Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-13-2024
Grading Professor
Linda Villarosa
Subject Concentration
Business & Economics
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
The Lomax family got into the media business 13 years ago, just before it cratered for traditional editorial publications and radio stations.
The fall has been steep, especially for Black media. In 1978, when President Jimmy Carter announced an initiative to increase the number of radio stations owned by people of color, only about 1.2% – or 69 out of 8,196 – radio stations were minority owned. But after the Carter administration gave minority-run stations a boost, that number more than doubled to 182 radio stations owned by Black people alone by 1990.
Full capstone: https://truthwroteit.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/black-medias-struggle-to-survive/
Recommended Citation
Headlam, Truth, "Black media’s struggle to survive" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/804
