"The Opie & Anthony Show" Suspended for 30 Days

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The serious folks over at XM Radio have announced that The Opie & Anthony Show has been pulled from the airwaves for 30 days, effective immediately.

The show, hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia with very unfunny sidekick Jim Norton, came under fire when a guest known as Homeless Charlie made a comment about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice- he'd "love to f--- that b---. She needs a f--- man."

Regardless of Rice's MILF status, Anthony interrupted to say he "could just imagine the horror on Condoleezza "Shake Dat Booty" Rice's face when she realized that you were holding her down and f--- her."

"Punching her in the f---face and f--- her," Charlie added while laughing.

There are no FCC restrictions on satellite radio.

The management of XM Radio decided to suspend Opie and Anthony to make clear that "our on-air talent must take seriously the responsibility that creative freedom requires of them."

"We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie & Anthony Show,"' XM spokesman Nathaniel Brown.

Hughes and Cumia have also issued their own apologies...

"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused."

Customers who signed up for XM Radio specifically for the show should expect to see a credit attached to their account.

According to the company (and common sense) "The Opie & Anthony Show" had been filed under "XL"- explicit language. Listeners who surf the dial will see a flashing XL when hitting upon this show or any other deemed potentially offensive. In addition to this precaution, XM also mentions that the content may be inappropriate for some listeners and tells how to "block" channels that feature this type of content.