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Christian Television Network
TypeTelevision network
BrandingChristian Television Network
Country
United States
AvailabilityUnited States, worldwide (not available in all markets or regions)
Launch date
1979
Official website
http://www.ctnonline.com/

Christian Television Network (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.

Program services

CTN operates three channels:

Stations (by callsign)

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 Notes
WCLF 22 Clearwater/Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL flagship station
KFXB-TV 40 Dubuque/Cedar Rapids/Iowa City/Waterloo, IA Was Fox until 2004
WYBU-CD 16 Columbus, GA Formerly WCGT
WFGC 61 West Palm Beach, FL
WGNM 45 Macon, GA Carried UPN along with CTN until September 2006
WHBR 33 Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL
WHTN 39 Murfreesboro/Nashville, TN
WSJN-CD 20 San Juan, PR Owned by Senda Educational Broadcasting, operated by CTN
WVQS-LD 50 Isabel Segunda, PR Owned by Senda Educational Broadcasting, operated by CTN
WQSJ-CD 48 Quebradillas, PR Satellite of WSJN-CD
WELU 34 Aguadilla, PR Owned by Senda Educational Broadcasting, operated by CTN
WUSP-LD 25 Ponce, PR Daystar affiliate owned by Senda, operated by CTN
WLCN-CD 18 Charleston, SC
WRXY-TV 49 Fort Myers, FL
WVLR 48 Knoxville, TN
KEEN-CD 17 Las Vegas, NV
WVUP-CD 45 Tallahassee, FL
WTJR 16 Quincy, IL
WHNO 20 New Orleans, LA
KFDR 25 Jefferson City, MO
WLCF-LD 45 Decatur, IL
WEPH 49 Tupelo, MS
KQCK 33 Cheyenne, WY Owned by Casa Media Partners, LLC, operated by CTN
KQDK-CD 39 Denver, CO Owned by Casa Media Partners, LLC, operated by CTN
WTNB-CD 27 Chattanooga, TN
KWHS-LD 51 Colorado Springs, CO
KWHB 47 Tulsa, OK
KHLM-LD 12 Houston, TX

Former affiliates (by callsign)

Call sign Channel City of license / Market Current Affiliation
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

Note

  1. ^ Purchased evening airtime in the late-1970s before the establishment of WCLF.[2]

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.

Programming

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References

  1. ^ "Christian Television Network Inc - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. ^ St. Petersburg Times (Crossroads section): "Nation's Newest Christian TV Station Begins Operations", October 27, 1979.

External links

Christian Television Network
Broadcast television networks in the United States
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