Anthony Cumia, a controversial right-wing shock jock with a documented history of antisemitism, has launched a nationally syndicated radio show. The former Opie & Anthony co-host, who was fired from SiriusXM for racist remarks, debuted his new program on New York’s 77 WABC, a conservative talk radio station. While Cumia claims he has been “canceled” for his views, his recent social media activity remains filled with antisemitic rhetoric. His presence on mainstream airwaves has sparked concern among Jewish advocacy groups, questioning WABC’s decision to provide him a larger platform.

Why WABC’s syndication of Anthony Cumia raises concerns about antisemitism

Near the beginning of his first radio show in more than a decade, Anthony Cumia complained about how he can no longer say offensive things on air.

“It’s the angry mob of people with phones, with the ability to email your boss and the board of directors and everyone else that you said something that offended them,” he said about 14 minutes into his two-hour slot last Sunday on New York’s conservative talk radio station 77 WABC. “Now you have all those complaints sitting out there, on your ass, so it got very hard to be a shock jock at that point.”

Cumia has direct experience with being canceled. He was fired from his last show, Opie & Anthony on SiriusXM, in 2014 after he went on a profane social media tirade against a Black woman he called an “animal.” That was his last major radio gig before the 77 WABC show, which first aired on Sunday.

A history of hate: Anthony Cumia’s antisemitic rhetoric and social media presence

But if Cumia thinks there’s nowhere safe to publicly share bigoted thoughts, he should pay a visit to his own feed on X. Over the past couple of years, including in the months leading up to his new job, Cumia has published a stream of antisemitic, racist, and pro-Hitler posts which, as of this week, are still up for all to see.

He is a fan of Sid Rosenberg, the Jewish right-wing broadcaster who also hosts a show on WABC. And he is a fan of Nick Fuentes, the white supremacist influencer and Holocaust denier.

Last March 30, above a post about Transgender Day of Visibility, he tweeted, “It is hereby proclaimed that Monday, April 22nd, 2024, is Adolf Hitler Visibility Day.” The following month, he wrote, “White people all over the world really need to get 1930’s Germany kinda pissed at this point.”

Then, in June, above a photo of New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, grilling beef patties, he wrote, “Rumor has it 6,000,000 burgers were cooked that day.”