Largest Black Radio Group in Talks to Return to D.C.
The country's largest radio group for black listeners may soon bring its headquarters back to D.C. Radio One, which moved to Lanham in 1997, is in talks with the city to move to a 330,000-square-foot development atop the Shaw-Howard Metro station on Seventh Street, Northwest. But the proposed deal would mean the city has to provide $22 million in public financing. Deputy mayor for planning and economic development Neil Albert says that if the council approves the deal, it would bring the 70-station urban radio group "back to its district roots." The development would include the Radio One offices, shops and 180 apartments. Officials and developers say that the benefits of the $115 million project would outweigh the cost to the city, and that it will be a jump-start to the revitalization efforts near Georgia Avenue, Northwest. -- Information from: The Washington Post
