Opie and Anthony Suspended from XM Radio

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Amused

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XM has every right to hire and fire for any reason they see fit so long as it does not break any contractual agreements or the civil rights laws.

Don't like it? Cancel XM radio.
 

NYHoustonman

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Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
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Not effing good.

I'm cancelling as we speak.

dammit. i hope the fired rumor isnt true.

homeless shopping spree was the best!
happened at the mall near me.

Palisades Center (that was last year)?

That was about 10 minutes from my home in NY, but I'm in California for college... I would hvae been there :\.
 

JoPh

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Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
Originally posted by: Amused
XM has every right to hire and fire for any reason they see fit so long as it does not break any contractual agreements or the civil rights laws.

Don't like it? Cancel XM radio.

Trust me, they'll feel it. O&A have a very dedicated audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjIuPSuYSOY

Something to watch if you're sitting around on hold :p.

patrice is great.
 

JoPh

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Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
http://www.wackbag.com/


Not effing good.

I'm cancelling as we speak.

dammit. i hope the fired rumor isnt true.

homeless shopping spree was the best!
happened at the mall near me.

Palisades Center (that was last year)?

That was about 10 minutes from my home in NY, but I'm in California for college... I would hvae been there :\.

short hills mall
 

NYHoustonman

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Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
http://www.wackbag.com/


Not effing good.

I'm cancelling as we speak.

dammit. i hope the fired rumor isnt true.

homeless shopping spree was the best!
happened at the mall near me.

Palisades Center (that was last year)?

That was about 10 minutes from my home in NY, but I'm in California for college... I would hvae been there :\.

short hills mall

Ah, k, that was this past year I assume.
 

elmro

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Rumor is that there have been about 50K cancellations as of 4 pm, since the O&A announcement.
 

Homerboy

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LOL at the free speech arguement.
These people are EMPLOYEES of a company.
The COMPANY deems what is ok for them to say. If the US govt stepped in and said "fire these guys" THAT is against free speech.
Please people STFU.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
Originally posted by: Amused
XM has every right to hire and fire for any reason they see fit so long as it does not break any contractual agreements or the civil rights laws.

Don't like it? Cancel XM radio.

Trust me, they'll feel it. O&A have a very dedicated audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjIuPSuYSOY

Something to watch if you're sitting around on hold :p.

Hey, if that's the case then they made a bad business decision. But it was theirs to make.
 

JoPh

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Originally posted by: elmro
Rumor is that there have been about 50K cancellations as of 4 pm, since the O&A announcement.

where did you hear that?
 

NYHoustonman

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Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: elmro
Rumor is that there have been about 50K cancellations as of 4 pm, since the O&A announcement.

where did you hear that?

Thinking the same thing, I'd love to hear that.

Still on hold by the way, an hour now...
 

Duddy

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
These fsckers better not start trying to censor Howard Stern...:|

Sorry, but Howard is DEFINATLY next. I'm pretty sure it will be a feminist action group.
 

elmro

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Originally posted by: JoPh
Originally posted by: elmro
Rumor is that there have been about 50K cancellations as of 4 pm, since the O&A announcement.

where did you hear that?

It was second hand information from one of the guests who is a regular on the show. Also, the other rumor is that O&A have already been fired. Check out wackbag.com (the biggest O&A fansite that I know of) for the rumor.
 

Randum

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their topic has been censorship the last month or so and how they dont know how long they will be on the air etc...

i am calling this a publicity stunt via XM and whoever owns their show to gain listeners
 

Gusty987

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Originally posted by: Randum
their topic has been censorship the last month or so and how they dont know how long they will be on the air etc...

i am calling this a publicity stunt via XM and whoever owns their show to gain listeners

Unfortunately I don't think so.

from whackbag.com (o&a message board:

I have 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!


this is so fscking outrageous...XM hired the boys for exactly this kind of radio!

I'm calling first thing tomorrow to cancel my XM. The boys are the main reason I have it, and I can get Ron and Fez from other sources.

CBS better not drop them too...
 

Duddy

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HOLY MOTHER OF F***!!!!!!!!!!

I officialy have NOTHING to listen to on XM now!!! If O&A were fired, I was gonna listen to Imus!!

FU**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That's IT!!!! I'm canceling that damn service RIGHT F****** NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

NYHoustonman

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JUST got through, took damn near an hour and a half... They offered me 3 free months on both radios...

I'd gladly take that if O&A were put back on the air >.>

As it is, I 'live' in California for college, so I can't listen to the boys anymore save for 92.3 online, which would be 3-6AM local time... I may listen tonight just for sh!ts.
 

NYHoustonman

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Originally posted by: daveymark
just when I thought the day couldn't improve. Good riddance to those idiots.

It would be hypocritical of me to tell you to stay out of the thread when the fundamental issue here is freedom of speech...

But you're still an ass.
 

Duddy

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Crap that line is BUSY!

I'm gonna go to Wal-Mart and gett a Sirius. I hope XM dies!!!!