Dorothy Brunson

CTL-E-4041 · Person · businessperson · 1970s-present

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Broadcast executive at Inner City Broadcasting in its early years; later the first African American woman to wholly own an American radio station.

Notes

RELP92 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-0688 affiliated_with.

Relationships

Inner City Broadcasting Corporation — affiliated with
Dorothy Brunson was an executive at Inner City Broadcasting during its early years, before becoming the first Black woman to wholly own a US radio station.

Sources

Wikipedia - Inner City Broadcasting Corporation

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