Radio Starts Cleaning House: Clear Channel Fires "Bubba The Love Sponge"

WFLA-FM, Tampa, reports Bubba The Love Sponge" has been released from his contract with Clear Channel Communications . Read More
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Commentary/Analysis: Who And How Should We Judge Profanity And Sexual Content On The Radio?

"As a broadcaster, as the CEO and as the father of a 9-year-old girl, I'm ashamed to be associated in any way with those words. They're tasteless, they're vulgar, they should not, do not and will not represent what our radio stations are all about." - Clear Channel Radio CEO, John Hogan at Congressional Hearing on Indecency, 2/26/04, concerning "Bubba The Love Sponge".