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Published: May 29, 2008
Watts to start cable channel
In the news
TV network would target black viewers
By Jim Stafford
J.C. Watts apparently has found another way to create news beyond political office.

The former Oklahoma congressman told the New York Post in a story published earlier this week that he plans to launch a television news network targeted at a black audience in early 2009. The new cable network is tentatively called the Black Television News Channel.

"I'm not so sure that you see anything on CNN or Fox News...

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