HOT 97 recently unveiled a revamped lineup, with TT Torez and DJ Enuff exiting the New York hip-hop station. Morning show host Ebro said he didn’t know anything about the changes until it was announced.
As part of the shuffle, his show — which includes Laura Stylez and Peter Rosenberg — will now air until 11 AM.
He shared that no one at the station ever spoke with him about extending the program until its new time.
“I’ve been telling y’all for months — years — that the new ownership of the big legend, HOT 97, didn’t give a damn about investing in this damn thing here,” Ebro said. “No new studios. Making cuts, cutting staff, cutting this, cutting that. Then I hear last Thursday, (Funkmaster) Flex started tweeting about his last show and that they keeping our show on till 11 o’clock. I didn’t get an email, a text, I didn’t get a heads up, I didn’t get a nothing.”
Ebro continued by noting that it’s his belief that it is only a matter of time until MediaCo, the station’s parent company, begins trimming the budget and staff of his show.
“They’re gonna start,” Ebro said of potential impending cuts. “This program right here, the amount of money they spend — which ain’t a lot, but it’s more than they spend on the rest of the radio station — when they get to cutting off fingers and toes up here? It’s gonna happen, bro. Don’t play with these people, man. Don’t play with these people if you worried about your mortgage and all of that.”
He concluded by taking a shot at colleague Funkmaster Flex, saying that the afternoon DJ “gonna do the song and dance” to keep management happy. He added that comments made by his co-worker are “music to the venture capitalist’s ear.”
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