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Well that didn't take long...

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sammy10002

According to the Wall Street Journal...

Roth to Exit CBS Morning Radio

NEW YORK -- In a sign of the struggles some broadcast-radio stations face in the absence of Howard Stern's popular morning show, Mr. Stern's successor in New York and other markets will leave CBS Corp.'s airwaves, to be replaced by the duo Opie & Anthony, according to people familiar with the matter.

The duo would replace David Lee Roth, the former rock star who has failed to attract a big audience in the months since Mr. Stern left CBS for Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. The multiyear deal for Opie & Anthony, still in final stages of negotiation, would be a coup for XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., which currently broadcasts the duo's show. Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia would continue to air on XM, and they would promote XM on air to CBS's listeners in cities where Mr. Roth's show airs.
 
> and they would promote XM on air to CBS's listeners in
> cities where Mr. Roth's show airs.

So in addition to Roth being gone, we have to listen to endless plugs for XM?
 
> > and they would promote XM on air to CBS's listeners in
> > cities where Mr. Roth's show airs.
>
> So in addition to Roth being gone, we have to listen to
> endless plugs for XM?

We saw how well that worked for O&A's archnemesis... I heard Howard coming out of a car sitting in a dealer lot yesterday!
 
> > and they would promote XM on air to CBS's listeners in
> > cities where Mr. Roth's show airs.
>
> So in addition to Roth being gone, we have to listen to
> endless plugs for XM?
>

I guess you're listening to a different O&A show on XM than I am...the show I listen to daily doesn't do endless plugs. Although, they do do intra radio "commercials" on the channel, but I doubt that CBS will allow those plugs to supersede revenue generating local spots. They do talk about the goings on with their radio just like every other jock. I do see Opie and his bitter hatred (and rightfully so) towards terrestrial radio might cause him to talk up XM a LOT more than usual.
 
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