Bubba the Love Sponge has reclaimed the top spot in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater radio ratings after making his return to the area's airwaves in January.

The most recent Arbitron radio ratings survey, which were released on Friday, shows that the Bubba the Love Sponge Show is the most-listened-to in the Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater market. Bubba is number one with adults 12+ (9.5 share), with adults 18-34 (18.4 share), with adults 25-54 (14 share), with men 18-34 (26.9 share), and with men 25-54 (20.8 share).

Bubba said he was "absolutely certain" that his show could reclaim the number-one spot, in a statement.

Pictured: The BTLS crew in Las Vegas for "Bubbapalooza" in March. From left to right: Brent Hatley, Manson, Bubba, Spice and Ned.

(Photo Credit: Scott Harrison)

There appears to be no end to the amount of meetings that are occurring at the Federal Communications Commission.

According to an FCC filing, NAB president and CEO David Rehr and Jane Mago of the NAB met with Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein and Rudy Brioche of Adelstein's office over he pending merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.

At the meeting, Rehr and Mago argued that a merged Sirius-XM would control "almost 20% more" total spectrum than that allocated to AM/FM radio combined. They also highlighted that the terrestrial radio spectrum is "shared among more than 14,000 licensees."

But perhaps the most scathing of the NAB's remarks comes at the end of the filing.

The National Association of Broadcasters said, at the April 30th meeting, that "the past behavior" of both Sirius and XM shows that any FCC conditions on the merger "would prove futile."

It's odd that the NAB sees "past behavior" as being such a big deal, especially considering the mountains of FCC violations - such as payola scandals, indecency violations, licensing issues, etc - that terrestrial radio broadcasters have made. Time and time again, the NAB adopts a "do as I say, not as I do" policy... something that I pray the FCC takes notice of.

[View FCC Filing (PDF)]

All the meeting rooms must be filled up at the Federal Communications Commission building (pictured), because the Texas Association of Broadcasters has resorted to gabbing with the agency at the local hotel airport.

According to a recent FCC filing, representatives from the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) met with Commissioner Deborah Tate and her Special Advisor, Wayne Leighton, in the Hyatt Regency hotel at the Dallas, Texas airport.

The reps from the broadcast industry come from Clear Channel Radio, the TAB, KCLW Hamilton and KMOO Mineloa among others.

They discussed various topics that include localism and "general paperwork burdens" as well as - well, what else - the Sirius-XM merger.

Yes, surprisingly enough the broadcasters "raised concerns" about a merged satellite radio provider and talked about the prospects of such an entity should it be "allowed to retain all of its frequencies."

The burning question: was this meeting with Ms. Tate in a room? Or yucking it up over drinks at the hotel bar?

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