History
Bubba began broadcasting a live morning show from Tampa radio station WHPT (102.5 "The Bone") on January 8, 2008 which was simulcast on the Jacksonville, Florida radio station WFYV-FM (104.5 FM). During the second quarter of 2008, Bubba's show received a number one rating in his home market of Tampa. Cox Radio then expanded its broadcast of the Bubba the Love Sponge show to include four more radio stations covering the cities of Miami, Orlando, Ft. Myers and Richmond.
In December 2008, Bubba extended his contract with Sirius/XM for another 2 years. The contract consisted of a playing of the "raw tapes" of his terrestrial morning show. This means that if a caller curses, listeners of the Sirius show heard the cursing, followed by an apology, or the hosts reminding they can't say such words on the radio. If there was an uncensored comedy bit played, the bit was "cleaned up" for terrestrial radio, but the original uncensored bit was usually played on Sirius. On Friday mornings at 10 am ET, Bubba was live on SiriusXM. This show re-aired at 3 pm ET in the usual afternoon time slot and again in the usual overnight slot at 1 am ET.
In January 2009, Cox Radio stations WHDR-FM Miami (93 Rock), WHTQ-FM Orlando (96.5), WZLR Dayton, Ohio (95.3) and WDYL Richmond (Y101), along with Beasley Broadcast Group station WRXK-FM Ft. Myers (96 K-Rock), also began broadcasting the Bubba the Love Sponge Show.
On April 29, 2010, WDYL changed formats to Rhythmic CHR as "HOT 100.9", dropping the Bubba the Love Sponge Show in the process
On Oct 18, 2010 Bubba's show debuted on WYBB in Charleston, South Carolina.
On Nov 27, 2010 Bubba announced that they were canceled in Miami, as a result of that station changing formats.
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