

(Editor Note: This post is of relevance to South Carolina music only. All my readers without SC ties may want to sit this one out).
The reason I am where I am in my career is because the tastemakers like the Bad Girl Venom, DJ Frosty.com and Charlamagne Tha God in Columbia, SC embraced me. I love my Carolinas peeps and with that said, I’d like to announce that radio DJ, Frosty.com and on-air personality the Bad Girl Venom are making the switch from Columbia radio station Hot 103.9 to Hot’s rival station 100.1 The Beat. Not that Hot 103.9 really cares. Outside of Charlamagne, Venom has been the best radio personality in Columbia for the last 6 years and Hot has basically held her back by just using her for weekend duty and fill-ins during the week.
DJ Frosty.com has been the #1 DJ in the city for as long as I can remember but the idea of allowing Frosty to run with his own show never crossed the program director’s mind at Hot.
With Frosty and Venom headed to the Beat, the radio power in the Met may be shifting. When it comes to Columbia streets, Frosty and Venom are two of the most influential figures in radio. And the Beat has absolutely no presence outside of their airwaves because they do voice tracks. That means all their on-air personalities aren’t in Columbia, they just prerecord their shows from wherever the hell they’re at and the Beat plays it.
Anyways, I spoke with Venom and Frosty over the weekend and here’s what the two of them had to say about their switch:
Venom: “I’m doing middays and Frosty’s going from being a DJ to being a full-time jock. I tip my hat to my past coworkers but we’re coming to win. Basically, the Beat has been in a winning position for the past 6, 7 months anyway and they’ve been beating Hot with voice tracks.
“Where Hot’s been beating the Beat at is in the streets. So [the Beat] decided to get the two most recognizable faces out the streets, which is me and DJ Frosty and bring us over there. So when they get the streets, it’s a complete massacre. 6 years I’ve been slept-on. I can show you better than I can tell you, just good luck to ya’ll.”
DJ Frosty: “[Hot 103.9] had me locked in a closet over there doing fucking Monday nights just for mixshows. Now, I’ll be in a full-time time slot. The shit that’s about to happen, South Carolina has never seen before.
“I’m not like H. Dub, I’m not like Ant Mack, I’m a fucking DJ. I’m not in here to be a real personality type, I’m in it for the music. It’s gon’ be different from now on. I don’t think South Carolina’s gon’ be the same after this shit. This is a transition period.”
To clarify, the difference with 100.1 the Beat is they’re willing to give Frosty the freedom to play music by local Carolina artists, which gives Frosty the power to break new and local artists like Mac-A-Don, Collardgreen, Lil Ru, Gemstar Da Goldenchild, Piazo and Hue Hef, where as Hot doesn’t give a fuck about that kinda stuff.
I’ve been in Atlanta for about 6 months now and after dark, all they play here is Atlanta music and DJs like Drama, Greg Street, Infamous, Montey, have the green light to play hometown music, which is part of the reason so many artists blow up in the A. Hopefully, Frosty will be able to do the same thing for SC.
Personally, Charlamagne The God’s Concrete Jungle with Venom as the co-host and Frosty as the DJ was the best radio show I’ve ever heard. The show birthed classic material like the Buffie the Booty interview and the “T-Pain Can’t Sing” impromptu. Unless I know Venom’s on the air or Frosty’s mixshow is on, I haven’t listened to much radio in Columbia since Hot pretty much shit on Charlamagne, only to watch him throw up his middle fingers and ride off with Wendy Williams (shit, the new guy Hot hired to replace Charlamagne is like listening to crickets at night).
Once again, congratulations to Venom and Frosty. I know you’ll both do your thing over at the Beat. Whenever I come back to the Met, I’ll be sure to turn the dial to 100.1.
(Hot 103.9 could not be reached for com…nah, I’m lying. I didn’t try to contact Hot. Yo, the last time I tried to holla at their PD about a story, that fucka never called me back so kick rocks. Shout out to my peeps over at Hot that I do still ride with. Shekeese the Beast, Lucky Leon, Phat Boi, Cristal Bubblin and Neek…a lot of people don’t fuck with you but you didn’t do me dirty so I’ll still shout you out. But real talk Neek, Venom is about to kill you during the midday).