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Black-owned local TV stations

CTL-E-0658 · Institution · other · 1990s-2026

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The collapse and partial rebound of Black full-power broadcast-station ownership.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-023; source research type(s): Institution.

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