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Type | Television network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | United States, worldwide (not available in all markets or regions) |
History | |
Launched | 1979 |
Founder | Robert D'Andrea |
Links | |
Website | http://www.ctnonline.com/ |
Christian Television Network, Inc. (CTN) is an American non-profit broadcast television network of small owned-and-operated stations (O&O) that broadcasts religious programming. It is based in Largo, Florida (with a mailing address of Clearwater), and the flagship station is WCLF channel 22, which signed on the air in the Tampa Bay region in 1979. It is now available on DirecTV channel 376, Dish Network channel 262, and Glorystar channel 117. The channel was started to produce and broadcast programming to teach and encourage Christian living. [1] It was founded by Robert D'Andrea, who died in January 2022.
CTN operates three channels:
All stations are owned and operated by CTN unless specified. A blue background indicates a station signed on by CTN or a CTN subsidiary.
Call sign | Channel | City of license / Market | Current Affiliation |
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WEJC | 20 | Lexington/Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point, NC | The CW affiliate WCWG, owned by Hearst Television |
WSWS | 66 | Opelika, AL / Columbus, GA | Lx affiliate WGBP-TV, owned by CNZ Communications, LLC |
WTGL-TV | 52 | Cocoa / Orlando, FL | TBN owned-and-operated WHLV-TV |
WIRB | 56 | Melbourne / Orlando, FL | Ion Television owned-and-operated WOPX |
WKID-TV [a] | 51 | Fort Lauderdale / Miami, FL | Telemundo owned-and-operated WSCV |
Until 2011, Detroit, Michigan-based WLPC-LD also used the CTN and Christian Television Network names, but was never affiliated or associated with this network; that station has since renamed itself as Impact Network.
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