Both WQHT-FM NYC and KPWR-FM LA have joined the new music streaming service Beats Music as the exclusive hip-hop radio stations for the platform’s launch, curating a series of playlists on behalf of ...

Ebro Darden yesterday was named program director of WQHT (97.1 FM), stepping up to the position being vacated by John Dimick. Darden, 32, known to Hot-97 listeners as just “Ebro,” has been assistant ...

Emmis pulled the staff of the morning show at New York’s WQHT(FM) off the air after they aired a song that made fun of the tsunami victims, Reuters reported. The station aired the song several times ...

Well-known NYC hip-hop DJ Mister Cee, credited with discovering The Notorious B.I.G, died at 57, according to radio station HOT 97 (WQHT). "As a family at HOT 97 and WBLS, we're deeply saddened by the ...

Rachael Ray, with WNYT(TV) VP/GM Steve Baboulis, after receiving the New Yorker of the Year Award at the New York State Broadcasters Association 46th Annual Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting.

WQHT (97.1 FM) is replacing Miss Jones’ morning show with the nationally syndicated Big Boy show on July 21. Miss Jones will remain on the air next week to say goodbye to her New York listeners. She ...

In the wake of a growing controversy following an ill-advised tsunami song parody, Emmis Communications has indefinitely suspended Miss Jones and the Hot 97 morning team from Rhythm & Blues/Hip Hop ...

A misconstrued social media post from Hip-Hop radio mainstay Funkmaster Flex created panic among fans on Thursday night that the beloved NYC host would be turning off the mic on MediaCo’s Hot 97 (WQHT ...