Anthony Cumia
| Anthony Cumia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 26, 1961 Elwood, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Elwood-John H. Glenn High School |
| Show | The Anthony Cumia Show |
| Country | United States |
| Previous show(s) | Opie and Anthony |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Cumia (m. 1990; div. 2002) |
| Website | anthonycumia |
Anthony Cumia (born April 26, 1961) is an American radio personality and broadcaster who is best known as the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show with Gregg "Opie" Hughes that aired from 1995 to 2014, alongside comedian Jim Norton from 2001.
In 2014, Cumia was fired by SiriusXM Radio after posting a series of tweets, which they deemed to be "racially-charged and hate-filled". Soon after that, he started his own video podcast, known as The Anthony Cumia Show.
Cumia was born on April 26, 1961 in Elwood, Town of Huntington, New York. He has two siblings, Joe and Dawn. He attended Elwood-John H. Glenn High School in Elwood, but did not graduate. He spent several years of his childhood living with his father in California.
Before he started his radio career, Cumia took up manual work installing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. He wanted to get into radio, and was influenced by popular New York City personalities Howard Stern and Don Imus.
Cumia first met radio personality Gregg "Opie" Hughes when the latter held an O. J. Simpson song parody contest on his Nighttime Attitude show on Long Island radio station WBAB. He and Joe decided to enter the contest, and recorded an entry as Rotgut titled "Gonna Electric Shock OJ" to the tune of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. The song was a hit with Hughes, who played it several times on his show and, in September 1994, invited the Cumias to the studio to perform the song live. Cumia began to contribute and produce comedy bits for Hughes and the station's morning show soon after, while working his installation job. By early 1995, Hughes and Cumia decided to become the hosts of their own radio show, and Hughes produced an air check and sent it to several stations.
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