SiriusXM’s Opie Radio Channel officially relaunches, Jim Norton now on mornings, Opie afternoons
Update [1.23.17] This channel has gone through another rebranding as Faction Talk. It’s been over a week of some pretty hefty radio drama over at SiriusXM’s Opie Radio Channel. A channel that will no longer have its namesake in the morning radio position for the first time since the channel’s debut over a decade ago […]
Opie’s latest video states he’s returning to SiriusXM, doing afternoons
Another day, another revelation about Gregg “Opie” Hughes, formerly of The Opie & Anthony Show and the Opie with Jimmy Show. This morning, Opie released another video featuring updates written in sand on the beach. The message reads, “Back tomorrow 3pm. I did NOT want to leave mornings. Short term deal. They wanted longer. I […]
Today, “Opie Radio” relauches as “Faction Talk” on SiriusXM
Today is a new day for channel 103 of SiriusXM. The channel, formerly known as the channel formerly known as Opie Radio is now launched with a branded as Faction Talk. Named after its popular sister channel Faction 41 which is a punk/sports/music influenced channel. The talk side of the channel will now fuse the […]
“The Opie with Jimmy Show” is over, Jim Norton and Opie separate, both to remain on SiriusXM?
For those who lingered longer in the hopes that some incarnation of the old Opie/Anthony/Jimmy dynamic would form, the past two days seemed to effectively close the book on that speculation. Host Gregg “Opie” Hughes of SiriusXM’s Opie with Jimmy Show, what used to be the Opie & Anthony Show, posted a video that updated […]
“The Opie with Jimmy Show,” Opie says he rejected latest SiriusXM deal, responds to Jim Norton’s comments
After the news broke yesterday about the dissolution of The Opie With Jimmy Show on SiriusXM, many were left wondering what the future of the show’s hosts Gregg “Opie” Hughes and Jim Norton would be. It was alluded that they’d both stay on SiriusXM’s airwaves, but with different shows. Opie is now saying that’s not […]
It’s official, Opie fired from SiriusXM
Gregg “Opie” Hughes has been fired by SiriusXM, capping off what’s been a tumultuous time for the talk show host and the satellite radio giant. There had been speculation that Hughes’ days were numbered and earlier this afternoon, SiriusXM released a statement to All Access that read, “SiriusXM confirms it has terminated its relationship with […]