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===Formation=== In 1987, stand-up comedian Ron Bennington joined [[Ron Diaz]] to create a wildly popular and raunchy morning radio program, ''[[The Ron and Ron Show]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150219025326/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-08-26/entertainment/9408250126_1_ron-diaz-ron-bennington-ron-show The Outlaws Are In]</ref> at Tampa Bay's WYNF-FM, ''95ynf'' (now [[WWRM]]).<ref>[http://www.95ynf.com/95ynf-history.html 95ynf Tampa Bay Radio History of WYNF FM 94.9 Radio Station]</ref> On December 21, 1994, Ron Diaz announced that his wife Debbie was diagnosed with [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]],<ref name=aids>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/12/21/radio-personalitys-wife-has-aids/ Radio Personality's Wife Has Aids]</ref> and Diaz began periodically missing broadcasts to care for her. Debbie died on November 13, 1995.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Ron_Diaz.html?id=sdLPlwEACAAJ Ron Diaz]</ref> Diaz announced his departure on-air from ''The Ron & Ron Show'' in early 1997,<ref>[http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ron-diaz-ane-madisyn-janeka/1114139878?ean=9786139151929 Ron Diaz]</ref> and on September 29, 1997, after a successful 11-year run, the show ended. [[Fez Whatley]], a producer at the time, became Bennington's new co-host.
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