It's because the show is just too irrelevant for even those shitty terrestrial shows to comment on

The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. They are indifferent to OpieRaqio's existence.

Because no one would have a clue who they were taking about.

'Opie and Anthony" was a brand, and had a little name recognition in the markets where they had a terrestrial presence. Here on the west coast, very few have heard of them.

"Opie Raqio" has no brand, it's a brand new product, that's only heard on one platform. Most people you know have no fucking clue who it is, or care. Most people have never experienced Sirius, past the music channels, when they have a free sub in their car or rental.

Why would anyone even talk about him? They don't do programming like Jocktober. Even Scorch probably won't find a reason to mention them. Mancow has no reason to go after them. Todd is too wrapped up in his little bubble to pay attention.

The only person who would have a reason to talk about Opie Raqio is Howard, and if he ever mentioned Gregg again, it'll be a shock - Howard won. O&A are gone. Gregg is a flea on the ass of Howard's Sirius building.

It's sad that even Scorch is better than Opie.

Howard technically won, but I don't think it's worth claiming victory over someone like Opie. It doesn't matter, the fans lose.

They did.

90% of those who responded to being Jocktobered, or people who attacked them called Ant and Jim funny, and called Opie the luckiest board Op in history.

Same shit we say.

link? have only heard this happen on the JV and Elvis show and that wasn't in response to being Jocktobered if I remember correctly

You are more asking for links in the plural sense, too many to provide. I am lazy anyways.

How about you trust me as a listener since WNEW, and trust this sub, because if what I said was bullshit it would have been downvoted to shit and I would be called out.

edit sorry I am so lazy, trying to find aftermaths of Jocktobers is hard, then isolating the the time where they talk about it, I am not a producer, I am a drunk!

I have been a listener since NEW and don't remember anyone saying this

You must have missed the years after then. They did not say that shit on NEW, because they did not attack shows like they did on XM.

You must have missed a lot of shows.

Wait, you mean to tell me you never heard another host refer to Opie as a Board Op? Really dude? Long time listener my ass, I call bullshit.

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I totally remember the board op thing, it exists.

They were in a radio war with 2 terrestrial jocks. They took shots back and forth until the two shows called each other (both) live on air. Ant wasn't there to prop up Opie (because he was picking up his girl friend at the time from a mental institution) in the argument and it wen't down hill very quickly. At one point, Opie was just yelling YAKOV SMIRNOFF! YAKOV SMIRNOFF! YAKOV SMIRNOFF! YAKOV SMIRNOFF! over and over again. That was his defense.

The rival jocks actually admitted to liking Jim and Ant because they were very funny. And then immediately called out Opie for being unfunny and nothing more than a board op. Opie didn't prove them wrong that day.

EDIT: Found it. It is much worse than I remember for everyone involved.

Because no one on earth cares as much about "radio" as Opie and fans of the show, and that includes the people who do it. 99% of the country doesn't even give it a second thought. People on the air are just background noise while people drive, because that's all the majority of people are looking for. Other shows aren't going to suddenly increase ratings because they start shitting on some dude most people have never and will never hear of.

We need to alert these shows on Twitter to how shitty the show has become and give them tips on what will hurt Opie the most

Todd has his own problems.

You'd have thought that douche Jason Ellis would be all over it.

Nobody gives a fuck about O&J. The show that trashed them has already been destroyed, there's no point.

It would be really sad without Ant or Jimmy to stand up for him. He's unable to stand up for himself. All he has is, Ugggghhh you got me. You're really stupid. I could of been a model. I'm a black ninja fuckface. And twitter voice guy.

sad

I think you mean hilarious.

Like it or not, Opie still makes way more than most of the competition. The people who could really shit on him don't care about his inane show.

Ill go with or not.

They say the best revenge is living well and that's what I imagine they're doing while laughing privately at the shit heap known as Opie Radio.

Hate to say it but O&A are nowhere near as relevant as they use to be. Why would any show's mention them? Very few shows would have use goofing on how bad Opie is.

I can only assume that they are instructed by their program directors to not even mention the show…due to it possibly being competition cause its also radio. Other radio shows usually aren't into starting trouble, just to entertain, albeit usually not that entertaining.

It's not Opie they're afraid of. Jim would destroy any of those radio hacks, even the one he works with, if he wanted to.

I just don't think people care

The shock jock radio war thing was based on going after people you're competing against. Opie isn't a threat to any shows because he's not going to take away any of their listeners. It's not based on him wielding any power. He's irrelevant to other shows so it would be ridiculous for them to go on the air and have to explain who he is and why he isn't funny.

The fact that Opie even mentions himself in the same sentence as Stern is comical.

does anyone know if opie and anthony's ratings were ever better than howards?

Never remotely close.

in howards favor right

Yes.

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Stern went out at number 1 in New York when he went to Sirius. After taking over his slot O&A never even cracked the top 10. Opie especially tried to spin it that they were doing ok in their target demographic, but there was just no spinning that they were doing so poorly in the ratings that affiliates were dropping them left and right. Their run on terrestrial radio ended not with a bang, but a whimper.

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They only released satellite radio ratings in 2007. Howard's channels had by far the highest number of listeners per week:

XM TALK

1. Fox News 485,400

2. XM Comedy 422,200

3. ESPN Radio 262,600

4. The Virus (Opie & Anthony) 216,800

5. CNN 211,800

SIRIUS TALK

1. Howard 100 (Stern) 1,225,100

2. Howard 101 502,000

3. Blue Collar Comedy 311,200

4. NASCAR 177,600

5. Raw Dog (comedy) 171,600

XM MUSIC

1. Top 20 on 20 1,055,300

2. Flight 26 (adult contemp.) 713,700

3. '70s on 7 654,100

4. '80s on 8 648,900

5. '60s on 6 619,600

SIRIUS MUSIC

1. Sirius Hits 653,200

2. New Country 455,900

3. Big 80s 450,000

4. The Pulse ('90s) 405,000

5. Octane (hard rock) 357,600

That's all they had back then, 200k listeners? That after 3 years on satellite, and a year of the 50/50 with broadcast and satellite. That's way after getting rid of the pay subscription as well.

I imagine OpieRadio has about a tenth of that right now, and falling.

Because they're not listening to the show either.

He's work-friends with powerful suits. Why do you think everyone kisses his ass?

Well the sad truth in radio is if they did, even just O&J plus Sam and Bob Kelly or Soder or whoever comedian they have in could still destroy most shows. So why would it even be worth it?

I dunno. Today's show was pretty tight.

We are allowed to shit on opie. If someone would jocktober him or bash him I would be pissed...I've earned the rights to shit on opie becaus I've listned every day for along time.

The other shows are still worse - but I wonder if Opie would even acknowledge other shows calling out O&J as a shell of what O&A used to be.

Good point, maybe they are still afraid of what the fans might do?

Even 30% of the pest will fuck up your twitter and Facebook.

Knuckleheads*

Look at how many people really bash Opie in here. The max is about 30. That's less then 1% of the audience.

But the op was talking about other radio shows

Yes.

They only released satellite radio ratings in 2007. Howard's channels had by far the highest number of listeners per week:

XM TALK

1. Fox News 485,400

2. XM Comedy 422,200

3. ESPN Radio 262,600

4. The Virus (Opie & Anthony) 216,800

5. CNN 211,800

SIRIUS TALK

1. Howard 100 (Stern) 1,225,100

2. Howard 101 502,000

3. Blue Collar Comedy 311,200

4. NASCAR 177,600

5. Raw Dog (comedy) 171,600

XM MUSIC

1. Top 20 on 20 1,055,300

2. Flight 26 (adult contemp.) 713,700

3. '70s on 7 654,100

4. '80s on 8 648,900

5. '60s on 6 619,600

SIRIUS MUSIC

1. Sirius Hits 653,200

2. New Country 455,900

3. Big 80s 450,000

4. The Pulse ('90s) 405,000

5. Octane (hard rock) 357,600