Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index BET, or Black Entertainment Television, is the first television network geared towards African-Americans. BET was founded by Robert L. Johnson. Johnson is also the chairman and chief executive officer of BET. BET was started in January of 1980. Today, BET is owned by Viacom. External links BET website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.