Ron Bennington on the Opie & Anthony Show: Radio Secrets, Rigged Contests & Fez
Opie Radio
Gregg "Opie" Hughes
4.0 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
- Industry Secrets: Why the "Iron Man of Radio" is a lie.
- The "Star Star" Fiasco: The day Opie almost lost it all in Buffalo.
- Fez Whatley: The hilarious truth about his elevator anxiety.
- Rigging the Game: Where those "Trip to Ireland" tickets really went.
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| 0:30.0 | We're already laughing. And we already did about a half hour of radio. Yeah. It wasn't on the |
| 0:36.0 | air, but I'm actually putting it towards our day. |
| 0:38.5 | We should. |
| 0:39.2 | So, you know, whatever happens. |
| 0:40.8 | Sam, take that off the clock. We get to go home early. We did 15 minutes of radio for ourselves. Doesn't work. What, it doesn't say who we have to do the radio for in our contract. We have to do four hours of radio. So me, Anthony, and Ron Bennington, have already done 15 minutes. |
| 0:53.7 | The Iron Manor Radio right here now. |
| 0:55.8 | We have trashed every motherfucker down the hall of possibly it is. We went over them piece by piece. It's so awful because we don't see each other a lot because of Sam. Yeah, the In-Between guy. Someone's got to do radio the entire time we're not. Mr. In-Between! There used to be something called a crossover. Yeah. He's the cross-over. And the guys here at Sirius X-M don't understand that concept. They don't understand that. Maybe they should move Ron and Fez down, or maybe we start a little later, and maybe... Something. Listen, something where we attach the two shows and do what's called a crossover. |
| 1:31.0 | Well, they know that. maybe we start a little later and maybe later something something where we attach the two shows |
| 1:29.5 | and do what's called a crossover well they know that if it was that we would either show one |
| 1:33.9 | of the other would ask like hey if i'm doing an extra hour yeah you got to compensate me right |
| 1:38.6 | but sam roberts on the other hand is the freebie they could just throw them in any channel |
| 1:43.4 | any stage in any format it's free radio i think this is the firstbie. They could just throw them in any channel, any stage in any format. It's |
| 1:45.5 | free radio for that. I think this is the first time we've seen Ron Bettington in, I would guess, |
| 1:50.1 | three months. I called him Fez when he first walked out. I didn't even know. I was like, |
| 1:53.6 | is that the guy? Ronnie Specter does that. I don't. Oh, you. Fess, thank you. |
| 2:03.6 | You would think we would see each other a lot, |
| 2:07.0 | considering Ron and Fess are the next show after ours. |
| 2:10.8 | Here's the difference, though, because of the hours that you work, |
| 2:13.3 | you guys leave here like the walking wounded. |
| 2:16.7 | Like when I even see you guys in the hall, I feel awful. |
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