Angie Martinez Joins Rival Power 105.1 After Resigning From Hot 97

Angie Martinez is moving across town and up the radio dial from Hot 97 to Power 105.1, giving Power the biggest score yet in the city's long-running hip-hop radio wars.

For more than 15 years Martinez's 3-7 p.m. show has helped define Hot 97 (WQHT, 97.1 FM) as America's most influential hip-hop station.

Now, in a switch that was both surprising and swift, she'll be doing the afternoon show at Power (WWPR, 105.1 FM).

Power's parent Clear Channel made the official announcement Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after Martinez said she would be leaving Hot.

Her shift on Power apparently will start at 2 p.m., though no specific details or launch date have been announced.

Martinez's final Hot 97 show Wednesday afternoon was sentimental, warm and sometimes tearful. She did not mention her switch to Power, though it had been widely rumored, saying only that she planned to rest for a few days, take a vacation and then "move on to the next phase of my life."

She thanked a long list of her co-workers and played many of the promotional jingles that artists had cut for her at Hot 97 over the years.

Her new show will be simulcast on sister Clear Channel station 103.5 FM The Beat in Miami, and it is expected Clear Channel may later put her on other hip-hop and urban stations.

There could also be a TV component in the deal for Martinez, 43, who is now seen on "Extra" and has often branched outside radio.

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