"shock jock radio" in these pc times... ho hum. so "bubba the love sponge" is the morning show "host"? i wonder if he'll have hulk hogan on as a guest?... i somehow doubt it. the last time hulk was a guest of bubba's, it involved a bed, bubba's (then) wife, and a hidden camera.

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Interesting to hear Stafford and Tina address this format briefly on their show Tuesday. I wondered if it would come up. It's clear Stafford isn't impressed and wishes them luck for as long as it lasts.

For those who may not know the references above to Hulk Hogan, here's the whole sordid story via Wikipedia:

In early 2012, it was reported that Clem (Bubba's real name) had filmed his then-wife Heather Clem and Hulk Hogan having sex in his bedroom. Subsequently, on October 4, 2012, Gawker released a short clip of the video. In this video, Clem can be heard saying that the couple can "do their thing" and he will be in his office.

Furthermore, at the end of the video, Clem can also be heard telling Heather, "If we ever need to retire, here is our ticket". Hogan filed a lawsuit against Clem and his now ex-wife for invading his privacy on October 15, 2012. Hogan later settled the lawsuit on October 29, 2012. Following the settlement, Clem also publicly apologized to Hogan. 

Hogan sued Gawker Media for publishing the tape, and a jury of six awarded Hogan more than $140 million in March 2016. Gawker announced it would appeal as they were "disappointed" that the jury was unable to hear Clem's testimony, but ultimately reached a $31 million settlement with Hogan in November 2016.

Listened for a while this afternoon. What I heard was not that interesting, talk about body odor, butt cracks, women with dead viginas, 9/11, asian eyes clean houses and masturbating on camera..  lots of calls from listeners with names like slim, and chubba congratulating co-hosts Shannon Burke and Bubba the Love Sponge on the new station. They apparently have had trouble with their phone lines and their temporary studio but everything will be good next week.

Shannon Burke spent 4 months in jail for shooting his wife's dog and the bullet grazed her ear. Bubba the Love Sponge  once was responsible for a former employer being fined $775,000 by the FCC because of raunchy comments and material on air.

This station is really more cartoonish and predictably outrageous to get some talk and attention, the hosts that I heard really don't seem that serious, just trying to be funny and entertaining. Does American radio really have a issues with political correctness with all of the conservative shout talk radio stations?

Apparently Florida Man Radio was a conservative talk show radio station previously. Oddly enough I didn't hear anything about sports when I have listened. I thought sports talk would be part of the format, maybe I just missed this.

Toronto's MOJO radio was a lot funnier, intelligent and billed themselves as guys radio. They came across more like a buddy that you could laugh, have a beer with and talk about sports, politics and general good natured "chirping." Oakley and crew were awesome and very funny on MOJO. Too bad it never really clicked with listeners. Probably wasn't promoted enough.

Anyway from what I heard today was a lot like a southern good ol' boy version of Howard Stern. So they likely will do ok, other than the odd fine from the FCC.
 

 
 

If the station gets any traction in Florida, maybe syndication in some smaller and medium markets. Lot of stations are desperately in need some ratings, so who knows? It will be hard for these guys to keep up the
momentum without getting stale though. Can already tell they are going to have a lot of regulars calling in which can be a good or bad thing. Good thing if the caller is a real character, entertaining and funny, bad if they are just guys calling in because they are always angry or have nothing else to do.

Oh, I know what you mean. I remember being in Florida various times in the 1970's and listening to the "Greaseman" Doug Tracht on 690 WAPE. He was number one in the mornings in Jacksonville and much of Florida. His humour and approach was about the same Shannon and Bubba. Only real difference is Florida Man Radio is all talk and the Greaseman played the hits in between his many on air bits and characters.