Genre | Talk radio |
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Running time | 5 hours |
Country | U.S. |
Home station | WZZK-FM |
Starring | Rick Burgess Bill "Bubba" Bussey |
Website | http://www.rickandbubba.com |
The Rick & Bubba Show | |
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Starring | Rick Burgess Bill 'Bubba' Bussey Calvin 'Speedy' Wilburn 'The Real' Greg Burgess Michael 'Helmsey' Helms Chris 'Crooked Little Man' Adler |
Country of origin | USA |
Production | |
Running time | 5 hours Live from 5:00am – 10:00am Central |
Release | |
Original network | Turner South |
Original release | September 27, 2002 – April 28, 2006 |
Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey are cohosts of The Rick and Bubba Show — a syndicated comedic radio program based in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Rick and Bubba Show is heard each weekday morning on their flagship station WZZK-FM and on over 50 radio stations in 15 states – mostly in the Southern United States. In March 2009 The Rick and Bubba Show was heard on XM Radio channel 158, but is no longer available on XM at this time. The show can also be heard as a replay during afternoon drive in various radio markets around the United States. The show also airs replays on weekends on select Stations.
Rick and Bubba call themselves "The Two Sexiest Fat Men Alive." They often refer to their Christian faith and beliefs on air and have been regarded as a family-safe alternative to "shock jocks" often associated with morning radio. Their political beliefs are also very conservative.
On February 11, 2008, the broadcast location of the show moved to the "Rick and Bubba Broadcast Plaza and Teleport" in Vestavia Hills, which houses the studio as well as management offices for the show. This location allows fans to witness the show from the sidewalk inside Vestavia Hills City Center, as well as from the "Golden Ticket" seats inside the studio.
Its televised revival premiered November 1, 2012 on Heartland. It lasted until February 1, 2016.
Their first book, Rick & Bubba's Expert Guide to God, Country, Family & Anything Else We Can Think Of (), was published in March 2006, and quickly became a best-seller at Amazon.com and Books-A-Million as well as making the New York Times best seller list at the number 7 spot in the Miscellaneous category.
Rick and Bubba have released "best of" CDs every year since 1998. The 2006 release Radio Gold, Volume 1, reached the number 9 spot on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart.