Mutual Broadcasting System
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Mutual Broadcasting System was a major American radio network that operated from the 1930s to the 1990s and was known for its news, sports, and talk programming.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mutual Broadcasting System canonical | 37 |
| Mutual Broadcasting Company | 1 |
| Mutual Broadcasting System news division | 1 |
| Mutual Broadcasting System radio network | 1 |
| Mutual News | 1 |
| Mutual Radio Network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T426828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mutual Broadcasting System Context triple: [Larry King, employer, Mutual Broadcasting System]
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A.
NBC Blue Network
NBC Blue Network was an early American radio network that later evolved into the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), playing a key role in the development of U.S. broadcast media.
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B.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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C.
Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors was the former independent U.S. government agency that oversaw federally funded international media outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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D.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mutual Broadcasting System Target entity description: Mutual Broadcasting System was a major American radio network that operated from the 1930s to the 1990s and was known for its news, sports, and talk programming.
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A.
NBC Blue Network
NBC Blue Network was an early American radio network that later evolved into the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), playing a key role in the development of U.S. broadcast media.
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B.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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C.
Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors was the former independent U.S. government agency that oversaw federally funded international media outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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D.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
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E.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is a major American television network known for its prime-time entertainment programming, including hit series, sports broadcasts, and news.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast network
ⓘ
radio network ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Westwood One ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MBS
ⓘ
Mutual ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
North America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcastFormat | network radio ⓘ |
| competitor |
American Broadcasting Company
ⓘ
Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ National Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1999 ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | affiliate stations ⓘ |
| foundingMethod | cooperative of independent stations ⓘ |
| genre |
entertainment
ⓘ
news ⓘ sports ⓘ talk radio ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mutual Broadcasting System
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mutual News
Mutual Radio Theater ⓘ
surface form:
Mutual Radio Theater series
Mutual Sports Network ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalSignificance | one of the four major U.S. radio networks of the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| industry | radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cooperative network structure
ⓘ
news programming ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ talk shows ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
Mutual Broadcasting System newscasts
ⓘ
Mutual Newsreel ⓘ Mutual Radio Theater ⓘ Mutual Sports ⓘ Queen for a Day ⓘ The Adventures of Superman ⓘ The Lone Ranger ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Westwood One ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of Radio ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| primaryRevenueModel | advertising-sponsored programming ⓘ |
| programmingType | network-supplied programs to affiliates ⓘ |
| serviceType | commercial radio network ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mutual Broadcasting System Description of subject: Mutual Broadcasting System was a major American radio network that operated from the 1930s to the 1990s and was known for its news, sports, and talk programming.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mutual News
subject surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting System
this entity surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting Company
subject surface form:
1940 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting System news division
this entity surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting System radio network
this entity surface form:
Mutual Radio Network