To Lure Radio One to Shaw, D.C. May Grant It Land

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IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY NICE GIFT: $16 million in public financing and $6 million's worth of land along 7th Street NW in Shaw. That's what Prince George's County-based Radio One would get from the D.C. government if it moves back into the District, where the nation's largest radio station catering to African-Americans got its start years ago.

As The Post's Nikita Stewart reports, the D.C. Council is holding a hearing today on the proposed deal, in which Radio One would move into a $115 million mixed-used project that's been proposed adjacent to the Shaw-Howard University Metrorail station.

The proposed Broadcast Center One would be part of the D.C. government's plan to promote economic development along 7th Street NW in Shaw and the lower Georgia Avenue corridor near Howard University.

» "D.C. Plans Project as Home for Radio One" [WaPo]