Telecommunications Act of 1996

CTL-E-0732 · Event · other · 1996; 1996-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The 1996 federal deregulatory law: the structural shock that consolidated Black radio/TV ownership and defined the modern survival landscape.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-114; source research type(s): Event.

Sources

congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-149/issue-73/house-section/article/H4179-7 (primary source)
blackenterprise.com/battle-for-the-airwaves/
radioink.com WORDS-ARE-NOT-ENOUGH.pdf (NABOB statement) (primary source)
blackenterprise.com
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