Breaking News: Big D & Bubba To Leave Premiere Premiere‘s Big D & Bubba will leave their syndication home of eight years to join Compass Media Networks, beginning Jan. 6, 2014. Compass will handle national advertising sales, affiliate marketing and syndication for the duo, who first joined Clear Channel in 1999 and were syndicated by Premiere in 2005. “We’re stoked about the next chapter in our professional lives and so appreciative of our partnerships with our existing advertisers and radio stations,” says Bubba. Adds Big D, “We’re ready for the next evolution of the show. We’ve formed our own company, Silverfish Media, to give us control of programming and production on all platforms – radio, digital, and TV. We are very excited to work with Compass as our partner.” The show is currently heard on 50 stations as well as on American Armed Forces Radio. “Big D and Bubba are proven winners. We are elated to work with them,” said Compass Founder/CEO Peter Kosann. More on CMN here.