What is the real name of news radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge?
Todd Alan Clem is the real name of Bubba the Love Sponge. Clem is a radio talk show host in Tampa, Florida. His radio show can be heard on Howard 101 on Sirius Satellite Radio and on Cox Radio stations WHPT in Tampa, WFYV in Jacksonville, WHDR in Miami, WHTQ in Orlando, and WDYL in Richmond, along with Beasley Broadcast Group station WRXK in Fort Myers. Sources: http://www.btls.
Controversial radio personality, Bubba the Love Sponge, will emerge from an almost two-year hiatus as the new afternoon drive personality on “Howard 101”, one of two channels Howard Stern will be heading up on SIRIUS Satellite Radio January 9, 2006. On February 24, 2004, Bubba The Love Sponge was fired by his then employer, Clear Channel Communications, a victim of the F.C.C.’s crackdown on Radio indecency. Bubba had been with 98 Rock (WXTB-FM, Tampa) since December of 1996. That station also served as the flagship station for his syndicated program which was fed to various terrestrial radio stations plus XM Satellite Radio’s “Extreme XM 152”. Bubba the Love Sponge gained much notoriety when he was arrested on animal cruelty charges following the airing of a “roadkill barbecue” featuring the slaughter of a pig. He was eventually acquitted. Although once known as Todd Clem, he actually changed it legally to Bubba the Love Sponge. He is divorced and shares custody of one child. You can f
