Black Entertainment Television (BET) is launched 1980
African American couple Robert L. Johnson and Sheila Johnson in 1980 launched a two-hour a week program on Nickelodeon. The network was developed and created for African-American viewership and became an instant favourite among the society. The network became huge and later grew into a 24/7 television entertainment network from which prestigious BET Awards was birthed. Today, the network still exists and is the most watched Black Tv network in the world. The Johnson family later sold the network to become the first African American self-made billionaires.
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