Report: 'Anthony' To Launch Podcast Content

Anthony Cumia

Anthony Cumia, after two decades and three firings, is going off the airwaves for good, a source indicated to the NY Daily News.

Cumia — canned Friday by SiriusXM Satellite Radio for a series of racially charged tweets — instead plans a live podcast-style broadcast from his Long Island home studio, the source said.

The 53-year-old Cumia, 53, would likely recruit many of the comics regularly featured on the “Opie and Anthony” show — Jim Norton, Bill Burr, Jim Florentine, Nick DiPaolo and others.

As Cumia looked to turn the dial on his career, rabid fans of the fired shock jock launched an online petition demanding that SiriusXM return Anthony to the airwaves.

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Nearly 4,000 supporters, many threatening to cancel their subscriptions, backed Cumia after he was axed for the Twitter rants deemed “hate-filled” by his former employer.

“We are hereby pledging to boycott your service until you reinstate Anthony Cumia,” read the petition. “A member of your staff should not lose their job for exercising their First Amendment right to free speech.

Cumia, along with partner Gregg “Opie” Hughes, was previously fired in Boston and at WNEW-FM.
The $3 million-a-year co-host launched his Twitter offensive early Wednesday after asserting he was punched in the face by a black woman in Times Square.

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Just spent a glorious day photographing the Wood Covered Bridges of Vermont. Did I miss anything?
— opie radio (@OpieRadio) July 3, 2014

Meanwhile, SiriusXM has not announced what happens to Gregg 'Opie' Hughes, or Sirius XM’s dedicated “Opie & Anthony Channel.”

Yes, I'm devastated. Yes, I'm meeting with @SIRIUSXM on tuesday.
— opie radio (@OpieRadio) July 6, 2014