Jay “Baby J” Jones is an American

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. He hosted ''Traffic Jammin' with Baby J'' and was the Program Director at

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HOT 95.5/93.1 in

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Radio career

Baby J got his first break in radio at WAAA-AM in

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, where he played old school

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on the weekends. He quickly picked up on the craft of running a successful radio program. In 1995 he began with

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-FM 102 Jamz in

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hosting ''Over Night Flava'' midnight show from 12am to 6am and produced their morning show. In 1999, he received the call to do morning drive at

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-FM Z93 Jamz, in

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, where he hosted ''The Breakfuss Club'' morning show, which began in

, and hosted the syndicated

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Top 20 Countdown on the weekends. ''The Breakfuss Club'' morning show became syndicated in 2005 in

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, where

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transferred the show to a larger market. The show remained in

until 2007 then transferred back to

. In 2011

was bought out by

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, which resulted in the termination of the show in November 2011. In December 2011 Baby J began working afternoon drive at

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-FM Star 99.7 in

. In early 2013 he began hosting the ''Wake Up Show'' at

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-FM Foxie 105,

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. In March 2014, he began the ''Afternoon Traffic Jam'' weekdays from 3 to 7pm. On March 16, 2015, Baby J became the new Program Director and host of "Traffic Jammin' with Baby J" weekdays from 2 to 6pm at

HOT 95.5/93.1

#1 for Nonstop Throwback Hip Hop and R&B.

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External links

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