ED LOVER QUITS NY'S HOT 97
HE HEADS TO LA
by - Davey D
8/10/99 7:17:00 AM
Next time you're in Los Angeles be sure to check out KKBT 92.3 'The Beat' because they're about to be off the hook. It looks like they have now rounded up Hip Hop's premier radio duos and added them to their roster. Veteran morning show host Ed Lover has quit Hot 97 in NY and will be reunited with partner Doctor Dre to do mornings for KKBT. Other sources are claiming he may have been asked to bounce because of low ratings. In any case, they will be replacing the popular John London and The House Party which is being shuffled over it's sister station Mega 100. The Baka Boyz who were rumored to do mornings may now be headed to do afternoons to replace the popular Theo. Apparently his ratings have been dropping to the Baka Boyz when they were going against them when they were at Power 106.

If all this falls into place KKBT will have an awesome line up of Hip Hop's premier radio personalities. The Baka Boyz, Ed Lover & Doctor Dre and Sway & King tech in addition to being mainstays within Hip Hop, but they were also among the first Hip Hoppers to do morning drive radio shows. In addition KKBT has BET's Big Lez, rap star The Poetess, former Hip Hop TV host Dominique Diprima and former KDAY personality Julio G. If that's not enough former rap star Dorsey Fuller of the now defunct group O6 Style is The Beat's music director. All these folks are now all under one roof. Hopefully they will have free reign to put forth the music that helped put them all on the map.