Opie And Anthony suspended from XM, most likely fired...

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

It IS about free speech, but not from a government level. Satellite radio claimed that it gave everybody the right to say whatever they wanted. It was suppose to be a place where you could say whatever you want... BUT, they are a public company and they are at the service of their share holders.

One Theory on why they did this is because in about a month congress is voting on a bill on whether The FCC should police Sat. Radio or not. They want to prove that they can police themselves.

Satellite radio never claimed anything of the sort. Satellite radio are not subject to FCC decency standards, that does not mean that the employees of satellite radio are given free reign to say what they like.

This has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech. They made the comments on the air didn't they.

This has to do with a company diciplining their employees for not conducting themselves in a manner the company sees fit.

They are within their rights to do that, and Opie and Anthony are not having their rights infringed upon.

What they are having, is their paychecks infringed upon.

If you are not willing to see that this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech then there is no point arguing with you.

I understand if you have a chubby for them, and want to say "oh, this is free speech being suppressed" but it's not, and you would be wrong to think so

[starscream 0]

No one made me anything and thank you for clarifying what side of the fence you're on.

Welcome. Glad to see I was correct in assuming you must be the big shot around here, being a moderator and all... LMAO.

Satellite radio never claimed anything of the sort. Satellite radio are not subject to FCC decency standards, that does not mean that the employees of satellite radio are given free reign to say what they like.

This has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech. They made the comments on the air didn't they.

This has to do with a company diciplining their employees for not conducting themselves in a manner the company sees fit.

They are within their rights to do that, and Opie and Anthony are not having their rights infringed upon.

What they are having, is their paychecks infringed upon.

If you are not willing to see that this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech then there is no point arguing with you.

I understand if you have a chubby for them, and want to say "oh, this is free speech being suppressed" but it's not, and you would be wrong to think so

Actually, yes they did. The FCC at first wasn't sure about how to control what was broadcast over satellite, because they had only dealt with terrestrial airwave broadcasts before, not satellite. And being that users had to subscribe to the service, and that they also had the option to not tune in to the O & A show, it was pretty much determined that these guys could say whatever they wanted. Now they go back on that? Pathetic.

And for the record, I'd like to punch both those guys in the mouth. They're annoying as hell and are rarely, if ever funny. Couple of nerds if you ask me.

Regardless though, these guys were originally told that it was open game, whatever they wanted. Now some suits are going to go back on that? BS....

[Vapor 0]

Satellite radio never claimed anything of the sort. Satellite radio are not subject to FCC decency standards, that does not mean that the employees of satellite radio are given free reign to say what they like.

This has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech. They made the comments on the air didn't they.

This has to do with a company diciplining their employees for not conducting themselves in a manner the company sees fit.

They are within their rights to do that, and Opie and Anthony are not having their rights infringed upon.

What they are having, is their paychecks infringed upon.

If you are not willing to see that this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech then there is no point arguing with you.

I understand if you have a chubby for them, and want to say "oh, this is free speech being suppressed" but it's not, and you would be wrong to think so

First of all, Im not really an OA fan. I use to be hardcore, but over the years I have listened to them less and less. Nobody said it was not within XMs rights to do what they did. Nobody said that they do not have the ability to make an ethical decision on what to do with their employees. So keep reading into it.

XM DID promise uncensored radio. They did not say "The FCC cant censor us, but we will censor what we feel like" This is censorship no matter what way you look at it. Whether the comment was in bad taste or not (which it was, of course) if you are promising uncensored radio, then do it.

There are a group of XM subscribers who are putting together a class action suit claiming that XM promised commercial free radio and uncensored radio, which in both cases they did not do.

When Opie and Anthony first joined XM they had many people from upper managment on the show. They all said you guys can do whatever you want, free reign, etc. etc. Again, nobody ever said that XM did anything "illegal" or "wrong", they 100% have the ability to do what they did. Its just the fact that they are an "uncensored XL channel"

The argument is not whether what they did is correct or not. Personally, I believe when anything is under guides of comedy, I say its free reign no matter how offensive it is, but this is just me.

[mack 44]

No one made me anything and thank you for clarifying what side of the fence you're on.

Welcome. Glad to see I was correct in assuming you must be the big shot around here, being a moderator and all... LMAO.

Wow, trying to be billy bigballs and show your street cred? Sad, especially from a guy with a toy for a username.

[AnthonyJTa 0]

Chadd moved to Aruba. Didn't you know? LOL

I wish I could still have that view out my back door. I'm working on raising some money to build a rink and start the national hockey program.

sign me up! My fiancee's grandmother has a timeshare there... love it. I haven't been able to go the last 2 years.

Yes, for a while they were syndicated on another station in the area.

and it's all regurgitated schtick...

[mack 44]

It's morning radio. By definition alone it's inferior.

[Vapor 0]

morning radio is the most compelling shift. It has the most listeners and the best hosts are put in morning drive.

[the_game 452]

I've listened to O&A since they were on WAAF in boston and clearly remember the day they first got fired, so anything they've done since hasn't suprised me in the least.

with the latest incident I think its a number of things that contributed to the latest suspension(rumor of soon to be firing), obviously the effect it would have with the merger with XM and sirius, the whole Imus thing played into it as well, and also if the merger does go through you know Stern is getting the drive time slot not them.

As much as I like O&A, they dug their own graves, they've done it before and they went ahead and did it again. Looks like its back to the iPod for my morning commute.

[Vapor 0]

Another thing to throw on the fire. XM knew what they were getting into when they heired them. This is not Paul Harvey, this is Opie and Anthony. Dont tell me that XM didnt know what they were getting into. They knew they would say shit like this, and BELIEVE ME, they have said MUCH worse than this, plus they didnt even say it!

XM has a year to year contract with them for a reason...

When I heard OA were suspended it was actually good news for me. I like the other other show on the station (Ron and Fez) much more and their suspension means that its Ron and Fez 24/7.

OA will most liekly be fired from XM on friday after the market closes.

[Datsyukiandeek 0]

Ron and Fez is great. Earl is amazingly funny once he gets mad. But 24/7 Ron and Fez will get old. XM is still running a "If you're looking for Opie and Anthony, please return in mid-june" spot every couple breaks.

O&A has been removed from XMs website.

[Vapor 0]

Edit: *mentioned already*

I think if they start playing some Best of Ron and Fez it wont be so bad, but repeating 3 hours 7 times in a day does blow.

[mack 44]

And it's over, Al Sharpton is about to weigh in (no pun intended) on it.

[Vapor 0]

[Datsyukiandeek 0]

Vapor, doesn't R & F have two shows a day? I didn't really listen to them much before last week. 12-3, 3-6?

[the_game 452]

I know Ron and Fez have their XM show and then are on 92.3 FreeFM around 6ish to whenever depending on nets games/devils games.

[Vapor 0]

As said before they do a show 12-3 on XM and 3-6 on free fm in NY. When OA were fired from NEW Ron and fez did 8 hours of radio before WNEW flipped formats. That was some of the best radio they did.

[Datsyukiandeek 0]

Thanks,

By the by, if the Rice thing bothers you, go search "Jim Norton All The Way May" or "Jim Norton Bill Burr's Grandma" on youtube. Absolutely Hilarious.

[starscream 0]

No one made me anything and thank you for clarifying what side of the fence you're on.

Welcome. Glad to see I was correct in assuming you must be the big shot around here, being a moderator and all... LMAO.

Wow, trying to be billy bigballs and show your street cred? Sad, especially from a guy with a toy for a username.

yeah, funny... this coming from the guy with the 14 year old girl as his avatar, and who calls himself "ill playa".

Grow up, kid.

[DDude26 0]

No one made me anything and thank you for clarifying what side of the fence you're on.

Welcome. Glad to see I was correct in assuming you must be the big shot around here, being a moderator and all... LMAO.

Wow, trying to be billy bigballs and show your street cred? Sad, especially from a guy with a toy for a username.

yeah, funny... this coming from the guy with the 14 year old girl as his avatar, and who calls himself "ill playa".

Grow up, kid.

oh boyy... this is not going to be good

[mack 44]

No, it passed not good quite a while ago when this kid obviously hasn't been around to know the ins and outs of jokes around here. At least he's become one of them so he should be proud of that. I also wouldn't expect him to correctly guess a girl's age since the last time he was inside one, he was being born.

[starscream 0]

No, it passed not good quite a while ago when this kid obviously hasn't been around to know the ins and outs of jokes around here. At least he's become one of them so he should be proud of that. I also wouldn't expect him to correctly guess a girl's age since the last time he was inside one, he was being born.

Funny, I've got a 5 month old son, and my fiance is probably hotter than any of the girls you and your right hand enjoy nightly.

We can keep going at it like this forever, but if you ask me, it's getting boring.

Good day, ill playa. pffttt.. hahaha

[Vapor 0]

look at mack, he is always good for a "wity" joke, har har har.

[mack 44]

No, it passed not good quite a while ago when this kid obviously hasn't been around to know the ins and outs of jokes around here. At least he's become one of them so he should be proud of that. I also wouldn't expect him to correctly guess a girl's age since the last time he was inside one, he was being born.

Funny, I've got a 5 month old son, and my fiance is probably hotter than any of the girls you and your right hand enjoy nightly.

We can keep going at it like this forever, but if you ask me, it's getting boring.

Good day, ill playa. pffttt.. hahaha

No wonder Vapor's a fan of yours for other reasons than you simply being male. You're a regular ol' lolocaust.

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

Let's stop this now, guys.

[mack 44]

Yeah, there's simply nothing I can do for a comeback to a guy bragging about having a bastard child and having to listen to Vapor's broken pink record.