Rick and Bubba
{{Short description|American radio show}}
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{{Infobox radio show
| show_name = The Rick & Bubba Show
| image = frameless
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| format = Talk radio
| runtime = 5 hours
| starring = Rick Burgess
Bill "Bubba" Bussey
Calvin "Speedy" Wilburn
"The Real" Greg Burgess
Michael "Helmsey" Helms
Chris "Eddie Van" Adler
| country = U.S.
| home_station = WZZK-FM
| first_aired = {{start date|1994|1|8}}
| last_aired = December 13, 2024
| website = http://www.rickandbubba.com
}}
{{Infobox television
| alt_name = The Rick & Bubba Show
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| runtime = 5 hours
Live from 5:00am – 10:00am Central
| creator =
| starring = Rick Burgess
Bill 'Bubba' Bussey
Calvin 'Speedy' Wilburn
'The Real' Greg Burgess
Michael 'Helmsey' Helms
Chris 'Eddie Van' Adler
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| country = United States
| network = Turner South
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|9|27}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|4|28}}
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The Rick and Bubba Show was an American comedy radio show based in Birmingham, Alabama. Nationally syndicated and produced at WZZK-FM, the show was live every weekday for five hours and was hosted by Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey.
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The show ended on Friday, December 13, 2024.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/264390/rick-bubba-show-to-come-to-an-end/ RadioInsight.com "Rick and Bubba Show to Come to an End" Feb. 1, 2024]
The Rick and Bubba Radio Show
The radio program began on January 8, 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://yellowhammernews.com/alabama-based-nationally-syndicated-rick-bubba-show-turns-20-today/|title=Rick & Bubba Celebrate 20th Year Together|website=All Access|date=January 8, 2014 }} Rick Burgess was hosting the wake-up show on 103.7 WQEN in the Birmingham radio market and asked the station's chief engineer, Bill "Bubba" Bussey, to co-host it with him. The pairing proved successful. It later moved to 94.5 WYSF in Birmingham. And since 2007, it has been the morning show on WZZK-FM, a country music station.
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 see the show from the sidewalk inside Vestavia Hills City Center, as well as from the "Golden Ticket" seats inside the studio.{{cite news |work=Birmingham News |title=Construction under way on 'Rick and Bubba' show studio |url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/08/construction_under_way_on_rick.html |date=August 24, 2007}}
In March 2009, The Rick and Bubba Show was heard on XM Radio Channel 158, but is no longer available on satellite radio.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rickandbubba.com/index.asp?pg=listen.asp|title=The Award Winning Rick & Bubba Web Site}}
A televised version of the show premiered November 1, 2012 on Heartland. It lasted until February 1, 2016. It had also been seen on the Turner South Network.
In January 2022, The Rick and Bubba Show moved to their "No Name Studio" at SummitMedia in Birmingham. SummitMedia owns WZZK-FM and its facilities have studios for several radio stations that broadcast across the area.
On February 1, 2024, after their 7:00 am break, Rick and Bubba announced their co-hosted show would be ending. The pair will continue on the air until their 'Big Year Ender' on December 13, 2024. In January 2025, the program will be rebranded to "The Rick Burgess Show" with the same crew members continuing in their roles.[https://www.insideradio.com/free/rick-bubba-show-to-transition-to-the-rick-burgess-show-in-2025/article_dabd6cc8-c69e-11ee-9535-2367a7f46d5b.html InsideRadio.com "Rick and Bubba Show to Transition to The Rick Burgess Show" Feb. 8, 2024] Helmsey departed the show on August 16, 2024 to coach the men and women Tennis teams at Jacksonville State University. On November 27, 2024 Bubba announced he would be doing a podcast starting in 2025 called “Bubba on the Lake”. An exact date for this podcast has not yet been determined.
Books
Their first book, Rick & Bubba's Expert Guide to God, Country, Family & Anything Else We Can Think Of ({{ISBN|0-8499-0992-9}}), 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 & Bubba's Expert Guide to God, Country, Family & Anything Else We Can Think Of ({{ISBN|0-8499-0992-9}}), March 2006
- The Rick and Bubba Code: The Two Sexiest Fat Men Alive Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe ({{ISBN|0-8499-1877-4}}), June 2007
- Rick and Bubba for President: The Two Sexiest Fat Men Alive Take on Washington ({{ISBN|0-8499-1878-2}}), June 2008.{{cite book |work=BAMM |date=May 29, 2008 |url=http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=4067588876154&pid=0849918782 |title=Rick and Bubba for President}}
- Rick and Bubba's Big Honkin' Book of Huntin ({{ISBN|1-4016-0401-3}}), September 2008
- Rick and Bubba's Guide to the Almost Nearly Perfect Marriage ({{ISBN|1-4016-0399-8}}), June 2009.
- Rick and Bubba's Big Honkin' Book of Grub ({{ISBN|1-4016-0402-1}}), March 2010
- We Be Big: The Mostly True Story of How We Became Rick and Bubba ({{ISBN|1-4016-0400-5}}), March 2011
Audio recordings
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.
- The Smell Of Success (1998)
- Stay In It! Volume 1 (1999)
- Stay In It! Volume 2 (1999)
- Hey Buddy... Ya Broadcasting (2000)
- A Radio Oddity (2001)
- She Commenced To Shaving (2002)
- Got It Like We Like It! (2003)
- How 'bout That! (2004)
- Pull Our Finger! (2005)
- Radio Gold (2006)
- ... and Cake (2007)
- 14 Years and Still No Awards (2008)
- Radio Revolution (2009)
- I Don't Think We Got the Tools to Pull This Off (2010)
- Good Night Look at That! (2011)
- Triple Option (2012)
- Again.... Let Me Be Clear (2013)
- XXL One Score and Several Pounds Ago (2014)
- Wow! What a Wheel! (2015)
- Who's Got It Better Than Us? (2016)
- Can’t Have Nuthin’ (2017)
- Making Radio Great Again (2018)
- 25 Big Ones (2019)
- Follow the Science...A Radio Pandemic (2020)
- Heard Immunity (2021)
- Where's The Bathroom? (2022)
- Ruff Patch (2023)
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.rickandbubba.com}}
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