WFYV-FM (104.5 FM) is an FM radio station owned by Cox Radio in Jacksonville, Florida, known as "Rock 104.5" The station broadcasts with 100 kilowatts of both horizontal and vertical power. The station is located at 8000 Belfort Parkway on the Southside of Jacksonville.

History[link]

WFYV began operation on March 10, 1980 and is currently the sister station to WXXJ, WOKV-FM, WAPE-FM, WJGL and WOKV. One of the early competing stations was Top 40 WIVY FM 102.9 which was known as "Y103 FM". WFYV was then known as "ROCK 105" and one of their slogans was "Y 103 when you can ROCK 105!".

On-air hosts[link]

Weekday Jocks include Aaron, Chad and Jake.

Part-timers include David Michaels and Lopez.

Past on-air hosts include Chris & JD; Greg & Dave; John Brownlee; Rad Messick; Charlie Logan; Woody "Woodman" Carlson"; Jim Huste; Rick Tracy; Lew Mills; Radical Bradford; Bryan Kryzz "The AntiKryzz"; Michele Michaels; Bobby Ellerbee; John Brownlee; Charlie Waters; Tim Kelly; Coco Daddy; Bradley Bacon; Scott "The Pick-up Guy" Irvine; Joanie Maverick; Lex and Terry; Bubba The Love Sponge; Patti Haze; Mark, Genny and Dahmer; Stacey Thorp; Mike "The Arf" Areford ; Don Davis; Jim Quinn; Jamie Brooks; John Leard; Chris "Annie" Squire; Mr. Brooks; Scott Gentle and Gregg Stepp.

Following a format change at rock station WPLA, WFYV shifted from a classic to mainstream rock format known as "Rock 104.5 - Jacksonville's Best Rock." The station dropped personalities The Greaseman and Cowhead at this time and focused on music intensive programming outside of mornings.

On-air incidents[link]

In October 2008, radio host Gregg Stepp made everyone think he quit live on-the-air. The plan was to give listeners the idea that station management were planning on firing him but he was "quitting" before they had the chance. In his final words he said:

"Now I find out that there's another deal in the works with someone else and they're only minutes away from handing me my walking papers, well here's your 15 second notice, kiss my ass Cox Radio Jacksonville, and especially you Bill Hendrich and David Israel, you two empty suits will be lucky if this is the only time this happens to you, and its gonna be a bright day in Jacksonville when your desks is emptied and radio is free of you. Now this shows you how much they're paying attention, by the way, because they should have been in here by now if they were really listening to the radio stations and knew what was going on. So, thanks for nothing, rot in hell Cox Radio. I am gone!"

This was followed by 11 seconds of dead air, and then music played.^[1]

It was later revealed that Stepp had already been given his notice and had taken a new Program Director job in Bakersfield, California. Management asked him to create a bit that would bring some attention to the station before announcing the return of "The Greaseman" to the Jacksonville airwaves a couple weeks later.

Digital broadcasting[link]

WFYV began broadcasting in HD-1 on November 30, 2006.

References[link]

External links[link]

• WFYV official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WFYV
• Radio-Locator information on WFYV
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WFYV

Coordinates: 30°16′34″N 81°33′54″W / 30.276°N 81.565°W / 30.276; -81.565

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Todd Alan Clem^[1] (born April 21, 1966) better known by his Legal name Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. He is the host of The Bubba the Love Sponge Show on one Cox Radio and one Beasley Broadcast Group station, as well as on RadioIO.^[2]

Early career and the FCC[link]

Bubba, a native of Warsaw, Indiana, began his radio career on Indiana State University's WISU-FM. Following school, one of his first paying gigs was at WGRD in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he worked evenings. The ever controversial Bubba was in trouble with WGRD almost from the start due to the sexual content of his show. Bubba also took shots against crosstown competitor WKLQ, in particular Danny Douglas who worked at WKLQ during the evening. Bubba went after Danny by calling him a homosexual on the air, at one point even claiming that Danny had AIDS. After Roger's Department Store canceled their account with WGRD, management at the station met with Bubba and explicitly told him what he couldn't say on the air. Bubba also apologized to Danny, but less than a week later Bubba began to disparage Danny on the air again. On December 20, 1988, a 13-year-old-girl listening to the show called Bubba to defend Danny. Bubba made sexual references to Danny and to the 13-year-old female caller. He was fired the next day.^[3][4] Bubba also enjoyed a short stay at Hot 102/WLUM-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The hog incident[link]

On February 27, 2001, while on WXTB 97.9 (98 Rock) out of Tampa, Florida, Bubba the Love Sponge was struck with controversy once again for the on-air slaughtering of a wild Florida boar hog. Bubba encouraged listeners that morning to bring roadkill to the parking lot barbecue outside the radio station where the events unfolded. The wild hog used during the segment was captured by a professional hunter. The same hunter was the individual who killed and prepared the hog for the barbecue. Sounds of the hog covered the airwaves in a way that made the listener perceive the hog was being harassed and aggravated. After further review, the stunt revealed that Bubba had piped in sounds of a wild boar "rutting" up the ground in place for the sound of the actual boar being slaughtered. Bubba the Love Sponge and Executive Producer Brent Hatley were both detained by authorities and were both placed on trial for animal cruelty charges. The trial made national attention outside of Florida appearing on such networks as Court TV (now Tru TV). Several months later in May 2001, the duo were cleared of any charges. Today, Bubba agrees that the segment was distasteful but continues to state today that nothing criminal pursued from his actions that February morning. Bubba has stated he will never attempt a stunt like this again.

The Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (a precursor to a fine) of $755,000 against four stations owned by Clear Channel Communications (including its parent station, WXTB) on January 27, 2004 for objectionable segments of "Bubba the Love Sponge" aired on its stations in five Florida cities: Callahan, Clearwater, Port Charlotte, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville. The fine consisted of the maximum of $27,500 for each of 26 airings of a segment plus $40,000 for record-keeping violations. The segments included graphic discussions about sex and drugs and according to the FCC were "designed to pander to, titillate and shock listeners". One segment featured the cartoon characters Alvin the Chipmunks, George Jetson and Scooby-Doo discussing sexual activities.^[5]

Clear Channel Communications discontinued Bubba's show on February 23, 2004 and two days later, Clear Channel CEO John Hogan testified in front of Congress, stating that the "Bubba the Love Sponge" show would no longer be broadcast on Clear Channel.

Currently, Bubba can be heard on one station owned by Cox Radio and one by Beasley Broadcast Group.

Recent activities[link]

On January 3, 2010, Bubba announced via his Twitter account that he had signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a backstage interviewer.^[6][7] He made his debut the following day on the special live, three-hour, Monday night edition of TNA Impact!, participating in four short backstage segments.^[8]

On January 16, 2010, Bubba made remarks on his Twitter account that were disparaging of Haiti's struggle to recover from the January 12 earthquake. Although he later apologized, his tweets created a rift between himself and TNA management, and for a while he was not used by the company on their television broadcast.^[9]

On January 19, 2010, Bubba claimed that he had been blind-sided and physically assaulted by Awesome Kong while backstage for the tapings of TNA Impact! the previous day, claims substantiated on his program by TNA's Hulk Hogan^{[citation needed]}. According to all three, the altercation was a result of the Twitter comments made by Bubba the Love Sponge concerning the Haiti relief project. ^[10][11] On February 25, Bubba announced that he was done with TNA Wrestling.^{[citation needed]} That same day, news broke that Awesome Kong, real name Kia Stevens, had filed a lawsuit against Clem for an alleged threatening phone call.^[12] Bubba later joined in on the Cowhead radio show confronting Stevens, allegedly using racially charged comments.^[13]

He returned to TNA television as The Band's personal interviewer in late March,^[14] only to be fired from the company on April 30, 2010 stemming from the Cowhead Show incident.^[15]

On December 22, 2010 Bubba officially left his spot as a radio show host on the Sirius/XM Satellite radio service.^[16]

On January 3, 2011 Bubba announced he will be the first major radio announcer to have an internet show (though not true). The show will be on the site radioio.com and feature several programming features throughout the day starting on January 10, 2011.^[17]

Currently, Bubba promotes his own charity, The Bubba the Love Sponge Foundation, Inc., which raises money for various Florida situations, including "Bikes for Badges", which honors the fallen officers of the region's various law enforcement departments.

In February 2011, Bubba began an irregular editorial segment, Bring It on Bubba, for WTSP's 10 News at 11.^[18]

On August 15, 2011 WHTQ in Orlando (now WDBO-FM) and WFYV-FM in Jacksonville dropped Bubba the Love Sponge from their morning lineup—in WHTQ's case, it was due to a format change in which the station began a simulcast with WDBO.

On January 4, 2012, Bubba announced that Cox radio had extended his contract with WHPT for three more years, with an option for 2015. Also on that date, it was announced that the program will be carried on W232CA 94.3 FM and WGPR-HD3 in Detroit, Michigan, beginning January 11, 2012;^[19] however, on January 31, 2012 programmer Martz Communications Group ceased operations of WGPR's HD Radio feeds, due to financial and signal difficulties.^[20]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Standing splash^[21]
• Signature moves
  • Body slam^[21]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site

Ann Curry
Curry at the 2012 Time 100
Born	(1956-11-19) November 19, 1956 (age 55) Guam, United States
Alma mater	University of Oregon
Occupation	Television personality Television journalist
Years active	1978–present
Notable credit(s)	Today Show   (1997–present) Dateline NBC   (2005–2011) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade  (2011–present)
Title	Correspondent/Anchor
Spouse	Brian Ross
Children	McKenzie William Walker
Website
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536386/

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television news journalist, photojournalist,^[1] and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005–2011.^[2]

Curry is a Board Member at the International Women's Media Foundation.^[3]

Biography[link]

Curry was born in Guam to Bob Curry, of Cherokee, French, German, Scottish and Irish descent from Pueblo, Colorado, and Hiroe Nagase, originally from Japan.^[4] Her American father, a career Navy man,^[5] met her mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following the Second World War. The U.S. military initially did not allow the marriage, but her father returned to Japan two years later to marry Nagase.

Curry lived in Japan for several years as a child, attending the Ernest J. King School on the military base in Sasebo. Later she moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she graduated from Ashland High School. She graduated with a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon in 1978.^[6]

Curry was raised Roman Catholic by her mother, who was a convert to the religion.

Curry is married to software executive, Brian Ross, whom she met in college. They have a daughter, McKenzie, and a son, William Walker Curry Ross. The family lives in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of New York City.

Professional career[link]

Curry began her broadcasting career in 1978 as an intern at then, NBC-affiliate, now CBS-affiliate KTVL in Medford, Oregon. There she rose to become the station's first female news reporter. In 1980, Curry moved to NBC-affiliate KGW^[7] in Portland, where she was a reporter and anchor.

Four years later, Curry moved to Los Angeles as a reporter for KCBS-TV and received two Emmy Awards while working as a reporter from 1984 to 1990.

In 1990, Curry joined NBC News, first as the NBC News Chicago correspondent then as the anchor of NBC News at Sunrise from 1991 to 1996. Curry also served as a substitute news anchor for Matt Lauer from 1994 to 1997 at Today. From 1997 to 2011, she served as news anchor at Today, being the show's second-longest serving news anchor, behind Frank Blair, who served in that capacity from 1953 to 1975. During this time, she also served as a substitute anchor for Today. In May 2005, Curry was named co-anchor of Dateline NBC with Stone Phillips; she remained as the primary anchor when Phillips left in June 2007 and has since moved off the show after replacing Meredith Viera on Today in 2011.

Curry has been known at NBC News for anchoring three of the four major broadcasts. She has read the news on The Today Show since March 11, 1997, she has anchored Dateline NBC. From 2005 to 2011, she was the primary substitute on NBC Nightly News. In 2007, after Lester Holt took over weekend editions (Holt had previously been the primary substitute but left that position to become weekend anchor, giving Curry the position), there have even been days when Curry has anchored all three broadcasts in one day. A segment on Today, Ann on the Run, follows Curry around a day where she must read the news on Today, tape Dateline, and fill in live for Brian Williams on Nightly News.

Curry covering the 2009 Commander in Chief's Ball, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen

Curry is known for her international reporting of major stories, filing stories from places such as Baghdad, Sri Lanka, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Albania, and Darfur. Curry hosted NBC's primetime coverage and highlights of the Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007 and also contributed with interviews for the special with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Al Gore. Curry reported from the USS Theodore Roosevelt during the invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001, and had an exclusive interview with General Tommy Franks. She reported from Baghdad in early 2003, and then from the USS Constellation as the war in Iraq began. Ann was also the first network news anchor to report from inside the Southeast Asian tsunami zone in late 2004.

On December 17, 2007, Curry bungee jumped off the world famous Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, England to raise money for charity. Her jump was shown live on the Today show at about 8:13 am. During a February 4, 2008 appearance as a guest on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, asked if she would ever bungee jump again, Curry said she would if O'Brien would jump with her.

Ann Curry replaced Meredith Vieira as co-host on June 9, 2011, with national correspondent Natalie Morales replacing Curry as news reader.

In 2011, Ann Curry appeared in the first PBS Kids Sprout "Kindness Counts" PSA.

Volunteerism[link]

• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation^[8]
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation^[8]
• Americares^[8]
• Save the Children^[8]
• Médecins Sans Frontières^[8]
• Airline Ambassadors^[8]
• Buildon^[9]

Awards[link]

• Emmy Awards, presented for coverage of the 1987 Los Angeles earthquake; another presented for reporting on the explosion of a San Bernardino gas pipeline,^[10] and a third in 2007 for her reporting on NBC Nightly News about the Darfur crisis.^[11]
• Golden Mic (4), presented by Radio & Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA)
• Certificate of Excellence, Associated Press
• Gracie Award, presented by The Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television
• Excellence in Reporting, presented by the NAACP
• National Journalism Award, presented by the Asian American Journalists Association, 2003^{[citation needed]}
• Pioneer Award, presented by University of Oregon, 2003
• Hall of Achievement induction, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, 2002^[5][10]
• Sexiest Newscaster and "Hottest MILF Newscaster" as voted on by readers of Ask Men magazine ^[12]
• Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, presented by PNC Bank for outstanding achievements in mass communications, 2008
• Honorary Doctorate in Journalism from Southern Oregon University on 6/5/2010 after giving the commencement address
• Curry received an honorary degree from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island on May 16, 2010.
• She received an honorary doctorate from the Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts on May 22, 2010.^[13] There she delivered the graduation keynote address. However, she gaffed as she cited several famous alumni, only one of which graduated from that college. The others graduated from the Wheaton College near Chicago. Curry apologized for the gaffe.^[14]

Funded scholarship[link]

• Ann Curry Scholarship for University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Broadcasting Students, 2002^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

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