Joseph Stroud

CTL-E-3293 · Person · businessperson · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Owner of WJYS-TV (channel 62, Chicago market) through Jovon Broadcasting; the station's call letters honor Joseph and Yvonne Stroud; Jovon focused on religious and community programming for the Chicago area.

The record

Also known as: Joseph J. Stroud

Notes

RELP75 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean. Stays Provisional: ownership history disputed (see CTL-CFL-001857).

Relationships

WJYS — affiliated with
Joseph Stroud owned WJYS-TV through Jovon Broadcasting.

Referenced by

WJYS — founded by → this record

Sources

U.S. Supreme Court cert petition - Joseph Stroud and Jovon Broadcasting v. Jerri Blount
Wikipedia - WJYS
Pew Research Center - 'African American news media: Number of black-owned TV stations (2016)'

Record CTL-E-3293 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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