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Radio Personality
The Resume
(1994- )
Opie (Gregg Hughes - May 23, 1965- )
Anthony (Anthony Cumia - April 26, 1961- )
Jimmy (Jim Norton - July 19, 1968- )
Former Hosts of the syndicated 'Opie and Anthony Show,' based in New York City on WNEW-FM
Previously worked at WAAF-FM in Boston
Opie previously worked at WBAB-FM on Long Island and on WUFX-FM in Buffalo
XM Satellite Radio (August 5, 2004- )
WKTU (2006- )
Why they might be annoying
They are considered by many people to be Howard Stern ripoffs.
They were fired in Boston after they pulled an April Fool's prank, telling their listeners the Mayor of Boston died in a car accident (1998).
They were hosts of a short-lived XFL pregame show.
They laugh too much at their own jokes.
They do not come up with many of their own ideas for radio bits and contests.
They are obsessed with insulting their old station in Boston, WAAF-FM.
Their show has become stale ever since they started being syndicated.
They love to reuse certain words and sound effects repeatedly.
Anthony never attended college.
Opie has a very short fuse.
Anthony has been divorced.
Several members of their crew were arrested for being on the see-through Voyeur Bus where six young women were flashing all over Manhattan (2000).
They took over the number one rated time slot held by Don and Mike in Washington, D.C., and within a few months, they were in seventeenth place.
They were fired (August 22, 2002) for airing a sexual olympics bit from St. Patricks Cathedral (August 15, 2002). Many Catholic groups were upset that they motivated and broadcast a couple having sex in the Cathedral.
They originally charged a $1.99 per month premium to hear their program on XM Radio.
Why they might not be annoying
They acknowledge the fact that Howard Stern has been a major influence in their careers.
They became a popular show in New York without any promotion.
They are on a station that has low ratings outside of their show.
They became so popular that within three years of their New York debut, they were signed to a very lucrative syndication deal (2001).
They quickly became popular in cities such as Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Buffalo just after they started sydication.
Howard Stern put down an order that forbade them to talk about him on their radio program, even though they are not in direct competition with Stern, and they work for the same company (2000).
They created 'Whip'em Out Wednesdays' (WOW), where they encourage women to flash at motorists who have a WOW bumper sticker.
Eventually, WOW applied to any day of the week.
Regular guests to their show include Jay Mohr, Jim Breuer, and Lewis Black.
Anthony does great impressions of people such as Andrew Dice Clay, Tom Brokaw, and Mike Tyson.
They are big South Park fans.
Anthony is a huge New York Yankees fan.
Credit: Whiff Boy
See related: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Fred Norris, Gary Dell'Abate, Jackie Martling, Artie Lange, Billy West, 'Stuttering' John Melendez, Andre Gardner, Doug Goodstein, Mel Karmazin, Sumner Redstone, A.J. Benza, Crazy Cabbie, Beetlejuice, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, Ralph Cirella, Dominic Barbara, Jessica Hahn, Nicole Bass, Mark Harris, 'Elegant' Elliot Offen, 'Melrose' Larry Green, Uzo, Suzanne Muldowney, Beth Ostrosky, Alison Stern, Ray Stern, Ben Stern, Mary McCormack, Allison Janney, Debbie Schlussel, Sam Kinson, Andrew 'Dice' Clay, Erich 'Mancow' Muller and Don Imus
They eventually dropped the $1.99 premium charge to go to basic XM radio.
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Year In Review:
For 2009, as of last week, Out of 75 Votes: 62.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 128 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 549 Votes: 49.18% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 2950 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1299 Votes: 43.80% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 941 Votes: 48.35% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 2024 Votes: 48.62% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 32570 Votes: 52.70% Annoying
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