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Radio station drops ‘Bubba the Love Sponge’
The love has been lost between 95.3 The Eagle (WZLR-FM) and “Bubba the Love Sponge.”
The radio station has dropped the syndicated morning radio show in favor of classic hits from the 80s, said program director Nick Roberts.
The station switched its format featuring 80’s and 70’s hits last year. The changed was embraced by the audience, Roberts said, noting that listeners asked for music during the morning, the most popular time of day for music on the radio.
“Bubba the Love Sponge” first aired on WZLR in March of 2009.
WZLR, which like the Dayton Daily News is part of the Cox Media Group, now features music from bands like Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith.
What do you think?
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By Michael
March 4, 2011 1:20 PM | Link to this
Good move 95.3. I think one morning show of that ilk is enough
By Joe
March 4, 2011 1:25 PM | Link to this
I only listened to 95.3 due to Bubba… too bad, I’ll have to listen to him online now.
By Sachmo
March 4, 2011 1:34 PM | Link to this
Bad move, i tuned in to 95.3 every morning just to listen to BTLS. Now i have him streaming from my phone on radio IO.
By Bubba Army
March 4, 2011 1:43 PM | Link to this
Bad move! Will listen to him on Radio IO and delete 95.3 from my radio stations I listen to.
By Joe
March 4, 2011 1:45 PM | Link to this
Well that sucks. Guess I gotta figure out how to get Bubba on my iphone.
By Jill
March 4, 2011 1:51 PM | Link to this
I was happy to realize he was gone. One more station I can now listen to in the mornings.
By Mo
March 4, 2011 2:13 PM | Link to this
Bad move. I’m done with 95.3 now.
By Andrew
March 4, 2011 2:18 PM | Link to this
Terrible MOVE! I like the music that 95.3 plays but will boycott it simply because it got rid of Bubba. Thanks 95.3, now I have to pay $300 for an Iphone and another $500 a year for a data plan and Radio IO.
By andrew
March 4, 2011 2:26 PM | Link to this
Terrible move, BTLS was the one good thing 95.3 had going for it after it changed it’s format. BTLS was a lot more entertaining, informative, and real than tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber on 104.7. Aren’t they eligible for social security by now??? It’s a good thing I can get 92.5 out of Cincy to listen to a halfway decent classic rock station.
By null
March 4, 2011 2:27 PM | Link to this
I was glad to hear that he was gone. I thought he was an idiot.
By Mark
March 4, 2011 2:38 PM | Link to this
Bubba is a jerk. A complete knee-biter. I listened once and he was berating some poor intern on-air becaues he used the gym. I’m glad to hear more music in the morning.
By Kerri
March 4, 2011 3:06 PM | Link to this
Good riddance to his opinionated, hateful self. For a long period of time, I was forced to listen to his ranting and argument-instigating in the morning as my husband found him “interesting”. I was never so glad in my life as the day I was finally able to listen to a decent radio station that didn’t have ANY talking in the morning — 92.9. I don’t have any plans to switch, regardless of whether BTLS and his gang of drunken jerk friends are broadcasting or not.
By Russ
March 4, 2011 4:34 PM | Link to this
Not a big deal, terrestrial radio is almost dead anyway, I listen to streaming audio in the car and if I want to listen to Bubba I still can.
By Peter
March 4, 2011 4:39 PM | Link to this
I stopped listening to 95.3 when BTLS went on the air. Now I can go back to listening to music in the morning.
By Happenstance
March 4, 2011 5:01 PM | Link to this
I’ve tried to embrace BTLS but I can’t listen to his ramblings. He’s like every other talk radio host who has their own opinion and bashes whoever disagrees. What kind of retarded name is “Bubba the Love Sponge” anyway?! Bob&Tom used to be funny until the FCC strangled the comedy out of the show. Now they suck too playing the same old tired skits everyday.
By Ron
March 4, 2011 5:09 PM | Link to this
95.3 just lost another listener. I tuned in for Bubba everyday. Now you can catch him on radioio.com for free!
By Jeff
March 4, 2011 5:45 PM | Link to this
I can now delete 95.3 from my preset channels. I’ll have to listen to Bubba online now.
By SeeYa
March 4, 2011 10:05 PM | Link to this
Oh well…easy to delete 95.3 from my internet explorer favorites. 95.3 has sucky reception in Dayton in the car anyway.
By Jeff
March 4, 2011 10:20 PM | Link to this
Glad to see more 80’s music will now be on the airwaves. I just wish 95.3 had a stronger signal north of Dayton.
By Eric
March 4, 2011 11:48 PM | Link to this
I enjoyed Bubba’s show until it just began to be Florida-centric. What is the point of listening about what is going on in Orlando?
By Dave
March 5, 2011 12:56 PM | Link to this
Excellent decision! Bubba’s a no talent hack.
By john
March 5, 2011 1:26 PM | Link to this
radioio.com the new home of the Bubba Clem Show (BTLS.com)testicular radio sucks so drop the trey and say goodbye to censorship and the pussifacation of america
By JC
March 5, 2011 5:16 PM | Link to this
Bubba was the only reason I started listening to 95.3 The Eagle. His program made your station a mainstay on my radio dial. Without him your station is another lame jukebox.
By TW
March 6, 2011 5:07 AM | Link to this
i only started to listen to 95.3 and know that bubba is gone just another wtue all dayton radio station are lame
By DC
March 7, 2011 7:02 AM | Link to this
Time to pull 95.3 from my car radio as well.
By Kat
March 7, 2011 8:03 AM | Link to this
So much for having something different than the typical 70s and 80s classic rock yawn 95.3 has lost another listener…
By Diana
March 7, 2011 9:18 AM | Link to this
I listen to Bubba every morning from about 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.; I am going to miss listening to him. I think Bubba was a great addition to the radio show and 95.3 needs to bring him back. PLEASE!!!!!!!
By LOVE BUBBA
March 7, 2011 9:19 AM | Link to this
BAD MISTAKE!!! I loved Bubba and the 80’s music. I guess I will go back to 107.7 now. Ihave listened to Bubb for a long time and love to listen to him get everyone’s goat with his stong opinionated comments. Guess I will find another way to listen to Bubba. I wont be tuning in to 95.3 anymore. BAD MOVE GUYS!!!!
By Bobba
March 7, 2011 2:52 PM | Link to this
Shame to have lost a talk show host that could tell it like it is. Guess we have to think of the quote from “a few good men” in the fact that there are people out there that “can’t handle the truth” that Bubba explained so well!! I’ll be listening to another station now. Miss ya Bubba.
By Kyn
March 7, 2011 3:32 PM | Link to this
Thank you, 95.3. You lost me when you put BTLS on the air, and now you have me back.
By BTLS Fan4Life
March 7, 2011 6:33 PM | Link to this
All you haters are nothing but fake nobodys, who bury your head in the sand…Bubba rocks, he was a breath of fresh air who told it like it is and 95.3 has sunk to a new low, keep playing the same tired music over and over, goodbye and good riddance 95.3! Terrestrial radio and censorship suck! I thought this was the US of A? Guess we are no different than China!!!
By Spike
March 7, 2011 7:39 PM | Link to this
There was no reason to drop BTLS show in the AM. It is consistent with the direction the station took. Now I’ll have to listen to classic music on the morning drive!
By Dick
March 8, 2011 7:03 AM | Link to this
I quit listening. the 80’s sucked like bubba’s fat mouth that kinda turns me on. NED OUT!
By Joe
March 10, 2011 6:48 AM | Link to this
Bubba was just another left wing nut job with a rude disposition. You people who will miss him are seriously in need of a life.
By This Sux
March 10, 2011 7:53 AM | Link to this
Im done with 95.3…this kills my morning.
By 95.3 suxs
March 10, 2011 12:27 PM | Link to this
You suck! I used to listen on-line from Columbus…no more. You guys suck.
By Done with 95.3
March 10, 2011 4:38 PM | Link to this
Done listening to 95.3. I would listen to Bubba in the morning and keep the station on until the songs all started to sound the same. Deleted from all my radios.
By I DEPLORE THE EAGLE
March 10, 2011 9:43 PM | Link to this
Really bad move… I’m working on contract in the The Eagle reception radius, and let me tell you, this is very disappointing to the entire crew I work with. There just isn’t enough good talk shows… Bubba WILL be missed!
By Mike Freear
March 11, 2011 10:30 AM | Link to this
I have deleted you from my browser bar. No Bubba, I am gone.
By Janis
March 12, 2011 8:01 PM | Link to this
BRING BACK BUBBA!!!! He was the best morning show on the radio!Now what…tired old Bob & Tom…Elvis Duran? They don’t compare to Bubba. A lot of us like his raw, joe six pack opinions.Please bring him back We miss him. Mornings are not the same without him!
By Phil
March 14, 2011 7:14 AM | Link to this
Time to switch to Radio IO and delete 95.3 from my stations.
By Bullet
March 14, 2011 3:38 PM | Link to this
Bring back bubba.No more bubba no more 95.3 it,s all radio IO now. Nice move 95.3 a real failure.
By Nick
March 16, 2011 8:25 PM | Link to this
I haven’t bothered with 95.3 since they took Bubba off, and I don’t plan to listen to their garbage music ever. I have an ipod hookup in my car and Bubba was the only thing that kept me from using it in the morning. Cox may as well ditch the station altogether.
By zachary duffy
March 17, 2011 1:27 AM | Link to this
well 95.3 is gone in my car its the only reason y i listened to that station
By TK
March 22, 2011 7:11 PM | Link to this
Thank you 95.3 for dumping that moron Bubba and his idiot crew!
By dale
March 27, 2011 8:12 PM | Link to this
no bubba no 95.3 on my radio I need a change in the morning!
By i dont miss bubba
March 28, 2011 11:54 AM | Link to this
i think it was a good move. he seemed like a racist, chauvinist pig. there’s enough talk in the morning at any rate.
By jim
March 28, 2011 12:05 PM | Link to this
95.3 over and out! Now all stations in Dayton Suck.
By too bad
March 28, 2011 2:14 PM | Link to this
Bubba was the only reason I came back to terrestrial radio… too bad too, i kinda liked 95.3…now i only listen to internet radio or satellite.
By B
March 28, 2011 10:31 PM | Link to this
it’s hard for me to say b/c I liked him on Sirius, but he was hindered by the lack of stations outside Fla, his show got repetitive, and he had the disadvantage of being on a crummy station here. Probably for the best
By Peggy
April 19, 2011 1:41 PM | Link to this
The worst mistake you did was to get is of Bubba he is the reason I enjoyed my ride to work every morning. I guess the truth hurts for the ones that don’t understand were he’s coming from. He speaks the truth and nothing but the truth. I will listen to him on my PC now. You lost me as a listener.