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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Washington Post "O&A and D&M Suspended" | ||||
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| slap nut | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:00 AM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01  | I know the whole O&A vs D&M issue has its own thread, but I think this is big enough for its own thread. reported from the Washington Post: Infinity Broadcasting has sent feuding radio duos Don and Mike and Opie and Anthony to their rooms, suspending both teams for their on-air sniping at each other last week. Live editions of both "The Don & Mike Show" and "The Opie & Anthony Show" were pulled from the air Tuesday and yesterday by Infinity, the New York-based broadcasting giant that employs all four men and syndicates their daily programs to 70 stations nationwide. In this area, the shows are heard on WJFK-FM. On their late-afternoon program, Opie and Anthony (Greg Hughes and Anthony Cumia) have repeatedly knocked industry veterans Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara. Their jibes revolved primarily around Don and Mike's low audience ratings on WNEW, O&A's station in New York. Geronimo and O'Meara ignored the cracks until last Thursday, when the pair responded with a lengthy, insult-laden tirade slamming Opie and Anthony's ratings in Washington. What makes the feud unusual is that both sets of hosts work for the same company and are heard consecutively on many of the same stations, including WJFK. Listeners expecting to hear the two programs live over the past two days instead heard repeats of earlier programs. A brief announcement preceding Tuesday's "Don and Mike" program said the hosts were extending their Memorial Day vacations. In fact, Geronimo said in an interview yesterday that he and O'Meara were ordered to stay off the air by Infinity executives, who cited the ongoing feud. Geronimo said he wouldn't be on the air on Thursday, but didn't know how long he'd have to sit out after that. "I was told not to go to work Tuesday and today," the house-bound deejay said. "I'm [angry], but the people I feel bad for are our listeners, the people who support us day in and day out. . . . . We want to be at work. We want to be at the station. We don't want to be sitting around in some stupid girl fight." Hughes and Cumia were also told by the company not to report to work, according to people at WNEW. One source said the program, which airs from 3 to 7 p.m., after "Don & Mike," would resume live broadcasts on Friday. Calls to WJFK station manager Alan Leinwand and WNEW station manager Ken Stevens weren't returned yesterday. The suspensions belie the notion that the crossfire is a stunt cooked up by both camps to boost ratings. Although listener interest may have been piqued by the dispute, removing the hosts from the air indicates that Infinity isn't trying to profit from the brouhaha. The use of recorded programs undoubtedly will drive away some listeners, which could affect both programs' audience totals during the quarterly ratings period. Infinity's management apparently fears that greater damage would be done by permitting the internecine warfare to continue. Due to low ratings, "Don & Mike" is already on the verge of cancellation in New York, the nation's largest radio market, and the continued lashing from O&A can only hasten the exodus of advertisers and listeners from the show. Infinity once had high hopes for both programs. Last year, it began marketing the two shows to radio stations, along with Howard Stern's morning program (also heard on WJFK), in a bid to provide an all-day block of programming that appeals strongly to men. That effort was a failure; so far, only WJFK, an Infinity-owned station, airs all three programs. While about 50 stations nationwide carry "Don & Mike," and about 20 air "Opie & Anthony," the syndicated package of all three has found no takers. This isn't Don & Mike's first time in the cooler. The duo were suspended for about 10 days last summer when they began talking about another WJFK personality, G. Gordon Liddy. Liddy's program had been canceled by the station, and the host was in the midst of negotiating with another local station, WTNT-AM, when Infinity stepped in to prevent D&M from commenting. Geronimo said yesterday he was willing to refrain from talking about Opie and Anthony on the air, but management was adamant about removing him and his partner temporarily. "This is killing us," he said. "We weren't on Tuesday. We weren't on Wednesday. We won't be on Thursday. All this does is hurt us and the station." © 2002 The Washington Post Company | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:10 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | They also stole tickets from Jeremy's office. Seriously though, this explains things, and sucks. Radio feuding is great for radio, what the hell is WNEW thinking!  "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." Picks: Scanners, Enc 1015 This message was edited by IkeaBoy on 5-30-02 @ 2:12 AM | ||||
| ewwfahh's beer | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:17 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Feb. 02 | Oh God, now I have come to the conclusion that this radio "war" is definitely FAKE... Hope not but it really looks like it. Give me more beer This message was edited by ewwfahh's beer on 5-30-02 @ 2:23 AM | ||||
| slap nut | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:30 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Getting suspended = fake??? This is not one of Rocko's fake suspensions its real. By the way so is the ffud it goes back to Jan 2001 when D&M demanded O&A's spot in NYC and left NEW for 2 weeks because of it. I'm sure the two fat bozo's moved from their afternoonslot in D.C to make room for O&A is fake too. This message was edited by slap nut on 5-30-02 @ 2:32 AM | ||||
| ewwfahh's beer | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:33 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Feb. 02 | Tim err I mean slap nut, I THINK this makes too much sense not to be fake. It's a perfect feud, D&M will raise their ratings in NY, O&A will raise theirs in DC and everyone's happy- A perfect feud. That's all. This "suspension" makes it all too obvious. Look beyond the font. :) Give me more beer | ||||
| Fast Freddy Voted Most Likey to The next old thread I bring up officially starts the mods in a race to ban me. Flock wins! | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:33 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 02 | I think its fake with some real animosity and the effort to promote this so called war has been on the DM side. I hope OA play this shit down and even ignore it from this point on. Its not needed, those fat dopes dont desrve the attention. *The whole real fight challenge by Dm really turned me off. They sounded like little faggots. I So there, its worth what its worth, suck on it WNEWs GIRL Gets my dick hard! EAT MY FILTHY HOLE | ||||
| Lent Black Rock Coalition Do you have a basketball in your car? | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:38 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 00 | Oh nos!! Both shows have been supspended!! Now how will the boys get more girls to pose in bikinis for the softball game??? - AIM:lentnyc | ||||
| slap nut | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 2:45 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | O&A and D&M had a feud back in Jan of 2001 back when D&M demaded O&A's spot, that did nothing for D&M's ratings. Actually the book that came out during the feud (which gave O&A more substance in the shots back & forth) were actually D&M's best book since ( 1.2). | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 3:54 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Upon rereading it, it's obvious that the writer is obviously biased towards Don and Mike. Not only do they only get comments from Don it makes Don and Mike seem like the innocent radio "veterans" who are constantly pushed around by O&A- insulted and treated like shit while they do nothing and also makes it seem like they do it constantly which is untrue. And that the humble passive Don and Mike finally snapped and did what they had to do after years of torment and aggression. "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." Picks: Scanners, Enc 1015 | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 5:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Once again this proves, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ. But is it ART | ||||
Nay. We are but men. ROCK. The man with the plan. | posted on 05-30-2002 @ 6:52 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Yeah, the guy who wrote this article is nice and informed. Never heard of that small Philly station called WYSP, I suppose. Go talk about it in the Official O&A vs D&M Thread.  This message was edited by FollowThisLogic on 5-30-02 @ 7:00 AM | ||||
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