C-SPAN

CTL-E-2847 · Organization · other · 1979–present

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Nonprofit public-affairs network; bought the WDCU 90.1 FM license from the University of the District of Columbia for $13 million in 1997 and launched C-SPAN Radio (WCSP-FM) on October 9, 1997.

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Also known as: Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network

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CultureTechLens batch RELP66 research: C-SPAN

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