iHeartMedia announced key leadership changes at its New York hip hop and R&B hub, Power 105.1, on Dec. 3, 2025. The station is the flagship home of The Breakfast Club, Way Up with Angela Yee, and The Angie Martinez Show.
Alexander Santelises, widely known as DJ Prostyle, moves into the role of Assistant Program Director while maintaining on-air duties in the evening daypart. His expanded management lane includes continued leadership collaboration on programming strategy. Prostyle also remains Evening Air Talent on 103.5 KTU, another iHeartMedia New York station, where he has anchored mix show and DJ-driven audience engagement for years. His elevation reflects a broader influence on format programming beyond his original DJ-heavy curatorial responsibilities.
Symantha Wilson rises to Music Director for Power 105.1 and adds responsibilities as Producer for The Breakfast Club. Wilson has handled production leadership inside Power 105.1’s morning show ecosystem, developing artist booking coordination, imaging, segment planning, and daily show execution. As Music Director, she now oversees playlist curation, label relations, rotation strategy, and day-to-day artist coordination for the station’s music programming. Her work history ties back to format programming roots in the New York market, giving her direct context on listener expectations and label partnership dynamics.
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The promotions will sit under the programming leadership of Thea Mitchem, Executive Vice President of Programming, and include continued coordination with Eddie Fennell, Assistant Program Director and Executive Producer for The Breakfast Club. Prostyle will partner with Fennell and Mitchem on music scheduling, imaging, promotions strategy, ratings impact analysis, talent alignment, and long-term format planning. Prostyle’s evening programming role continues without disruption, balancing both content strategy and air talent execution.
Mitchem highlighted both promotions as leadership choices driven by audience fluency, daily show execution, and cross-platform understanding of music consumption. The statement from Thea Mitchem acknowledged their internal track record of programming operations, execution reliability, and listener engagement strategies that impact ratings in the core 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.
Ratings and Market Position
Power 105.1 remains a top performer in the New York broadcast market, driven heavily by The Breakfast Club. The show holds the #1 rank among Persons 18-49 and 25-54 in the most recent Nielsen audio ratings period. That standing has continued to buoy Power 105.1’s overall station performance, helping it maintain leadership in morning drive audience share.
iHeartMedia continues to lead the broader New York media landscape across radio, digital audio, live events, and branded entertainment partnerships. The company’s ecosystem includes broadcast stations, large-scale live events, data infrastructure, and a major digital audio footprint. That footprint is fueled by iHeartRadio, a platform combining digital music, podcasting, and live streaming. iHeartRadio is available on more than 500 device platforms and 2,000+ connected speakers, smart dashboards, gaming systems, televisions, wearables, and voice-assistant products, strengthening iHeartMedia’s position as a multi-format audio distributor in the U.S. and New York markets.
Why This Promotions Matter
The restructuring adds a tighter internal alignment between music programming, mix show identity, and morning show production. It connects playlist decisions directly to the same room where artist bookings, show segments, and ratings strategy are actively made. For Power 105.1, it means the people deciding what plays next are now the same people building what airs first each morning.
