THE folks at Infinity Broadcasting kicked popular shock jocks Opie and Anthony off the air over last month?s St. Patrick?s Cathedral sex scandal, but the company still has to pay their hefty salaries. According to a source close to the canceled talk show, Infinity bigwigs can?t figure out how to get out of their reported three-year, $30 million contract with Greg ?Opie? Hughes and Anthony Cumia without having to pay them a king?s ransom. ?Everyone?s still on the payroll,? the tipster tells PAGE SIX?s Ian Spiegelman. Even comic Jim Norton, an O&A staple, is still receiving regular paychecks while lawyers for both sides try to hammer out details about how to part ways. If it goes to court, Infinity will surely claim the company had sufficient cause to cancel the show after Hughes and Cumia broadcast a blow-by-blow description of a couple having sex at St. Pat?s as part of their ?Sex for Sam? contest. But Opie and Anthony can argue that every detail of the contest was approved by company brass before the segment aired. An Infinity rep declined to comment, while the jocks? agent did not return calls.
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Great News!! They deserve to be paid. They did not deserve to be kicked off the air. It is a tremendous loss to their fans. WNEW gets screwed regardless. They cancelled their top rated show which means they’ll pretty much go under AND they still have to pay out on the 30 mil contract!
WAY TO GO O&A!
Great News!! They deserve to be paid. They did not deserve to be kicked off the air. It is a tremendous loss to their fans. WNEW gets screwed regardless. The lost their top rated show which mean they’ll pretty much go under AND they still have to pay out on the 30 mil contract!
WAY TO GO O&A!