Opie and Anthony will celebrate their 20th radio anniversary today – a dozen years after they triggered outraged headlines with their “Sex in St. Patrick’s” moment.
In retrospect, write David Hinckley at The NY Daily News, that may have marked a crescendo for “radio shock jock” hysteria, because things are a lot calmer now.
The 20th anniversary party will air live Thursday at 4 p.m. on Ch. 99, XM 103 and Sirius 206.
Called “O&A20: Unmasked,” it’s a special edition of the show’s regular “Unmasked” feature, which is an “informal, interactive and uncensored” series of conversations with established and rising comedians.
“Unmasked” is hosted by Ron Bennington, cohost of the Ron and Fez show that’s also heard on SiriusXM.
From 4/14/14: The boys talk about Stephen Colbert taking over for Letterman, Opie's Obamacare update and Ant took Beavis out on a leash.
Opie and Anthony did several stints on New York radio before and during their satellite career. The most notorious one ended with the still-infamous St. Patrick’s Cathedral incident of 2002.
As part of a contest called “Sex for Sam,” which was sponsored by Samuel Adams beer, Opie and Anthony challenged listeners to have sex in well-known public places around the city.
One couple simulated sex in a vestibule of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Aug. 15, 2002, a High Holy day during which Mass was in progress.
Comedian Paul Mecurio, who was monitoring the contest for Opie and Anthony, called the show to “report” on the occurence when a security guard ordered them out. Mecurio and the couple were arrested and the incident was widely publicized as an example of outrageous “shock jock” radio behavior.
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