Birmingham Radio: ‘Rick and Bubba’ Do Final Broadcast

Rick and Bubba are no longer in the house

That memorable theme song, which begins with “Rick and Bubba’s in the house,” will end.

The “two sexiest fat men” alive, as they called themselves, Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey have been making Alabama laugh for more than 30 years on the radio, since 1994. They did their last live show on the air together this morning.

“This ends an era,” Burgess said. “Nothing will ever be ‘Rick and Bubba.’”

AL.com reports Burgess has announced that he will be doing a solo show, with a launch date for “The Rick Burgess Show” on Monday, Jan. 6. “Best of” re-runs of “The Rick & Bubba Show” will air in the time slot until then.

Bussey announced he’d be joining the athletic administration at Jacksonville State University. He’ll serve as the school’s assistant athletics director for broadcasting, overseeing broadcast operations for various athletic events. Bussey, a JSU alumnus, got his start in radio on campus station WLJS during his student days in the early 1980s. He met Burgess and started working with him at WLJS. “That’s where we learned it,” Burgess said. “I don’t remember the classes, but I do remember that campus radio station.”

The “Rick & Bubba Show,” nationally syndicated and produced at WZZK, 104.7 FM in Birmingham, aired live on weekdays, 5 a.m.-10 a.m., on more than 60 radio stations across 18 states, according to the WZZK website and the “Rick & Bubba” YouTube channel.