Opie and Anthony fan backlash over move back to old fashion radio
A small sample of the posts there:
'This move isn't about making the show better, and this move sure as hell is not about what us loyal XM fans think. They made it very clear yesterday with their tongue-in-cheek humor and the very telling Liz call that they don't give a shit about their loyal XM fans....The rest of us that have our own brains can see what this move really is all
about...money.'
'Since the weekend, I have seen nothing bickering from everyone....is this the end of show as we know it, and if not, is this the end of the loyal fanbase that we have grown to know and love since the am show started. I have noticed more and more people that are second guessing ONA and feel like they are doing a "bad thing".'
'They spent 18 months bashing terrestial radio saying why would anyone want to be on there....and here they are?'
'Now for being a fan since wnew and an avid listener I will only get them uncensored for 2 hours rather then 4. I don't think that sounds like a good deal to me.'
'today's show was horse shit. they ignored everyone who made a good point. the biggest issue that pertains to us is the commercial time, and they think they can put old worst of on and appease us? this attempt to insult our intelligence is absurd. remember how you said "give them a
chance" during the summer when youre getting TWENTY MINUTE bits again and paying for them. we paid for the one hour clips, and i guarantee we lose them after the FIRST months ratings are followed by huge advertising
bucks...instead we as XM listeners are going to be the ones who suffer.'
'I hear you. I feel as an XM subscriber, I'm getting the short end of the
stick.'
'I kept up the service just for O&A, and now I'm getting 2 hours instead
of 4.'
'Unfortunately they are going to get worse.'
'I can't help but feel a little slighted to be a loyal subscriber since day one and have them cater to CBS instead of vice versa.'
'I dont care how funny the CBS portion is, now we have to sit through long commercial breaks and have 3/5 of the show "tempered down". This eats at me more and more seemingly every fuckin hour of the day, it's really pissing me off.'
'...I just don't get how you can lambast free radio for 2 years and then turn around just like that and go back to it for 60% of their show. Can you say seeeeeellll out?'
'this all has become very disheartening. they will be compromising the show, after a month or so they will not go over 11 as much as they initially will and expect us to get used that. i dont want to admit it but it really seems like this was their plan all along and they used our loyality and all along they wanted a big paycheck and to be in howies old timespot so they could somehow finally get out of howies shadow. they seem so desperate now to prove themselves better than howie. and lets not get into how they fucked over ron and fez.'
'I'm losing faith because as an XM subscriber I feel like I'm getting fucked over. I feel with commercial time filled with promos or best of stuff... Those of us who loved the XM era, will be bowing our heads in sadness.'
'Never thought I'd call the boys hypocrites but thats exactly what they've become.'
'You can listen to their explanations all you want, but I'll tell you what's going on here. This stinks. They are screwing their XM fans and are pleading for you to wait until you judge?...Time to call the enemy and ask what kind of deal they can' make for a deserter.'
'Does anyone really think O&A give a fuck about thier XM fans? Or what we think? They finally got what they wanted. They'll do good on Free FM.'
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