{"id":93962,"date":"2015-09-05T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=93962"},"modified":"2015-09-05T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T16:40:45","slug":"the-halftime-show-w-dj-riz-dj-eclipse-89-1-wnyu-march-4-1998-1st-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-halftime-show-w-dj-riz-dj-eclipse-89-1-wnyu-march-4-1998-1st-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Halftime Show w\/ DJ Riz & DJ Eclipse 89.1 WNYU (March 4, 1998-1st Show)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DJ Eclipse<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Here’s the first ever episode of The Halftime Show<\/strong>. Riz<\/strong> and I stepped to Lynn Gonzalez<\/strong> who at that time had the Wednesday night slot and asked her if she wanted to join forces. After some initial hesitation she agreed and thus The Halftime Show<\/strong> was born. Unfortunately Lynn<\/strong> wasn’t able to make the first show, but in her place was T.O. Sweet<\/strong> who had his own show on WNYU. Listening back the show was definitely a little rough around the edges, but we made it work. Riz<\/strong> spun the first half of the show and I spun the 2nd half (70:33). <\/p>\n

We had A-Butta<\/strong> and L-Swift<\/strong> of Natural Elements<\/strong> as our guests (92:44) which led to a couple dope freestyle sessions (96:16 & 104:25). Mr. Len<\/strong> from Company Flow<\/strong> was hanging out with us in the studio as well. This was before Serato and CDJs so every time we had to play an exclusive we would have to stop the mix to throw on the dat. A lot of the music played represented what was also going on at Fat Beats<\/strong> at the time. The good ol’ days.<\/p>\n