2015: Episode 10
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Bubba the Love Sponge is a controversial syndicated morning show host on radio stations throughout the country, including in Denver, West Palm Beach, Reno, Charleston, and more.
Here’s what he talked about in this interview:
- Bubba changed his name legally when he ran for the position of sheriff of Pinellas County
- Kerry Gray at WPFR-FM in Terre Haute, Indiana inspired Bubba to go into radio
- Joel Denver was at R&R when Bubba was a Music Director in Terre Haute, and Bubba convinced him to get “P3” status so the station would get serviced by the record labels
- Bruce Bond of Wink 104 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania tried to hire Bubba to do nights
- Greg Cassidy at WGRD in Grand Rapids convinced Bubba to be himself on the air
- Bubba the Love Sponge was given his on-air name by Kerry Gray at a sorority party
- Bubba worked for Buddy Scott at B96 in Chicago
- Bubba was hired by Marc Driscoll at Q102 in Philadelphia
- Bubba worked at XL in Orlando
- He briefly did mornings at Hot 94.7 in Chicago
- Bubba was fired from a station in Milwaukee because he would have attractive women insult him on the air
- Randy Michaels, Mark Chase, BJ Harris, and Dave Reinhart gave Bubba the biggest break of his career by hiring him to do nights at The Power Pig in Tampa, Florida
- Brad Harden turned Bubba into a morning show host
- Howard Stern picked Bubba to be an afternoon drive jock from 2006 to 2011
- Bubba grew up listening to Larry Lujack, John Records Landecker, Kevin Matthews, and Steve and Garry
- Manson, Ned, and 25 Cent are some of the key players on Bubba’s show
- Bubba has his own radio station, Bubba 98.7
- In 1993, while he was at WFLZ, Bubba would voice other radio stations
- Bubba’s Roadkill Barbecue giveaway nearly landed Bubba in prison
- Bubba and Howard Stern were called out in Congress in the wake of Janet Jackson’s infamous “Nipplegate” Super Bowl appearance
- Bubba was involved with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- There’s a sex tape with Hulk Hogan and Bubba’s (now) ex-wife that has been the subject of litigation
- Bubba thinks the NextRadio FM chip could help radio mount a comeback
Produced by James Clausen.
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Hulk Hogan – now bubba’s ex-friend – who he lied to about recording sex with ex-wife. Bubba is a complete POS and no longer has his own station. Also facing a lawsuit from Nielsen for paying panelists to help him cheat ratings.