Joel Murphy (born September 30, 1974) - better known by his on-air personality Java Joel - is an American radio personality. He hosted a nightly weeknight radio program called The Rubber Room"on WKSC-FM 103.5 Kiss FM in Chicago, Illinois. His show was also heard in other cities such as WKGS/Rochester NY, WAKS/Cleveland, WKST/Pittsburgh, KKRZ/Portland Kiss FM/Tulsa, and Kiss FM/Cincinnati.
On August 4, 2006 Java Joel was hired as the night time DJ on WAKS/-96.5 KISS FM Cleveland, and in 2012 was moved to the afternoon drive slot.[1]
In 2009, amid the Chris Brown assault allegations, he decided to pull all Chris Brown music off of his show, thus starting a station wide boycott of his music.