WOW - Roth is replaced by O&E

What a surprise this morning when I jumped in my car and turned on the radio. Instead of giving David Lee Roth his three minutes before giving up and switching over to sports radio, I heard some familiar voices I thought I'd never hear on terrestrial radio again: those of shock-jocks Opie and Anthony.

I loved the show these guys had years ago. They were the perfect afternoon compliment to Stern in the mornings. WBCN, the local affiliate here in Boston, had the FM talk radio market cornered it seemed. Then O&A crossed a couple of lines, first reporting that Mayor Menino had died (April Fool's joke), then again when one of their contests resulted in a couple having sex in a New York Cathedral. They were immediately ousted by CBS. Two years later, they inked a deal with XM radio, and a year later their old nemesis Howard Stern joined the satellite radio revolution with a contract with Sirius, and Diamond David Lee Roth signed on as Sterns replacement.

Roth...ugh. Nice guy. Terrible show.

Now, about four years since last broadcasting over the airwaves, Opie and Anthony will be back, resigned amazingly by the same company that blacklisted them, CBS. Their show this morning was basically just an announcement, and their real show starts on (appropriately) Wednesday. They'll be splitting time between the CBS studio and XM, with the switch happening around 9am EDT. I'm interested to see how much they've changed in four years, and am also interested to see what an FCC-friendly O&A show is like (if it is friendly at all).

Opie and Anthony back in Boston makes me say one word: