# Opie & Anthony: See ya!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327 "2002-08-24T02:28:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/21 "2002-08-25T13:16:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nanook of the North Shore \* > \*\* > The worst was when they kicked Stalker Patty off the show. The sheer cruelty of that act was the absolute worst thing they’ve done. \*\* I realize this makes me a horrible person, but… story-time, please! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/22 "2002-08-25T13:32:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whitetho \* > \*\*See [Mid-Missouri radio station owner’s license revoked for child molestation](http://newstribune.com/stories/071101/sta_0711010939.asp) for the July, 2001 Associated Press write-up. I think he’s still appealing the revocations, although so far he has lost every step of the way. \*\* One of the questions on applications for FCC licenses asks whether the Applicant or any controlling interest of the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, and being convicted of a felony can be grounds for loss of license. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/23 "2002-08-25T13:45:13Z")
I love Don & Mike, I hope the sacking of O & A can put D & M on 3:00 to 7:00, their normal timeslot, I listen on WYSP in Philly, and their on from 11:00 to 3:00, making it impossible to listen to them. I use to listen to D & M when I lived in Wash. DC, I was so glad when they came to Philly, I was actually hoping D & M would come to my listening area before O & A. ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/24 "2002-08-25T16:15:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Space Vampire \* > \*\* > > I realize this makes me a horrible person, but… story-time, please! \*\* Remember the scene in **Lord of the Flies** where the group killed Piggy? Everyone chanting “Kill the pig, kill the pig.”? Take that scene, put it in a radio studio. Swap out the kids for a couple of guys, Piggy for a likely midly retarded near homeless woman that is totally dedicated to the previously mentioned guys, and remove the actual killing. I’m not going into any more detail than that. It was the worst thing I’ve ever heard on radio ever, anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![AmbulanceChaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@AmbulanceChaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbulanceChaser)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/25 "2002-08-25T16:34:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nanook of the North Shore \* > \*\* I think Don and Mike left because of a combination of 2 factors. One, they had absolutely horrible ratings in NY. \*\* Granted. They got absolutely no promotion in NYC, though. They could have been a failure regardless, but WYSP in Philly has treated D&M with much more, uh, interest, and their ratings there are solid. > [@](#): > > \*\* Two, they were feuding with O&A. Feuding with the stations top ratings draw while you yourself are getting crappy ratings is a great way to guarantee you get dropped. \*\* Yeah. They probably wanted a reason to get dropped by WNEW other than bad ratings. At the same time, though, they weren’t “feuding with O&A.” They _decided_ to feud with O&A b/c they likely got tired of hearing every afternoon after they signed off how much their show sucked. So Don started reading ratings on the air, ratings not nearly as impressive as O&A said they were (though that’s deceptive too, since Don was primarily reading O&A’s less than stellar ratings in DC, a city O&A probably didn’t care _all that_ much about anyway). It’s pretty obvious what O&A’s plan was: position themselves as Infinity’s _only_ hot talker, other than Stern (and Imus, not that they care about him anyway). That way, when/if Stern drops, O&A are the golden boys. It seems WNEW’s management was willing to try that. Of course, it was a petty plan all along, b/c D&M never intend to surpass Stern and all O&A did was bring themselves down and (probably) their WNEW mates Ron & Fez as well. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327/26 "2002-08-25T16:39:59Z")
Since O & A were canned, WJFK in Washington has been broadcasting the best of Don and Mike, followed by (I think) the actual D & M show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opie-anthony-see-ya/125327.md?page=1)