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National Black Network

CTL-E-0705 · Organization · other · 1973-1991

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Coast-to-coast Black-owned radio news network launched in New York on July 2, 1973; merged into American Urban Radio Networks in 1991.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-079; source research type(s): Organization.

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Record CTL-E-0705 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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