Radio One is set to silence black gospel "Praise 92.1" KROI, Seabrook, Texas, and go all-news - its first station in that format. The newly-hired staff includes radio and TV professionals such as J.P. Pritchard and Lana Hughes, both members of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Denise Bishop will serve as news director, and Houston-based consultant Ed Shane is the project manager for the coming switch to all-news. Radio One market manager Doug Abernethy says "our review of Houston's broadcast landscape told us that those listeners interested in local news as well as national news were being poorly served, so we decided to make a commitment to delivering the news in a dependable fashion." Clear Channel's news/talk KTRH (740) runs a morning news block from 5am to 9am, then goes into talk. Radio One will stream the current "Praise" format at PraiseHouston.com and also offer it on an HD multicast signal of its urban AC KMJQ (102.1). 
Exactly two years ago, the Hungarian radio regulator ORTT refused to renew the license of Emmis to operate Radio Slager, and instead gave it to what Emmis calls an entity "with close ties to the two largest Hungarian political parties." The same thing happened to Danubius Radio, which had been run by Accession Mezzanine Capital. Emmis and AMC appealed to the Hungarian courts and won favorable decisions. But they claim "these courts were unable to provide any effective remedy for these illegal activities." Now the two former operators have gone to the international level, filing a formal request for arbitration at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. The ICSID operates under the authority of the World Bank. Emmis won the license for what became Radio Slager in 1997, while Danubius had operated since 1986. The companies say "Slager and Danubius were consistently the top-rated stations in Hungary, reaching over four million listeners per week, out of a population of 10 million." Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan has continued to say his company would press for some kind of redress, after making significant investments in Hungary.
Cox uses the "Eagle" branding in several other markets, and this morning (10/28) it applies the name to a new '70s-based classic hits station. Cox Media Group operations manager Shane Collins says "our listeners keep telling us that the best rock & roll of all times comes from the 1970s. So we've searched meticulously through those ten years to find the best and biggest hits, and we'll be playing more of those songs than ever before." Core artists on 107.7 The Eagle: Bob Seger, Steve Miller Band, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Fleetwood Mac. From the previous classic rock format, "Future Bob" remains in mornings, 6-10am, and Rick Owens continues to host afternoons. MJ Stevens joins for middays, 10am-3pm. The new Eagle (WSFR, Corydon, Indiana at 107.7) is Buzzing on the Boards
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