Urban One

CTL-E-0744 · Business · other · 1980-present; 1987-present; 2008–present (as Interactive One/iONE Digital); 2017-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The largest Black-owned broadcast company in the US (founded 1980 as Radio One); the signature survivor of post-1996 radio consolidation through scale and cross-platform diversification.

The record

Also known as: Urban One / iONE Digital, Urban One, Inc.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-127; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_One
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Joyner_Morning_Show
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_One; eurweb.com
Black Enterprise; Wikipedia: Urban One
Urban One Q2 2026 results press release via PR Newswire
Urban One Q1 and Q2 2026 results press releases
Shoppe Black profile, 2026
Medium (Kevin Ross), 2026
92q.com; ceotodaymagazine.com
americanarchive.org; okayplayer.com
okayplayer.com
Black Enterprise, 'iONE Digital Acquires Madame Noire, Bossip.com and Hip Hop Wired Websites'
Talkers Magazine, 'Bossip'

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