Inner City Broadcasting files for Chapter 11 (2011)
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Creditors move ICBC's assets into Chapter 11 over a $254 million debt; the WBLS/WLIB sale to YMF Media follows, ending the Black-ownership era.
Notes
RELP92 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022009.
Referenced by
- Institutional Closure — related to → this record
Sources
- Final Call - New Yorkers decry death of Black talk radio (2012-09-04)
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