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National Negro Network

CTL-E-0706 · Organization · other · 1954-1955

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Black-oriented radio programming service founded January 20, 1954 by Chicago advertiser W. Leonard Evans Jr.; collapsed within a year.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-080; source research type(s): Organization.

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