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American religious broadcast network
Television channel
Tri-State Christian Television, Inc. ,
doing business as TCT Network and TCT Ministries , is a
religious
television network in the
United States . The network was founded in May 1977 by spouses Garth and Tina Coonce.
[1]
TCT Network includes traditional
televangelism ,
talk shows , children-oriented programming such as
TCT Kids (used to meet
E/I mandates),
Southern gospel music, and feature films with
Christian themes. TCT has an international service, TCT World , which broadcasts in over 170 countries.
[2]
From the mid-1980s to 2007, TCT was an affiliate of the
Trinity Broadcasting Network . The network currently maintains a relationship with the
Christian Broadcasting Network , airing that network's flagship program
The 700 Club twice daily as well as CBN's nightly newscast.
From 2011
[3] to 2013, TCT operated a Spanish-language sub-channel which was available both online and over the air on TCT stations called La Fuente. This subchannel was ultimately discontinued, but reactivated in August 2014 for a simulcast of the Aramaic Broadcast Network (ABN). It was discontinued no later than 2017.
In June 2018, TCT ended local operations at all of its owned-and-operated stations, consolidating all of its stations into a single national feed.
[4] The change came after the
Federal Communications Commission lifted its Main Studio Rule, which had required broadcast stations to have a local studio.
Television network affiliates
TCT-owned stations
WFBD channel 48,
Destin, Florida /
Mobile, Alabama
WBIH channel 29,
Selma /
Montgomery, Alabama
KDOC-TV channel 56,
Anaheim /
Los Angeles, California
KTNC-TV channel 42,
Concord /
San Francisco, California
KAIL channel 7,
Fresno, California
WIGL-LD channel 38,
Athens /
Atlanta, Georgia
WSCG channel 34,
Baxley /
Savannah, Georgia
KXTF channel 35,
Twin Falls, Idaho
WTCT channel 27,
Marion, Illinois (
Flagship station )
WINM channel 12,
Angola, Indiana
KDMI channel 19,
Des Moines, Iowa
KWKB channel 20,
Iowa City, Iowa
WTLJ channel 54,
Muskegon /
Grand Rapids, Michigan
WAQP channel 49,
Saginaw /
Flint, Michigan
KONC channel 7,
Alexandria, Minnesota
KCWV Channel 27,
Duluth, Minnesota
WFXW channel 15,
Greenville, Mississippi
WWJX Channel 23,
Jackson, Mississippi
WNYB channel 26,
Jamestown /
Buffalo, New York
WLXI-TV channel 43,
Greensboro, North Carolina
WRAY-TV channel 30,
Wake Forest /
Raleigh /
Durham, North Carolina
WRLM channel 47,
Canton /
Akron /
Cleveland, Ohio
WACP channel 4,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania /
Atlantic City, New Jersey
KTTW channel 7,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
WTWV channel 23,
Memphis, Tennessee
WWTW channel 34,
Senatobia, Mississippi
KPNZ channel 24,
Salt Lake City, Utah
KBCB channel 24,
Bellingham, Washington /
Vancouver, British Columbia
TCT affiliates
KZTN-LD channel 20.2,
Boise, Idaho (owned by Celebration Praise, LLC)
WDWO-CD channel 18.4,
Detroit, Michigan (owned by
HC2 Holdings )
WLNM-LD channel 27.7,
Lansing, Michigan (owned by
Gray Television ; former O&O repeater of WAQP)
K36NN-D channel 38.1,
West Plains, Missouri (part-time affiliation; owned by Promised Land Ministries)
WOCB-CD channel 39.1,
Marion, Ohio (owned by Central Ohio Association of Christian Broadcasters)
WGTB-CD channel 28.1,
Charlotte, North Carolina (part-time affiliation, owned by Word of God Broadcasting Network
[5] )
KPLE-CD channel 31.1,
Killeen, Texas (owned by Killeen Christian Broadcasting Corporation)
Former TCT-owned or affiliated stations
W23EM-D channel 23.1,
Ceiba, Puerto Rico (now translator of
WCCV-TV )
WBNF-CD channel 15.1,
Buffalo, New York (repeater of WNYB, now owned by HME Equity Fund II and operating as a Spanish Catholic station)
WDYR-CD channel 33,
Dyersburg, Tennessee (now defunct)
WJFB channel 44.6,
Lebanon /
Nashville, Tennessee (affiliation discontinued on November 11, 2020, after a change in ownership.)
WMDV-LD channel 44,
Danville, Virginia (now an independent station)
See also
References
Major Public
Specialty
Domestic news, business and weather International news Sports Minority
Reality and lifestyle Music Legal & true crime Classic Films Comedy Westerns Drama & action Niche & genre Religious
Home shopping
Major commercial Minor commercial Public Specialty
News Sports Home shopping Music
c - Now cable-only, i - Now internet-only, d - Dual feeds for channel in California, and nationwide
Major domestic Minor domestic Major imported Religious Specialty Defunct
TBN Networks English
Spanish French Defunct
Additional resources on North American television
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