Opie Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere
Hughes’ abrupt departure comes nearly three years to the day since his erstwhile partner, Anthony Cumia was loudly fired by the satcaster. Opie was famously half of the Opie & Anthony show with Anthony Cumia, which ran for years on WAAF/Boston, the late WNEW/New York and in briefly in syndication until that venture was derailed after now-infamous “Sex for Sam” stunt went horribly awry. In 2004 the show made the move to XM, where it lasted until 2014, when Cumia was fired. Perhaps you heard something about that… Opie soldiered on with comedian and longtime O&A co-host Jim Norton until last year, when Norton launched his own show, co-hosted by former O&A producer Sam Roberts. Opie Radio had been airing weekdays from 3-6pm ET since October 2016.
Another telling sign of Hughes’ departure was that all evidence of Opie’s existence (including his show’s On Demand offerings) has been deleted from the SiriusXM site. His now former 3-6pm timeslot is now identified, simply, as Faction Talk.