<P> The station started to lean towards Top 40 by 1989 due to decreasing ratings . By 1990, the station started to play more house, freestyle, and R&B music and launched the Saturday Night House Party show . WQHT broadcast live from area night clubs such as The Tunnel, Roseland and Metrohouse from 2 am until 4 am Saturday into Sunday morning . </P> <P> In 1991, Anything Goes with Clivilles & Cole debuted, where record producers Robert Clivilles and David Cole of C&C Music Factory mixed new house and dance music on Saturday nights . </P> <P> Towards the end of 1992 and early 1993, Hot 97 dropped to "dead last among New York's three pop stations ." In response, Emmis named Judy Ellis its General Manager (a position in which she served until 2003) and WQHT started to add more R&B and hip - hop product . The station started a gradual two - year change towards an Urban - oriented rhythmic top 40 format . </P> <P> A new generation of hot jocks began appearing on Hot 97 . Dan Charnas recounted the perception of this move: "The trades ran stories on the new trend, typified by the Emmis stations, Hot 97 and Power 106: hiring street kids or entertainers with little or no radio experience at the expense of longtime professionals who had paid their dues ." Among the most famous was the addition of a new morning show hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dré of Yo! MTV Raps . With rising ratings and a focus on East Coast artists like the Wu - Tang Clan, Charnas credited Hot 97 as leading a comeback for East Coast hip hop . </P>

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