Chicago Wakes Up With Gabe & Nina
• The DreX & Nina morning show on Entercom Top 40 WBBM (B96)/Chicago is now minus the “DreX” portion of the equation as host Kevin “DreX” Buchar exits after ten months. His co-hosts Nina Hajian and Gabe Ramirez will remain in place as the station’s permanent morning duo.
That news was confirmed in a staff memo from VP of Programming Todd Cavanah, which read, “Today was the last day for Drex on the B96 Morning Show. He will remain a friend to many of us and I want to thank him for being a great teammate and true professional in every sense of the word.” Cavanah continued, “During the past 10 months, Gabe and Nina have developed not only a friendship off the air, but a great deal of chemistry with each other and the audience on air, at our Bashes, their appearances and their social media platforms. We see enormous potential with both of these rising stars to achieve our goals on B96 for mornings. Gabe and Nina will take over mornings immediately and we are confident that their engagement with each other and the listeners will be a huge success.”
• Let us review: B96 launched DreX & Nina in April 2018, featuring DreX, who brought with him market equity earned when he did mornings on iHeartMedia rival WKSC (103.5 Kiss FM) from 2002 until late 2010. DreX was paired with Nina Hajian, who had co-hosted the morning show with Edgar “Shoboy” Sotelo on CBS Radio Top 40 WBMP (92.3 AMP Radio)/New York until November 2017, when the station flipped to ALT 92.3. Before landing in NYC in January 2015, Hajian was morning co-host on CBS Radio sister KZZO (NOW 100.5)/Sacramento. Talented co-host/producer Gabe Ramirez was retained from B96’s previous morning program, The J Show with J Niice and Showbiz Shelly.
