Christian Broadcasting Network
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| Type | Religious television network/production company |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | seen internationally; some shows carried by Trinity Broadcasting Network, FamilyNet, LeSEA, TCT and Sky Angel, as well as through syndication |
| Headquarters | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Owner | The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. |
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Key people
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Pat Robertson (founder) Gordon P. Robertson (CEO) Rob Allman (news director) |
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Launch date
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1961 |
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Former affiliations
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CBN Satellite Service (1977–1981) |
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Official website
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www.cbn.com |
The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is an American Christian-oriented religious television network and production company. Founded by televangelist Pat Robertson, its headquarters and main studios are based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
CBN was founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1961, using a religious variety program format that has been successfully used in religious broadcasting ever since. One of the company's mainstays is The 700 Club, the longest-running program in the variety format. The network's journalistic branch, CBN News, provides news updates to The 700 Club and produces religious news programs such as CBN NewsWatch and Christian World News; it also produces a special hour-long block of prime time election coverage hosted by Robertson during American presidential and mid-term elections, airing on Freeform, which also carries The 700 Club and the half-hour talk show 700 Club Interactive. CBN also operates online channels on its website, such as the CBN News Channel.
CBN Asia manages Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI), an international relief and missionary effort, and has international programming, producing local programs including Solusi in Indonesia and From Heart to Heart in Thailand; CBN India produces three shows, a daily Hindi program Ek Nayee Zindagi, a bi-weekly Telugu program Nireekshana and an award-winning weekly Bengali program Samadhan. The company also produces versions of The 700 Club aimed at Latin American (Club 700 Hoy) and British audiences (The 700 Club With Paul and Fiona). CBN has broadcast programs in over 70 languages.
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