Howard Stern says he's not giving up hope that Bubba the Love Sponge could still return to Sirius XM satellite radio.
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Stern told his audience he had a meeting with Sirius XM executives about the Bubba the Love Sponge situation on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and that there's still a chance the Tampa based talk jock could return to his channels sometime soon.
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"I'm not giving up on the whole Bubba situation yet," Howard Stern told his satellite radio audience Tuesday morning. "I was in a meeting yesterday trying to get that all figured out."
Bubba the Love Sponge Clem (his legal name) signed on with Sirius XM along with Howard Stern back in 2006. He has been featured on Howard Stern's secondary Sirius XM channel Howard 101 since its inception.
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Sirius XM reportedly offered Bubba the Love Sponge a "take it or leave it" contract renewal deal with an 80% pay cut. The offer sent the corpulent talk jock on a Twitter rampage, instructing his fans to cancel their Sirius XM subscriptions and follow him to his new internet radio platform RadioIo.
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Bubba also trashed Sirius XM in the press, saying that executives are slashing salaries for real radio talent and saving the big bucks for celebrity radio novices like Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart an Jamie Foxx.
The Howard Stern Show receives complaint calls about Bubba the Love Sponge's absence almost daily, and Stern is complimentary of his work every time.
"He does a great job and he’s a great guy," said Stern Tuesday. "I’m not giving up yet."
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