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June 02, 2006


CBS Radio And XM Commit Additional Markets To Broadcast "The Opie And Anthony Show"


Opie And Anthony Virus Spreads To Washington, D.C., Detroit, Columbus And Rochester


CBS RADIO and XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR) today announced four additional markets to broadcast THE OPIE AND ANTHONY SHOW. Beginning on Monday, June 5, the three-hour program will be heard on WXYT-AM 1270 in Detroit (6:00-9:00AM), WAZU-FM 107.1 in Columbus (3:00-6:00PM) and WZNE-FM 94.1 in Rochester (2:00-5:00PM). WJFK-FM 106.7 FREE FM in Washington, D.C. debuts the program on Monday, June 26 (10:00AM-1:00PM).

 

In addition, WJFK-FM will feature an online audio simulcast of the show on their website www.1067freefm.com.

 

Opie (Gregg Hughes) and Anthony (Anthony Cumia) returned to CBS RADIO in April 2006 and can currently be heard on FREE FM stations in New York (92.3 WFNY-FM), Dallas (105.3 KLLI-FM), and Philadelphia (94.1 WYSP-FM), WBCN-FM 104.1 in Boston, 93.7 K-ROCK in Pittsburgh (WRKZ-FM), 92.3 K-ROCK in Cleveland (WXRK-FM) and 103.1 THE BUZZ in West Palm Beach (WPBZ-FM). THE OPIE AND ANTHONY SHOW originates from the WFNY-FM studio in New York and a simulcast of the show is also broadcast on XM uncensored. Opie and Anthony also broadcast from 9:00-11:00AM, ET exclusively for XM's more than 6.5 million subscribers live from their current XM studio in New York.

 

Since October 2004, Opie and Anthony have been heard exclusively on XM. Prior to that, their show was broadcast by more than 20 radio stations across the country, including CBS RADIO's WNEW-FM, the show's flagship station in New York. Hughes and Cumia first teamed up in 1994 hosting an evening program for WBAB-FM in Long Island, N.Y. In early 1995, the duo moved to WAAF-FM in Worcester, Mass., where they began hosting "The Opie and Anthony Show" in the afternoons and became one of the Boston market's most popular radio shows.

 

THE OPIE AND ANTHONY SHOW is syndicated by Robert Eatman Enterprises, Inc.

 

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