Java Joel
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Java Joel is an American
radio personality. He hosted a nightly weeknight radio program called The Rubber Room"on WKSC-FM 103.5 Kiss FM in Chicago, Illinois. His show was also heard in other cities such as WKGS
/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 regarding African-Americans. 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 4, 2006 Java Joel was hired as the night time DJ on WAKS
/-96.5 KISS FM Cleveland.
In 2009, amid the Chris Brown assault allegations, he decided to pull all Chris Brown music off of his show, thus starting a station wide boycott of his music.
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radio personality. He hosted a nightly weeknight radio program called The Rubber Room"on WKSC-FM 103.5 Kiss FM in Chicago, Illinois. His show was also heard in other cities such as WKGS
WKGS
WKGS is a Rhythmic Top 40 station licensed to Irondequoit, New York, and serves the Rochester area. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 106.7 MHz with an ERP of 3.5 kW.-History:...
/Rochester NY, WAKS
WAKS
WAKS — branded 96.5 KISS-FM — is a commercial radio station licensed to Akron, Ohio broadcasting a pop/contemporary hit radio format. The station serves Cleveland, Akron and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio....
/Cleveland, WKST
WKST-FM
WKST-FM is a Rhythmic Contemporary outlet based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 96.1 MHz, with an ERP of 44 kW...
/Pittsburgh, KKRZ
KKRZ
KKRZ is a commercial broadcast radio station in Portland, Oregon, also known as Z-100, broadcasts CHR music.-History:What is now KKRZ first signed on May, 7, 1946 as KGW-FM on 95.3 MHz and moved to 100.3 MHz on September 22, 1947...
/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
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
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
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
theme song and made an inferred racial remark regarding African-Americans. 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 4, 2006 Java Joel was hired as the night time DJ on WAKS
WAKS
WAKS — branded 96.5 KISS-FM — is a commercial radio station licensed to Akron, Ohio broadcasting a pop/contemporary hit radio format. The station serves Cleveland, Akron and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio....
/-96.5 KISS FM Cleveland.
In 2009, amid the Chris Brown assault allegations, he decided to pull all Chris Brown music off of his show, thus starting a station wide boycott of his music.