Sirius

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Sirius Satellite Radio was XM Radio's only satellite radio competitor. It is also the home of Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony's main rival in the shock jock radio genre. Sirius had often been the target of ridicule by Opie and Anthony over the massive amount of money they paid Stern to come to Sirius ($500 million), as well as the massive size of their radio receivers and their poor programming choices. They usually refer to Sirius as the "Little doggy company".

Sirius and XM eventually merged into a single company. During the merger talks, there was much speculation by Opie and Anthony and the Pests that if the merger went through, O&A would be through on XM, since Mel Karmazin (Sirius' CEO) and Howard Stern are not fans of O&A, and Howard would not want to have to compete with O&A on the same platform. It is believed that the merger was a primary reason for XM's suspension of O&A during the Homeless Charlie controversy.

For the time being O&A were able to extend their contract, and as of September 30, 2008, O&A and Ron and Fez were available on Sirius, on channel XM197.

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