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WBLS New York

CTL-E-0752 · Business · other · 1971-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

New York urban adult contemporary station, formerly the Black-owned Inner City flagship; now owned by MediaCo (not Black-owned).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-135; source research type(s): Business.

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Record CTL-E-0752 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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