- Java Joel
Java Joel (born Joel Murphy,
September 30 ,1974 ) hosted a nightly weeknight radio program called "The Rubber Room" onWKSC-FM 103.5 Kiss FM inChicago, Illinois . His show was also heard in other cities such asWKGS /Rochester NY,WAKS /Cleveland, WKST/Pittsburgh,KKRZ /Portland Kiss FM/Tulsa, and Kiss FM/Cincinnati.The Rubber Room had 3 main members: Java Joel, the host; Jdogg, producer/sidekick; and Silly Jilly, female sidekick. Many other people stopped by the show including Chris Kelly, Alex, Camps, Joe V, and Joey T. In April 2003, The Rubber Room made national headlines after Java interviewed pop singer
Justin Timberlake and angered him, which resulted in Timberlake telling Java to "take a valium bi*ch". Java has won numerous awards such as the Silver Dome Award and the Jock Conference Slammer Award.Java Joel was fired from WKSC on January 11, 2005 when at about 9:30PM he played the
Mr. Belvedere theme song and made an inferred racial remark regardingAfrican-American s. Since his firing, Java has appeared on stations in Philadelphia, Y-103.9 (Crystal Lake, IL) and 102.3 XLC (Waukegan, IL), WCKG (105.9FM) Chicago. Most recently, Java has been hired as a weekend fill-in at WKIE/WDEK/WRZA (92.7/92.5/99.9) "Nine FM" as well as afternoons on WYUL "94.7 Hits FM" in the Montreal market. On August 4th, 2006 Java Joel was hired as the night time DJ onWAKS /-96.5 KISS FM Cleveland.External links
* [http://www.webresume.com/Joel_Murphy Joel's resume]
* [http://www.radioink.com/headlineentry.asp?hid=126734&pt=inkheadlines Radio Ink Magazine article]
* [http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1000768527&WebLogicSession=QgiZAHYAh2KicoTHT449Z2JkcNtweQMnQWVWz8tqxp3XZYv2Pqm3%7C5947487189529087958/181605427/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1 Billboard]
* [http://www.radionewsweb.com/2005-01.html RadioNewsWeb]
* [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:U_RFi5OrK5EJ:sun-times.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder20.html+%22Java+Joel%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2 Google cache Chicago Sun article] (includes arbitron ratings)
* [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:jRhxDPHX0lIJ:www.kiss1067.com/javajoel.html+%22Java+Joel%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5 Google cache of 106.7 KissFM]
* [http://www.bigappleairchecks.com/states/MI_OH_IN_WI_IL.html Java Joel airchecks from multiple stations]
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