Angie Martinez says her shocking jump from Hot 97 to rival hip-hop station Power 105 sprung from reaching a tipping point in her career where she needed to make a change.
"It just got to the point where I wanted to assess myself and my career and where my future was going," says Martinez, who spent 15 years at Hot 97 interviewing A-list stars and carving a career as one of New York's best-known DJs.
"It's what I wanted," she says. "It just got to the point where I wanted to be on in different markets — I want to grow and be challenged in new ways."
Well, Martinez will certainly be challenged; starting in mid-July, she'll not only host the 3-to-7 p.m. shift at Power 105, she'll also do an earlier, live four-hour shift for Miami's The Beat (103.5) — which, like Power 105, is owned by Clear Channel.
"It's not going to be the same show — I'll do a show just for Miami and a show just for New York," she says. "I'll mostly be based in New York, but I'll travel back and forth. Miami is my second home, anyway; I have so many friends there and the plan is to be there as much as I can.
"My workload is definitely going to increase but it's not a coasting situation for me, like I got a new job and I'm going to take it easy now," she says. "But I like taking on that challenge."
Martinez will continue in her role as a correspondent for "Extra" and is keeping an eye on other television opportunities down the road.
"The truth is that all of those possibilities exist, which is why I made the decision in the first place," she says. "Hopefully it will evolve into other TV stuff."
I asked Martinez why she decided to announce her departure from Hot 97 on Instagram, instead of issuing the standard-practice press release.
"I felt I wanted to get the word out directly to the people who listen to me everyday. Press is cool, but this was more personal for me — I didn't want it to come from a publicist but directly from me to the people who've supported me for so many years."
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Angie Dickinson at The Paley Center's 40th anniversary commemoration of her NBC show "Police Woman" (1974-78) in which she starred as cop "Pepper" Anderson: "If I hadn't done it, someone else would have. The 70's were the time, women were marching" … Roger Daltrey will headline the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp at Foxwoods Resort Casino (Oct. 16-19) right before he and Pete Townsend embark on The Who's 50th anniversary tour … "Pawn Stars" guy Rick Harrison is participating in a national educational campaign regarding very high triglycerides (the "forgotten fat") … A big "Get Well Soon" to Discovery's Paul Schur ("It's just a valve").
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