Atlanta’s newest radio station: hip-hop Streetz 94.5

Radio executive Steve Hegwood tried to launch a hip-hop station on 102.9 in 2009 . It was quickly shut down by his former employer Radio One, where he had been operations manager. Radio One filed a lawsuit accusing him of breaching his employment contract and stealing Radio One property (including remixes created by DJs at Hot 107.9). In the end, Radio One purchased that 102.9 signal, which now plays a simulcast of Hot 107.9. Hegwood, three years later, has found another FM translator to give Atlanta another hip-hop voice: Streetz 94.5 . It’s going directly after Hot 107.9, owned by Radio One. Hot has been on… >>

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