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Black News Channel delays launch again to ensure 'quality viewing experience'
Fox Business ^ | 01/05/2020 | Matthew McNulty

Posted on 01/05/2020 11:17:59 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Black News Channel has delayed its launch until Black History Month, the network announced last week.

Having been previously slated to launch on Nov. 15 and then Jan. 6, the minority-owned network aimed at an African-American audience will instead hit the airwaves on Feb. 10, after initial audience projections proved to be larger than originally expected, the channel said.

“Black History Month is an appropriate time to launch the Black News Channel,” Bob Brillante, co-founder and CEO for BNC shared. “We are committed to make sure that when our viewers tune in they are witness to a quality viewing experience.”

According to BNC co-founder J.C. Watts, a former Republican congressman, the network will be available in over 70 million homes and devices at launch. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blackhistorymonth; blacknewschannel; blackvoicesfortrump; danielcameron; davidharrisjr; huh; kentucky; whatisthisidonteven
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1 posted on 01/05/2020 11:17:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

J C Watt was an outstanding Congressman and a great person as an American. I think he’s an Oklahoma Native. I hope he’s got something going that will inform the black community the truth not the Liberal plantation owners BS. He should have been the first black President.


2 posted on 01/05/2020 11:27:06 PM PST by Equine1952 ((You can die on your feet or live down on your knees. You can not do both. Freedom Is not Free))
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To: Equine1952

He was also quarterback for the sooners. He was very conservative. Hope this isn’t a visit to the dark side


3 posted on 01/05/2020 11:34:05 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Olog-hai
Will they have token White people on as commentators?
4 posted on 01/05/2020 11:35:01 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: FatherofFive

Me too. He was a great voice for conservatives then left the congress to be with his family and follow his Religous beliefs. I wanted him to run for the senate in OK. Hope he stayed true to his early beliefs. The black community could use the truth.


5 posted on 01/05/2020 11:42:29 PM PST by Equine1952 ((You can die on your feet or live down on your knees. You can not do both. Freedom Is not Free))
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To: Olog-hai

People are unplugging from cable and satellite in masses. I don’t know if this is another time to add a channel to the over priced packages.


6 posted on 01/05/2020 11:43:58 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Olog-hai

J.C. Watts? I’m in.


7 posted on 01/05/2020 11:45:35 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man)
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To: Olog-hai

People are unplugging from cable and satellite in masses. I don’t know if this is the time to add an other channel to the over priced packages.


8 posted on 01/05/2020 11:45:39 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Olog-hai

Is there a White News Channel? /s


9 posted on 01/05/2020 11:46:33 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Olog-hai

I wish him well. He has a wide open field to put out quality programming whatever the race he approaches it from.


10 posted on 01/05/2020 11:50:44 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Olog-hai

I was going to make fun of it ala “Black Jeopardy” but saw that it was headed by Watts....whatever happened to his political career? Seemed so promising.


11 posted on 01/05/2020 11:52:20 PM PST by DouglasKC
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Co-founded by Watts and a white guy with a broadcast background, Bob Brilliante. Majority owned by Pakistani American Shad Khan, billionaire owner of the NFL Jaguars and lukewarm Trump supporter. I’m assuming much Khan’s “reserved support” for Trump is based on his personal financial interests. Looks like one of their first on air talents will be Larry Elders.

Hopefully they will be a sane, legitimate outlet for conservative and moderate black voices to offset the existing outlets that will call them Uncle Toms.


12 posted on 01/05/2020 11:56:25 PM PST by ETCM
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To: Olog-hai

https://blacknewschannel.com/founders-and-management/

J.C. Watts & Larry Elder....worth checking out!


13 posted on 01/06/2020 12:07:12 AM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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14 posted on 01/06/2020 12:19:01 AM PST by Bobalu (Those who label words as violence do so with the sole purpose of justifying violence against words)
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To: Reno89519

MSNBC


15 posted on 01/06/2020 12:51:22 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: Olog-hai

What a bunch of hypocritical BS.

So let me get this straight. Racism is OK if you are black as long as you are ‘conservative’. But not OK if you are white and conservative?


16 posted on 01/06/2020 12:54:58 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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Who’s the degenerate mocking Trump supporters, Hanks?


17 posted on 01/06/2020 12:58:17 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Olog-hai

If they just TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN they’ll have a HUGE audience in no time. And it won’t be just black people watching. We need some decent news services in this country, not just the rantings of the Trump deranged.


18 posted on 01/06/2020 1:12:48 AM PST by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: Olog-hai

Leftist racists will be calling them every name in the book.


19 posted on 01/06/2020 1:30:44 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives numerous, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Olog-hai

Another channel lumped into our cable bill we are paying for and we cannot remove and that we dont care to watch. BET, Korean, Japanese, Spanish channels with not enough viewers to support it on its own so we have too.


20 posted on 01/06/2020 1:59:44 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nick dip .com)
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