Power 105.1 streams New York's hip-hop and R&B live today, built around chart-topping hits, exclusive artist interviews, and its flagship morning program, The Breakfast Club. Press play on Radio Shuffle and it streams instantly, free, with no account or app download required, the same feed reaching roughly 1.7 million listeners a week in New York alone.
The morning show that took over 90 markets
Power 105.1 has anchored the New York hip-hop market since 2002, but its biggest export has been The Breakfast Club, the morning show hosted by DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God that launched on the station in 2010, according to Wikipedia's entry on the program. What started as a local New York morning show now airs in more than 90 radio markets nationwide, from Chicago and Houston to Atlanta and Miami, turning a single station's breakfast slot into one of the most widely syndicated hip-hop programs in the country and a regular stop for major artists doing press.
A real rivalry with Hot 97
Power 105.1's defining New York storyline is its long-running rivalry with Hot 97, the city's other major hip-hop station, which launched back in 1988. Hot 97 carries the deeper legacy among the rappers both stations play, where an interview with Angie Martinez or a freestyle for Funkmaster Flex still functions as a genuine rite of passage. But on the ratings side, Power's Breakfast Club trio has regularly outperformed Hot 97's morning competition, giving Power 105.1 real commercial muscle to go with Hot 97's cultural weight.
One in ten New Yorkers, tuning in every week
That competitive edge shows up in the numbers: Power 105.1 reaches roughly 1.7 million listeners weekly, meaning it reaches close to one in ten New Yorkers on a regular basis, a scale that puts it among the most dominant hip-hop and R&B stations anywhere in the country, according to Inside Radio's ratings breakdown of the format.
Listen free on Radio Shuffle
Power 105.1 streams around the clock, and Radio Shuffle carries the feed live with nothing to install and no subscription required. Press play for New York hip-hop and R&B from the station behind The Breakfast Club.