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Beasley is making a format change at WBRN in Tampa, and Bubba The Love Sponge is not in their plans for that station. The station is now stunting with Holiday music and sent out the following statement about Bubba...

He hopes he doesn't have to according to a story in Radaronline. Todd Clem (Bubba The Love Sponge) is not only the target of a Nielsen lawsuit for alleged ratings tampering, he's part of the Hulk Hogan $100 million Gawker lawsuit. And he does not want to testify in the Hogan case.

As we reported yesterday, Bubba The Love Sponge (Todd Clem) is attempting to get the ratings tampering lawsuit filed against him by Nielsen thrown out. One of the points Clem is making is that he is not an employee of Beasley and does not have an agreement with Nielsen.

As we reported yesterday, Bubba The Love Sponge (Todd Clem) is attempting to get the ratings tampering lawsuit filed against him by Nielsen thrown out. One of the points Clem is making is that he is not an employee of Beasley and does not have an agreement with Nielsen. He also says Nielsen admitted the ratings were not impacted by his communications with a PPM holder so he questions how Nielsen can claim $1 Million in damage has been done. For further analysis on this case we turned to broadcast attorney John Garziglia.

Those are the words of Bubba The Love Sponge. Bubba and Shannon Burke held a joint press conference Monday to unveil JVC's new Florida Man format in Orlando. Bubba will host mornings and Burke has afternoon drive duties. Bubba said, “We’re so hated we can’t get any more hated.”

In the Todd Clem (Bubba The Love Sponge) ratings tampering case, which is scheduled to begin in Tampa in less than two weeks, an amended witness list has been submitted to the court by Clem.

That from Caroline Beasley on the Beasley first-quarter earnings call Tuesday. She wasn't specific but you could speculate that one of those surprises took place in Philadelphia where eight Account Executives jumped ship right as the deal to purchase Greater Media was closing. No reason was given for the mass exodus. That's a lot to overcome in a major market and as a result it had an impact on revenue with Philadelphia down 13%.

The company was already reeling in the Tampa market from the alleged Bubba The Love Sponge ratings tampering case, and now this WYUU-FM controversy is piled right on top of that. And from all the information we've been able to gather, Nielsen has not provided Beasley with a specific reason why a four-person PPM household in Tampa was kicked off the panel.

Tampa has not been a low maintenance market for Beasley Media. Of course there's the ratings tampering situation with Bubba The Love Sponge that sort of involved the company because Bubba was on their station. Now, an issue with a PPM panelist that Nielsen decided to remove from the panel that will affect Beasley's Hispanic station WYUU.

(By Eric Rhoads) By now you’ve likely read coverage in Radio Ink regarding the sensational accusations from Bubba The Love Sponge (Todd Clem) that suggested Nielsen “concocted a plan to conduct a sting operation designed to entrap” him into engaging in ratings distortion activities.