Please see http://newamericamedia.org/2013/12/number-of-black-owned-tv-stations-plummets-to-zero.php
John Malveaux
www.musicuntold.com`
We just experienced a shameful milestone in the history of U.S. media — and barely anyone noticed.
There are now zero black-owned and operated full-power TV stations in our country.
This
sorry state of affairs is the culmination of a trend that started in
the late 1990s when Congress and the Federal Communications Commission
allowed massive consolidation in the broadcasting industry. This policy
shift crowded out existing owners of color and ensured that it would be
nearly impossible for new owners to access the public airwaves. Recent
FCC actions (and in some cases, inaction) have only hastened this
decline in opportunities for diverse broadcasters.
From Little … to Nothing
When
Free Press released its first report on the state of TV ownership in
2006, we found that there were only 18 African American-owned and
operated full-power commercial TV stations — representing just 1.3
percent of all such stations.
By December 2012, those 18 had shrunk to just five. And now they’re all gone.
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