Inner City Broadcasting acquires WLIB (1972)

CTL-E-4049 · Event · other · 1972

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

ICBC's first acquisition: WLIB-AM from Harry and Morris S. Novik, making it the first Black-owned radio station in New York City.

Notes

RELP92 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022006.

Relationships

Inner City Broadcasting acquires WBLS (1974) — related to
ICBC's 1972 WLIB-AM acquisition included a right of first refusal for sister station WLIB-FM, which it exercised in 1974, renaming it WBLS.
Percy Sutton — related to
Percy Sutton founded Inner City Broadcasting Corporation; its first acquisition was WLIB-AM in 1972, making it the first Black-owned radio station in New York City.

Sources

Wikipedia - Inner City Broadcasting Corporation
journal-isms - Percy Sutton Dies, Media-Ownership Pioneer

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