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Big Boy was born in Chicago's West Side and moved to Los Angeles at the age of two. After becoming acquainted with the music industry while DJing Culver City High School parties, Big Boy soon became a bodyguard for the music group The Pharcyde. Big Boy was friends with the Baka Boyz, the morning show hosts at Power 106. Always being a funny ...
KPWR (105.9 FM) – branded as Power 106 – is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KPWR is owned and operated by Alex Meruelo's Meruelo Group, through licensee KPWR Radio Holdings LLC, and airs a rhythmic hot AC format.
But the duo grew disaffected with Power's move to a more R&B sound, at the expense of hip-hop. So they resigned from KPWR. Shortly after leaving Power 106 in 1999, the duo briefly had an afternoon show on rival rhythmic contemporary station 100.3 KKBT. [4] Later, they decided to move north to long-time rhythmic 106.1 KMEL in San Francisco. [5]
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The name of the restaurant actually comes from its popular Big Boy cheeseburger, a double-pattied creation with a third bun in the middle, which was the inspiration for McDonald’s Big Mac.
However, in October 2011, KAGM replaced Big Boy with local host Double J, taking over the morning show. By July 2012, "Power" has begun to mix more urban contemporary material into the playlist. On March 28, 2013, it was announced that "Power" was moving to 106.7 FM at 8 a.m. on April 1. The station wanted to take advantage of a stronger signal.
In 1983, KDAY-AM became the first radio station to play wall-to-wall rap music, thanks to an ambitious new music director and some soon-to-be famous DJs.
In the fall of 2008, WQHT served as the home of the nationally syndicated Big Boy's Neighborhood, produced by ABC Radio and based at WQHT's then-sister station, KPWR in Los Angeles. However, by July 2009, WQHT dropped the program and instead expanded their local morning show hosted by new morning jocks DJ Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg .