Jim and Sam couldn't do a Jocktober because they couldn't find any clips more unlistenable than what they were already putting out on the air.
Jocktober also doesn't hold up because broadcasting has largely become an amateur pursuit - it's an alien concept now to think of "broadcasters" as "real professionals" when 99.9% of consumed content these days (Twitch, Youtube, Spotify) is done in a dingy makeshift studio or a bedroom contained in a house.
It's not quite true because there are still some radio programs that have not yet translated into streaming/podcasting. Sports talk shows are still big on FM. Conservative talk radio is still huge, which is not helped by the absolute retardation of right-wing podcasters (e.g. Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, etc). Even stuff like NPR has a niche because their staff finds unique stuff and has meaningful connections in the business (especially indie music) to that end. I am pro-Trump but listen to NPR and its affiliates (especially KEXP) for indie music.
Let's not forget how mean they were to Terry Clifford, whose son was the O&A Reddit moderator who reported that she was abused online so badly that she would come home in tears.
Brother Wease begged Opie to layoff Clifford a little bit, apparently I just wished Opie followed through a little bit more of that mans advice.
The Bee Morning Coffee Club caught the attention of O&A because they beat the O&A show in some local radio popularity contest that was put on by some Rochester newspaper. But the contest was rigged as the pests had O&A leading by ten times as many votes. The newspaper editor was clearly not an O&A fan so he just declared that the O&A show lost the vote. The revenge for this was beating the shit out of Terry Clifford (and this was before Jocktober was a thing).
It's sort of fitting. Every young person, at least men, who grew up with parents who worked in radio probably listened to Opie and Anthony.
Been down all day.
THE FUCKING THING SUCKS
I was talking with nastytwp about the Anthony / StuJo lolsuit during his gaming stream and then Emily popped up with another delusional "HI OPIE!
" post. Site went down then after.
If they are a heritage morning show in a decently sized market like Cincinnati, and are #1 in the ratings or at least in the top 5, they are probably making decent money, even in 2026. For example, look at Milwaukee, which is only a little bit smaller than Cincinnati. Bob and Brian have been #1 in the morning for, I think, almost the entire nearly 40 years that they have been on the air. Everybody and their mother listens to those guys in that market, it's just part of the routine. I heard from a reliable source that they are both millionaires and I believe it.
Sam is corporate enough to avoid doing anything fun that could get him fired, which is part of why his show isn’t worth listening to. Sirius was tired of the Bbboys and the headaches they caused between Opie’s whining about management and not signing his contracts until the 11th hour and Anthony’s open and honest discussions on race. They were looking for any reason to get rid of the show. Sam, from what I’ve seen, keeps it nice and PG-13 so all the celebrities can do his show, and he does whatever they tell him to do at a fraction of the price. Let’s be honest though, O&A were about done anyways. Even if Anthony hadn’t fought a black prostitute that fateful evening, they resented each other and weren’t able or willing to pull a Stern. “Hoohoo, Robin I was playing a character for the last three decades. I’ve always been woke.”
I don't know what's more torturous, the fugitive bits themselves or Opie saying "Fugchewtive"
He always flung feces from behind cover. Squirm and the worm. But now it's just Squirm. I have been so checked out on Sam Roberts lore I didn't even know he was bald now. Still has the horrible pube beard.