scientielogy.

It might be a good thing, maybe they still have jobs with xm.

[sachsich]

firing? whats going on? ron and fez on in the morning?

[walking joint]

my guess is they are quiet about it so they still get paid.

[crb1]

It might be a good thing, maybe they still have jobs with xm.

My thoughts exactly. If they were fired, they would have no reason to avoid the topic entirely.

And I'm still at a loss as to why XM isn't even playing best-ofs. Who does that punish? Combine that with the fact that they are still on terrestrial radio, and who is really getting hurt by all of this besides XM? When you take a radio show off the air for two hours, but it's still on for another three...how much have you accomplished?

I think XM is trying to make a point at how they censor themselves. They need to look good to the government with the merger talks underway (a merger whose only goal is to fire people so they can save money).

[FartyPneumonia]

I heard Hoo Hoo this morning aroud 6 30am and he said xm is just being very kind and that they have obviously been fired.

[LordJezo]

But how can anyone take this seriously today? They get suspended and now everyone is tuning in to find out what they have to say about it. They talk about sandwiches as the whole nation wants to hear what they think. It's like they don't care about it at all and are fine with being on FM only. It's going against everything they have been saying over the past few months about censorship, not backing down, and fighting to the end.

[johnniewalker]

I heard Hoo Hoo this morning aroud 6 30am and he said xm is just being very kind and that they have obviously been fired.

The lover of free speech. Granted he is the only truly safe radio personality, but he can't see past his grudge. Whatever, he'll collect his 500 million and continue to not give a shit about anyone.

[crb1]

I heard Hoo Hoo this morning aroud 6 30am and he said xm is just being very kind and that they have obviously been fired.

Huh? Only in Stern's diluted mind does that make sense. How is it kind to yank them off the air, and say it's only a suspension? Why not just fire them? What is "kind" about XM's stance?

[derrickgott007]

Who is HOO HOO? I see that name everywhere and never hear it on the show.

[mildly amusing]

Who is HOO HOO? I see that name everywhere and never hear it on the show.

Hoo Hoo refers to Stern...as in hoo hoo Robin...i invented that...tell em fred...

[cupcakelove]

Who is HOO HOO? I see that name everywhere and never hear it on the show.

Hoo Hoo = Stern

The jokes comes from the way his laugh sounds.

[derrickgott007]

Hoo Hoo = Stern

The jokes comes from the way his laugh sounds.


Cool thanks!

[FartyPneumonia]

Quarterly taxes are due on June 15 so maybe a lot of people are concerned with revenue reports and merger moves. 30 days gives them enough time to include their income. Just a thought.

[badorties]

Huh? Only in Stern's diluted mind does that make sense. How is it kind to yank them off the air, and say it's only a suspension? Why not just fire them? What is "kind" about XM's stance?

whackbag has them fired ...

O&A FIRED!!!

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I have just received word that O&A have been FIRED from XM!!!

I was told this by an extremely trusted source, and not an employee/relative of an XM employee.

Get on the phone, cancel your XM. DO NOT take the 30-day credit - CANCEL it! XM will feel that much more on their bottom line than a 30-day dip.

If XM feels the sting of thousands of people canceling their subs, then there is some sort of a chance![/

[ANC]

whackbag has them fired ...

O&A FIRED!!!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have just received word that O&A have been FIRED from XM!!!

I was told this by an extremely trusted source, and not an employee/relative of an XM employee.

Get on the phone, cancel your XM. DO NOT take the 30-day credit - CANCEL it! XM will feel that much more on their bottom line than a 30-day dip.

If XM feels the sting of thousands of people canceling their subs, then there is some sort of a chance![/
Sorry if I'm late on this, does anyone know who the reliable source is??

[Hottub]

Sorry if I'm late on this, does anyone know who the reliable source is??

If it isn't WBL, I'm not buying it. I want to get it straight from him. Too much speculation.

[FartyPneumonia]

It is nofilerpaul according to the www.xmfan.com 202 forum from yesterday around 3 15pm

[Fezticle98]

It is nofilerpaul according to the www.xmfan.com 202 forum from yesterday around 3 15pm

I don't know him very well, but not exactly what I would call a reliable source. Not that a firing would be surprising at this point.

[mendyweiss]

Mendy does not like this one bit !!, and I'm slowly morphing into Fat Sunny !

[Don Stugots]

If it isn't WBL, I'm not buying it. I want to get it straight from him. Too much speculation.

since i do not know who WBL is i will just say that i will not believe it till HOTTUB believes it.

[Fezticle98]

Mendy does not like this one bit !!, and I'm slowly morphing into Fat Sunny !

Oh no! Don't make me cancel my ronfez.net subscription!

[crb1]

since i do not know who WBL is i will just say that i will not believe it till HOTTUB believes it.

Hottub is Ant.

[TjM]

since i do not know who WBL is i will just say that i will not believe it till HOTTUB believes it.

Move along

[Dan 'Hampton]

First rule of WBL is there is no WBL. Dopes.

[FartyPneumonia]

WBL is wifflebatlube anthony cumia's wackbag name. He said he will tell us everything as soon as he can. There was a lot of screaming.

[Dan 'Hampton]

Thanks for the clarification.

[Hottub]

Ix-nay on the ame-nay.

[Don Stugots]

ok, you all cannot be trusted with inside info. each of you are rats and fold under questioning. It is safe to say that i will be trusting anyone of you with important info.

[Don Stugots]

Ix-nay on the ame-nay.

zactly, each of you go back and edit your posts. the eye in the sky is always watching.

[Dan 'Hampton]

Sarcasm isn't big outside the Northeast I hear.

[MadMatt]

Are you guys nuts?!?!?!

WBL may be the worst kept secret on the message boards, but it is STILL supposed to be a SECRET!

[Dan 'Hampton]

Someone find a mod to shut these rubes up.

[LordJezo]

I hate to say it but if O/A are canceled then I really have no reason to keep my XM around and I'll go to Sirius.

I really do like Ron and Fez more than I like Opie and Anthony but 3 hours a day of Ron and Fez is not enough to keep my account open, especially since their FM show is FM only and I can get that online.

Even though I can't stand the Sirius folks at least I will have live programming to listen to during the day. Yeah yeah, they take off millions of days, but they will still have more stuff live than a 3 hour radio show on one station.

[FartyPneumonia]

It's not a secret he posts everyday and sometimes all day long. He so doesn't care!

[Dirtybird12]

The lover of free speech. .

I can kind of see Howards point. He was pretty brutal this morning.
Nobody really had his back when he was having FCC trouble and being "crucified"
by certain groups.
Nobody gave 2 shits back in 1995 when Stern was saying ALL OF TALK RADIO iIS IN TROUBLE...

It would have been cool for Howard to step up and everyone be on 1 team. Fight the 1 common enemy - censorship.
But instead of going after the true enemy.... a lot of shows around the country chose to fight each other or distance themselves from Stern.


I would've love to see a bridge built and everyone get along. Imagine the force in numbers?

[crb1]

I can kind of see Howards point. He was pretty brutal this morning.
Nobody really had his back when he was having FCC trouble and being "crucified"
by certain groups.
Nobody gave 2 shits back in 1995 when Stern was saying ALL OF TALK RADIO iIS IN TROUBLE...

It would have been cool for Howard to step up and everyone be on 1 team. Fight the 1 common enemy - censorship.
But instead of going after the true enemy.... a lot of shows around the country chose to fight each other or distance themselves from Stern.


I would've love to see a bridge built and everyone get along. Imagine the force in numbers?

That would have been cool, but Stern has shown time and time again that he cares only about himself. He doesn't give a damn about freedom of speech, censorship, or talk radio if it doesn't affect him in some way.

This situation should concern him since he crowed about the "freedom" of satellite radio, and he's watching the other huge talk show on satellite get taken down for comments they made.

And if he thinks he's above it all, he's wrong. If he was the force he claimed to be, Sirius wouldn't have to discuss a merger to keep the company going. They could have sat back and watch XM flounder, but he never brought in the numbers he thought he would. And let's face it, satellite radio as an industry has nothing on the horizon that is going to change its very low growth rate.

[johnniewalker]

I can kind of see Howards point. He was pretty brutal this morning.
Nobody really had his back when he was having FCC trouble and being "crucified"
by certain groups.
Nobody gave 2 shits back in 1995 when Stern was saying ALL OF TALK RADIO iIS IN TROUBLE...

It would have been cool for Howard to step up and everyone be on 1 team. Fight the 1 common enemy - censorship.
But instead of going after the true enemy.... a lot of shows around the country chose to fight each other or distance themselves from Stern.


I would've love to see a bridge built and everyone get along. Imagine the force in numbers?
That's what kills me, like him or not he has a shit load of fans, and most of them are pretty loyal. You go on thier fansite and they trash o and a and still about saying they have a 0.0 and are nobodies. Its like can't you see past a stupid raido war, and it seems like all he would have to say is that they shouldn't be bothered on satellite and his fans would run with that. It would be amazing if people could think and be on the same page for once.

[dotsncoms]

Ant's chick cancelled their XM subscriptions, it's on wackbag right now.

[Don Stugots]

Ant's chick cancelled their XM subscriptions, it's on wackbag right now.

so did Dawn and Patrick, according to their Myspace.

[ScottFromGA]

Sarcasm isn't big outside the Northeast I hear.

oh no no...it is....but when it happens from a southern person, we are called "Racists".

[johnniewalker]

so did Dawn and Patrick, according to their Myspace.

I hate this because anthony posts fairly regularly, all he would have to do is make a post or email a mod to say stop putting on the site we're fired. Unless he really feels like this could drive more people to cancel, maybe, I doubt it. It's over.

[ChimneyFish]

Stone Cold Ron Bennington.
What????

[JPMNICK]

I hate this because anthony posts fairly regularly, all he would have to do is make a post or email a mod to say stop putting on the site we're fired. Unless he really feels like this could drive more people to cancel, maybe, I doubt it. It's over.

I would say from a legal standpoint there is NO WAY ant could post. I am sure it is a violation of his contract to give information out to the public.

[MasterSoySauce]

so they were live today on the fm show?

[Soupy_Dreck]

so they were live today on the fm show?

they were live but I only heard from 7:30-8am this morning. did anyone hear the end of the show? any info on the poker tournament cancellation?

[geechie]

they were live but I only heard from 7:30-8am this morning. did anyone hear the end of the show? any info on the poker tournament cancellation?

no, they did not mention it.

[JustJon]

I can kind of see Howards point. He was pretty brutal this morning.
Nobody really had his back when he was having FCC trouble and being "crucified"
by certain groups.
Nobody gave 2 shits back in 1995 when Stern was saying ALL OF TALK RADIO iIS IN TROUBLE...

It would have been cool for Howard to step up and everyone be on 1 team. Fight the 1 common enemy - censorship.
But instead of going after the true enemy.... a lot of shows around the country chose to fight each other or distance themselves from Stern.


I would've love to see a bridge built and everyone get along. Imagine the force in numbers?

Because Stern wasn't making it sound like all of talk radio is in trouble, it was "I'm in trouble, so all talk radio is in trouble." I was a big fan at the time, and Stern never made it about free speech, he made it about him being persecuted.

[ralphbxny]

Was it me or did you here O&A cut in!!!

[johnniewalker]

I would say from a legal standpoint there is NO WAY ant could post. I am sure it is a violation of his contract to give information out to the public.

I wonder, though, if it would be bad for him to say stop cancelling your accounts. I don't think he's harming the business that way or to have someone else say it. You are right about posting or saying anything else.

[Bob Impact]

They've been very funny today.

[Lillibaby]

They've been very funny today.

I agree. They sounded at the top of their form, as if there was nothing horribly depressing happening in the immediate disc-jockeying world around them. Keep the energy up, boys!

[Dan 'Hampton]

I wonder, though, if it would be bad for him to say stop cancelling your accounts. I don't think he's harming the business that way or to have someone else say it. You are right about posting or saying anything else.

If anything the cancelling is showing XM how much pull they have with their fans. It's obviously better for them to keep quiet and let things play out. Just think if it all goes to hell Opie can come back in two years and tell us about he death defying trips to the Grand Canyon or wherever he plans on visiting.