Peter Rosenberg

Peter Elliot Rosenberg (born July 23, 1979) is an American radio disc jockey and television show host currently signed to WWE. He is a co-host of two New York City radio programs: Ebro in the Morning, the weekday morning show at hip hop radio station WQHT ("Hot 97"); and The Michael Kay Show on ESPN Radio affiliate WEPN-FM, which is also simulcast on the YES Network. As of 2016, Rosenberg also works for WWE as host of its WWE Network program, Bring It to the Table. Rosenberg hosts Real Late with Rosenberg on Hot 97, co-hosts a hip hop podcast called Juan Epstein, and a professional wrestling podcast through ESPN called Cheap Heat. He appeared on MTV2 as the host of the game show Hip Hop Squares. 2Early life Rosenberg was born and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to a Capitol Hill staffer father and public school teacher mother, and he attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He describes his upbringing as "a very Jewish, upper middle class, regular suburban life." He was introduced to hip hop by his older brother, and has also cited popular songs such as "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince as early influences. Visiting his grandparents in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, US, he was influenced by radio shows hosted by DJ Red Alert and Marley Marl. He obtained his first set of turntables at the age of 14 years. 2Career 3Radio In the summer before his freshman year at the University of Maryland, Rosenberg started hosting a late-night underground hip hop show, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, on campus radio station WMUC-FM. His initial DJ name was "PMD," an acronym for "Peter From Maryland" (a name given to him by Marley Marl while winning a contest on Marl's radio show). After graduating from college, Rosenberg performed as a DJ at a variety of radio stations in the DC area, including WPGC, WHFS and on talk radio at WJFK-FM. He began making online parody videos, which were seen by the soon-to-be program manager of New York's Hot 97 Ebro Darden, and these led to his 2007 hiring at the radio station.Rosenberg hosts the weekday morning show, The Hot 97 Morning Show, on Hot 97 from 6 to 10 a.