Joel Murphy (born September 30, 1974) — better known by his on-air personality Java Joel — is an

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radio personality. He hosted a nightly weeknight radio program called ''The Rubber Room"''on

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103.5 Kiss FM in

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. His show was also heard in other cities such as

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/Rochester NY,

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/Cleveland, WKST/Pittsburgh,

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/Portland Kiss FM/Tulsa, and Kiss FM/Cincinnati. On August 4, 2006 Java Joel was hired as the night time DJ on

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assault allegations, he decided to pull all Chris Brown music off of his show, thus starting a station wide boycott of his music.

References

External links

Joel's resume Radio Ink Magazine articleBillboardChat

(includes arbitron ratings)

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