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Radio Hosts Suspended for Telling Gullible Floridians the Water Supply Is Tainted With Water

In terms of humor, telling people that their water is tainted with "dihydorgen monoxide" is about on par with telling someone their epidermis is showing, but the dumb joke got two popular Southwest Florida country music radio hosts suspended.

A Dark Truth Has Heart but No Brain

George Zimmerman Sued By His Security Firm Over Unpaid $27,000 Bill

Now we know why George Zimmerman started selling his autograph last month. Turns out, back when he was preparing to leave jail on bond over the summer, he and his lawyers had hired a detective agency run by a former SWAT team member to concoct an elaborate disappearing act: Zimmerman would be rushed ... More >>

Miami's Five Worst Journalists

The Five Worst Media Personalities In Miami

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke ranks the least trustworthy names in local news.Miami has a lot of media personalities and journalists who are full of it. They u ... More >>

Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners and Miami's Changing Market

How to Speak Republican: Leaked Document Reveals the Secrets of the GOP's Coded Language

Homocon Party Will Invade Tampa RNC For All Those Gay Republicans

Tampa's strip club industry may be revving up for the Republican National Convention, but for those Republican dudes who aren't exactly into the idea of seeing Sarah Palin's porno double spread eagle, don't worry, because GOProud, a gay Republican group, is hosting Homocon 2012.And of course, as eve ... More >>

Ozzie Guillen on Backlash: "Fucking Grow Up, Motherfucker"

Miami Marlins coach Ozzie Guillen has been uncharacteristically quiet ever since he made those dumb comments about Fidel Castro. Even his Twitter has remained inactive for more than a month. However, you can't keep Guillen's mouth shut for long, even as he's trying to put the incident behind him. In ... More >>

DJ Laz: Booty Music Pioneer

DJ Laz Helped Put Miami On the Hip-Hop Map

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke opines on DJ Laz's departure from Power 96 and the death of FM radio.When my homeboy, Lazaro "DJ Laz" Mendez, suddenly resig ... More >>

Rick Scott: "I Don't Have to Create Any Jobs"

​Rick Scott's central campaign promise seemed pretty simple: His economic plan would create 700,000 additional jobs on top of normal job growth over seven years. In the past month, Scott has been flip-flopping wildly on that promise, and this morning on a conservative radio show, he said, "I could ... More >>

Lil Wayne Snaps Back at Luther Campbell

​Seems Lil Wayne laid off the sizzurp for a brief second to respond to Luther Campbell's ultimatum that President Carter needs to start investing more time helping Miami's less fortunate souls or else. Last night, Young Weezy, via his handle @LilTunechi, tweeted, "This Nigga Luke trippin!!! I ... More >>

Nicole Sandler, Local Liberal Radio Host, Arrested at Rep. Allen West's Town Hall

​Remember that time a superideological politician held a town hall and a lot of people from the other end of the political spectrum showed up and yelled not such nice things at him and he decided to completely change his political outlook overnight and everything worked out in the end? Oh right, i ... More >>

RIP Jim Mandich, A Miami Dolphin Till The End

The Mad Dog of South Florida Radio​The Mad Dog bled aqua and orange until his last breath. Former Miami Dolphins tight end and local sports radio personality Jim Mandich passed away Tuesday evening after months of battling cancer. For anyone who's rooted for the hometown NFL Franchise, Mandic ... More >>

Palin and Beck killed 'em in Tucson

Rivalry Renewed

Heat Fall to the Celtics, Drop to 5-4

​"It's reality now. The chemistry isn't at the level of these good teams." So said LeBron James following the Heat's 112-107 loss the Boston Celtics Thursday night at the American Airlines Arena. The Heat have now dropped 13 of the last 14 regular season meetings to the Celtics, have fallen t ... More >>

Joyce Kaufman Resigns as Allen West's Chief-of-Staff

C. StilesCan't say this is much of a surprise. Joyce Kaufman, South Florida talk radio's own answer to the Michael Savages and Rush Limbaughs of the world, has resigned as Broward and Palm Beach-area Congressmen-elect Allen West's chief-of-staff. The resignation comes after a number of controversial ... More >>

Democrats Got Tea Bagged All Night Long

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke reflects on last night's election results. I have to congratulate the Tea Party. They came out in numbers and voted, This ga ... More >>

Ronald Reagan's Ghost Son Endorses McCollum, While Sarah Palin Makes a Florida Endorsement of Her Own

​Short of hiring a medium to contact the ghost of Ronald Reagan for an endorsement, the best thing Republicans can get in the ways of a Reagan endorsement is getting the Gipper's adopted son to back a candidate while raising his father's specter another way. Lucky Bill McCollum.&nbs ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Denies He's Visiting Knicks; Meanwhile Radio Host Tweets LeBron and Bosh Coming to Miami

​This past Friday, ESPN's Ian O'Connor made a million Miami hearts sink by reporting Dwyane Wade was set to visit the New York Knicks this Thursday, the same day Chris Bosh and LeBron James were said to be meeting with the struggling franchise in the nation's biggest media market. However, th ... More >>

Dan Le Batard Needs to Kiss & Make Up With Hank Goldberg

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke writes a special online column about his favorite sports writer and commentator Dan Le Batard. Luke's regular column will re ... More >>

Bubba The Love Sponge: "F*ck Haiti"

Florida's shock jock answer to Howard Stern, Bubba The Love Sponge (who's been heard on 93Rock since last year) striked up some controversy after some comments he made on air and on his Twitter."I say fuck Haiti. Why do we have to take care of everybody our country is in shambles. Bubba," tweeted ea ... More >>

Publix Pulls Free Calendars After Including Islamic New Year

​For years Publix has been giving away free calendars to its costumers as a simple little thank you. This was nice and all until Jeff Katz and Joyce Kaufman, conservative blowhards on 850WFTL, complained that December 7th was marked as Islamic New Years, and not as Pearl Harbor Day. That's the pro ... More >>

Miami readies for another Michelle Spence-Jones acceptance speech

Peel the Vote '09: Shock Jock for Commish

Alex Izaguirre He didn't win the mayor's seat in 2005, but Spanish-language radio host Enrique Santos is considering a second run at public office.The popular shock jock, who mans the morning show for La Kalle 98.3, is looking to join the already crowded race to take over Miami City Commissioner Joe ... More >>

Daily Kos Has Wet Dream About Charlie Crist Coming Out as a Democrat

Markos 'Kos' Moulitsas of The Daily Kos has a dream that one day Charlie Crist will do some soul searching, look deep inside himself, and finally come out ...as a Democrat. And it will all be Marco Rubio's fault. See, Marco Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right wing --the wingnut ... More >>

The Rush Limbaugh Diet, Before and After Pictures

Since when did Palm Beach County radio host Rush Limbaugh become a diet icon? Apparently, since yesterday. I like to think of the guy as a hard-drinking, meat-eating, pilled-out fat dude who smokes a lot. Yesterday, Google reported "Rush Limbaugh Diet" as one of the top 100 searches during the hour ... More >>

Nightmare: Rush Limbaugh Hints He Might Buy the Dolphins

Tomas Regalado Is the $5,000 Man

And he's doing just fine, thank you.

Miami Radio Host Wins Release of Cuban Refugees

Letters from the Issue of November 1, 2007

"Calling an illegal alien an undocumented worker is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist"

Joyce Kaufman Hates Immigrants!

Well, not exactly. But she sure doesn’t speak well of them.

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NPR: Gone too far

Not That Howard Stern

Gosh Darn It, People Like Him

Don’t should all over yourself, just go

Latin-Urban Ambassador

DJ Frankie Needles takes on the airwaves

The New Shock Jocks

Internet broadcasting allows the Smut Doctors to wallow in pure porn -- at least for now

BEST AM RADIO PERSONALITY

Bishop Victor T. Curry

Food and Fundraising

For Miami's social elite, high-end galas are high-calorie affairs

Mutating Airwaves

Had enough of Rush? Stay tuned for Al Franken & Co.

In the Land of the Fickle Fan

With four professional teams in South Florida, sports radio should be big business

The Drudge Retort

Democrats hate him. Journalists scorn him. Most Americans ignore him. Which is fine with Matt Drudge. He's taking it to the bank.

Best Monologuist

Ed Kaplan

News of the Weird

Talk Rodeo

WIOD's Phil Hendrie hears voices in his head. They tell him what to do. They tell him what to say. And right now they're telling him to make you laugh.

Transmission: Impossible

How to land a radio talk show without even trying