Get to Know Big D and Bubba You hear them in the morning on your way to work, now get to know the guys behind the microphone, and find out if they're just as weird as they seem. Big D started in radio at the age of 14 years old at a 1000-watt Christian radio station in Cookeville, Tenn. By the age of 17, he hosted his first talk show, which led him to doing mornings on an oldies station in the same city. He fell in love with the country lifestyle at the age of 19 hosting a country morning show in Montana