Radio is a small business, and getting smaller by the day. So gossip travels fast. My conjecture on why Opie isn't getting hired, based on what type of radio there is:

• First, Jocktober, as funny as it was, REALLY burned bridges across the country. Mocking shitty radio is one thing, but when you have harmless morning zoo DJ's in Idaho getting emails that say "Your retarded kid is why I support abortion" (hilarious, by the way) and it leads back to a radio guy whose name as unique as "Opie", there are NO stations who will hire you if you get fired. They won't care that "we technically never told our fans to do this". This isn't a court of law; they can blame you, and never hire you if they feel like it.

• Edgy shows don't want you because your a toxic cunt. Edgy shows want a co-host who can roll with the punches, not a guy with NPD who they worry will come at them with a knife over a harmless joke at their expense.

• "Your" show flounders after Ant leaves and some callers openly admit they only listen to it for your cohost. When you and he split up, you are moved to increasingly irrelevant time slots and you (deliberately?) get fired before they can put you on the graveyard shift or simply not renew your contract--the ultimate humiliation.

• You think you're worth 10xs more than you are because "I've been doin' this since I was 18!" Not realizing because of bullet 1 & 2, the number of PD's who won't automatically toss your resume in the bin when they see "Opie" is incredibly small.

• All the girls at the station will be jealous you have bigger tits than them

• You just flat out suck at radio.