KROI

KROI is a radio station serving the Greater Houston market. Licensed to Seabrook, Texas and owned by Radio One, the station broadcasts a classic hip hop format branded as Boom 92. The station's studios are located in Greenway Plaza and the transmitter is based near Liverpool (south of Alvin) in unincorporated Brazoria County. It is one of three Radio One-owned stations serving Houston, alongside KBXX and KMJQ.

The station began as a top 40 station upon its launch on 1983, but later shifted to classical and adult contemporary formats prior to its acquisition by Radio One, after which it became an urban gospel station. In October 2011, KROI flipped to an all-news news format; however, by October 2014, plagued by poor ratings and large financial losses, Radio One flipped KROI back to a music-oriented format with the launch of Boom 92—a format focusing on classic hip-hop music.

History

The 92.1 FM frequency signed on the air in September 1983 with a CHR format as KZRQ "Z92". The station, which was only a 3000 watt at 300 foot Class A, took heavy shots against its CHR neighbor on the dial, KKBQ "93Q" (which is a 100,000 watt Class C at 2000 feet) and even had a song parody of then hit, Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" called "Zoobusters" that poked fun of KKBQ's Q-Zoo morning show. The station also claimed to be the first station to play CDs and the world's first all-digital station.