The Baka Boyz

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The Baka Boyz, brothers Nick and Eric Vidal, are radio hosts in the San Diego area, heard every weekday morning between 6 to 10 am on XHMORE-FM (Blazin 98.9). The duo first achieved fame on the hip-hop/R&B radio station KPWR (Power 106 FM) in Los Angeles.

The Baka Boyz were originally DJs in Bakersfield, California, before moving south to Los Angeles.[1] They first began at Power 106 in 1992 with their show creation, "Friday Nite Flavas". They also developed Power's live mixing "World Famous Roll Call". After achieving high ratings in the morning[2] and afternoon[3] slots at Power for seven years, the duo grew disaffected with Power's move to R&B, at the expense of hip-hop, and left. Shortly after leaving Power 106 in 1999, the duo briefly had an afternoon show on KKBT.[4] Later, they decided to move north to KMEL in San Francisco.[5] They are hosts of the nationally syndicated "Hip Hop Master Mix", broadcast on over fifty stations nationwide.[6][7] Finally, the Baka Boyz acted as talent scouts, discovering future LA radio star Big Boy, among others.[8]

They produced "Pistol Grip Pump" by Project Blowed rapper Volume 10.

Since starting at WMIB The Beat 103.5 in Miami in March 2003,[9] they have become the #1 rated morning show in South Florida.[citation needed]

The Baka Boyz moved back to Los Angeles in 2005 to do afternoon hosting at 93.5 KDAY.[10] They were there until May 2007, when the Baka Boyz moved to Blazin' 98.9 in San Diego to do their morning show there.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ >"Boyz Hip-Hop to L.A. Big Time Radio: KPWR deejays Nick and Eric Vidal are straight outta Bakersfield", Los Angeles Times, 1994-06-18. 
  2. ^ "KLAX knocks Stern on his private parts", Los Angeles Daily News, 1995-01-07. 
  3. ^ "Radio; Like Night and Day; More often than not, big ratings in the evening don't translate to the morning", Los Angeles Times, 1998-05-14. 
  4. ^ "DJs Shuffle Between Hip-Hop Stations; Radio: The Beat and Mega100 compete for listeners in the Southland's changing market", Los Angeles Times, 1999-08-28. 
  5. ^ "Bakersfield nurtured KMEL hip-hop duo", San Jose Mercury News, 2001-04-03. 
  6. ^ "iLoop Mobile, The Baka Boyz and Education is Freedom Partner with Celebrities to Launch Hurricane Mobile Relief Fund for Kids", Business Wire, 2005-09-28. 
  7. ^ Hip-Hop Master Mix station list
  8. ^ "RADIO; Big Boy Keeps Growing; KPWR's morning deejay is moving into television, rap and movies", Los Angeles Times, 1997-12-04. 
  9. ^ >"Hip-hop's air war", Miami Herald, 2003-05-06. 
  10. ^ "Radio: Stations set to celebrate", Orange County Register, 2005-11-13. 
  11. ^ Blazin' DJ's

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