NEW YORK, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced that it will celebrate 20 years of Opie & Anthony on
the radio with a special edition of its Unmasked comedy
series broadcast live from Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier stand-up comedy
nightclub.
O&A20: Unmasked will give fans and listeners an
opportunity to see Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, along with comedian Jim Norton, as well as a special lineup of guest
comedians, live and in person.
O&A20: Unmasked will air live on Thursday, April 17, at 4:00 pm ET, in front of an audience of SiriusXM
listeners, and will be broadcast on The Opie & Anthony Channel,
XM channel 103 and Sirius channel 206, and Raw Dog SiriusXM Comedy
Hits, channel 99. The one-hour special will also be available
through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
Subscribers will also be able to listen via SiriusXM On Demand
through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other
mobile devices and online at siriusxm.com.
Opie & Anthony fans are invited to tweet @OandAshow using
the hashtag #OandA20.
"We want to toast Opie & Anthony on reaching this milestone
and in being one of the most outrageous and daring duos in all of
talk radio. SiriusXM has been proud to give Opie & Anthony the
freedom to give fans and listeners their intense, edgy talk and
uncensored comedy," said Scott
Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer,
SiriusXM. "We are thrilled to have SiriusXM listeners across
the country celebrate their decades in radio with an evening that
will be without a doubt an outrageous and unpredictable show."
Unmasked is an informal, interactive and uncensored
comedy series featuring extended, in-depth conversations with
superstars and emerging names in comedy hosted by Ron Bennington. The series has featured guests
including Louis C.K., Seth Rogen,
Bob Newhart, Sandra Bernhard and Jimmy Fallon. Bennington is also the co-host of
The Ron and Fez Show on Raw Dog SiriusXM Comedy Hits.
For more information on Carolines on Broadway, please visit
www.carolines.com.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit
www.siriusxm.com.
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