The Midday Show Will Be Syndicated by Premiere
Networks and Launch Across 30+ iHeartMedia Stations, Including New
York’s Power 105.1 WWPR- FM
Premiere Networks announced today that award-winning media
personality Angela Yee will host a new weekday broadcast radio
show, “Way Up with Angela Yee.” The program, which will air
middays, will launch Fall 2022 across more than 30 iHeartMedia
stations, including New York’s Power 105.1, and will be available
for syndication through Premiere Networks to stations across the
country.
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“Way Up with Angela Yee” will feature the iconic personality in
a fast-paced, listener interactive show, as she connects directly
with listeners on the kinds of hot and timely topics in which she’s
garnered trust over her decades on air -- from relationships to
Hip-Hop and R&B, headline news topics, and overall culture,
both in and out of the music industry. The show will be fun,
entertaining, inspiring and will include celebrity interviews and
special guests.
“Angela Yee is a Powerhouse! She’s a businesswoman,
entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a highly-entertaining, smart and
witty talent who will go down as one of the greats of her
generation. We are thrilled to have her lead this new show,” said
Thea Mitchem, iHeartMedia Executive Vice President of Programming.
“Angela has her finger on the pulse of entertainment and culture,
and I look forward to watching her bring her positive outlook and
even more great content to her devoted listeners in new and
influential ways.”
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Yee is a media veteran
and has been on air for nearly two decades interviewing top
entertainers including Dave Chapelle, 50 Cent, Issa Rae, Cardi B,
President Barack Obama, Jay Z, Eminem, Nas, Vice President Kamala
Harris, and more. Over the past 12 years, Yee has been a co-host of
Power 105’s wildly popular, nationally-syndicated Radio Hall of
Fame show “The Breakfast Club” with DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha
God. “The Breakfast Club” has become the bullhorn for modern
culture and is widely regarded as the most informative and
entertaining top-rated contemporary Hip-Hop/R&B morning show
today, and avid listeners have always eagerly anticipated Yee’s
regular “Rumor Report,” “Ask Yee,” and “Front Page News”
segments.
Yee is the recipient of two prestigious Gracie awards, the
Spirit of Detroit, WEEN Mission award, the Shirley Chisholm Woman
of Distinction, Vice-Chancellor’s Achievement award for AFUWI, the
Airblazer award from the Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio
Group, and the Talentmasters Morning Show Bootcamp award. Yee also
sits on numerous boards including American Foundation for the
University of the West Indies (AFUWI), Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family
Foundation, the Fund for NYC Housing Authority, and The Shirley
Chisholm Cultural Institute.
With the launch of “Way Up with Angela Yee,” Yee will depart
“The Breakfast Club” this Fall. Additionally, Yee’s highly-popular
Lip Service podcast - where she and her girlfriends discuss
intimacy, sex, and relationships with the hottest stars in hip-hop
and R&B - will soon be available through the iHeartPodcast
Network.
“I’m overwhelmed with gratitude and excitement to have this once
in a lifetime opportunity to create a brand-new show,” said Yee. “I
appreciate everyone who has helped to make this happen at
iHeartMedia, and most importantly, the listeners who are like
family to me. It’s a bittersweet feeling to leave an iconic show
like ‘The Breakfast Club,’ which we built from the ground up for 12
years, but we will forever be an extension of each other. I’m
working hard and dedicated to making our new program exciting,
thoughtful, provocative, and most importantly, a safe haven for
even more of us to grow and learn while having fun. I’m ready for
this new chapter!”
About Premiere Networks
Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, syndicates more
than 100 radio programs and services to more than 8,200 radio
affiliations and reaches a quarter billion listeners monthly.
Premiere offers the best in talk, entertainment and sports
programming featuring the following personalities: Ryan Seacrest,
Glenn Beck, Delilah, Steve Harvey, George Noory, Granger Smith, Dan
Patrick, Colin Cowherd, John Boy and Billy, Sean Hannity, Elvis
Duran, Mario Lopez, Bobby Bones, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton, Johnjay
and Rich, Big Boy, Brooke & Jeffrey, Doug Gottlieb, Enrique
Santos, Nancy Grace, and others. For more information, please visit
www.PremiereNetworks.com.
About iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media
company in America, reaching over 90% of Americans every month.
iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have more consumer reach in
the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the reach of the next
largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled
reach of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the
largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads
than the next two podcast publishers combined and has the number
one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more
followers than the next audio media brand, and the only fully
integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and
podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience
connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms,
products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company
information.
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