Hoffman were brought in to do the morning show, J. Paul Emerson stayed on as newsman, with Daniel Ivankovich ("Reverend Doctor D") and brought in as producer. WQHT started to lean towards top 40 by 1989 due to decreasing ratings. By 1990, the station started playing more house, freestyle, and rhythm and blues music, and launched the Saturday Night House Party show. WQHT broadcast live from area night clubs such as The Tunnel, Roseland and Metrohouse from 2 a.m. until 4 a.m. Saturday into Sunday morning. In 1991, Anything Goes with Clivilles & Cole debuted, where record producers Robert Clivilles and David Cole of C&C Music Factory mixed new house and dance music on Saturday nights. From dance to hip-hop and R&B Towards the end of 1992 and early 1993, Hot 97 dropped to "dead last among New York's three pop stations." In response, Emmis named Judy Ellis its General Manager (a position in which she served until 2003), and WQHT started to add more R&B and hip hop music. The station started a gradual two-year change towards an urban-oriented rhythmic top 40 format. A new generation of "hot jocks" began appearing on "Hot 97". Dan Charnas recounted the perception of this move: "The trades ran stories on the new trend, typified by the Emmis stations, Hot 97 and Power 106: hiring street kids or entertainers with little or no radio experience at the expense of longtime professionals who had paid their dues." Among the most famous was the addition of a new morning show hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dré of Yo! MTV Raps. With rising ratings and a focus on East Coast artists like the Wu-Tang Clan, Charnas credited "Hot 97" as leading a comeback for East Coast hip hop. In 1993, Funkmaster Flex joined the station and was host of the Friday Night Street Jam and a weekly two-hour show where he mixed hip-hop live from the studio. Other noteworthy personalities included the addition of Wendy Williams to afternoon drive (Williams used to be the overnight jock back on "Hot 103" in 1988). Angie Martinez, a researcher on WABC-TV's New York Hot Tracks in the late 1980s and who previously worked in the promotions department, was promoted to nights. A few years later, the two had a public falling out, resulting in Williams being fired from WQHT and Martinez assuming afternoon drive, where she remained until