KOSU Hires Cross, Plans More Capitol Coverage

Oklahoma City radio station KTOK reporter Michael Cross has been hired as its Capitol correspondent by Stillwater's KOSU.

Cross, who has doubled as a news anchor at KTOK, has been a regular panelist on the station's weekend "News Studio B" show hosted by News Director Jerry Bohnen.

A post on the KOSU website outlines its new Capitol coverage plans: Nearly 20 years ago, KOSU and Oklahoma State University made a commitment to provide in-depth coverage of the Oklahoma legislature. The station was one of the few broadcast media outlets to provide regular legislative coverage in 1990. Since then, radio and television stations have come and gone, but KOSU has remained, and through the years, that commitment has paid off for thousands of listeners who now depend on us for gavel-to-gavel state Capitol coverage. In 2008, KOSU plans to increase its commitment to government reporting. The KOSU Capitol Bureau will be expanded to provide year-round coverage of state government from right where it happens. The New KOSU Capitol Bureau launches in February from the fourth floor broadcast press room as members of the Oklahoma House and Senate return to take care of the people's business. As the 2008 session unfolds, KOSU will once again provide the most thorough broadcast coverage of the legislative session, from the opening bell to sine die. There will be plenty to follow - including the spending process in what is expected to be a tight budget year, as well as a host of proposed laws that could affect all of us. Even after the session ends, stay with the KOSU Capitol Bureau for in-depth election coverage as voters prepare to decide on a host of state and federal races, as well as the issues state legislators will ponder during the interim.

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