KROI

KROI
Broadcast areaGreater Houston
Frequency92.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingLa Ley 92.1
Programming
LanguageSpanish
FormatRegional Mexican
SubchannelsHD2: Regional Mexican "La Privada 92.1FM HD2"
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 1983 (1983-09)
Former call signs
  • KZRQ (1983–1985)
  • KYND (1985–1986)
  • KLEF (1986–1987)
  • KRTS (1987–2004)
Call sign meaning
"Radio One Incorporated" (former owner)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35565
ClassC1
ERP40,000 watts
HAAT421 m (1,381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
29°21′59″N 95°22′58″W / 29.36639°N 95.38278°W / 29.36639; -95.38278
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitelamusica.com/stations/kroi

KROI (92.1 FM) is a radio station serving the Greater Houston market. It is licensed to Seabrook, Texas and owned by the Spanish Broadcasting System. The station's studios are located in Greenway Plaza and the transmitter is based near Rosharon in unincorporated Brazoria County.

The station began as a Top 40 station upon its launch in 1983, but later shifted to beautiful music in 1984, and then classical music in 1986, before its acquisition by Radio One in 2004. Following a short-lived regional Mexican format, KROI became an urban contemporary gospel station in 2006. In October 2011, KROI flipped to an all-news radio format; however, by October 2014, plagued by poor ratings and large financial losses, Radio One flipped KROI to Boom 92—a format focusing on classic hip-hop music. That format also proved to be unsuccessful in the long run, which resulted in another format change back to top 40 in January 2017. In May 2021, the urban gospel programming (which had been broadcasting on KMJQ-HD2 since 2011) returned to KROI. In March 2023, it was reported that Urban One would acquire the Houston radio stations owned by Cox Media Group; to comply with Federal Communications Commissions ownership limits, Urban One would concurrently place KROI into a temporary station trust. The transfer was finalized on August 1, 2023, and the station was divested to the Spanish Broadcasting System for $7.5 million on December 20, 2024, upon which the station reverted to a regional Mexican format.