Trinity Broadcasting Network
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| Type | Religious broadcast television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | National (broadcast, cable and satellite); Worldwide (satellite) |
| Founded | 1973 by Tammy Faye Messner, Jim Bakker, Paul and Jan Crouch |
| Slogan | Worlds Largest Faith Channel |
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| Headquarters | Costa Mesa, California |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
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Launch date
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1973 |
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Former names
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Trinity Broadcasting Systems |
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Official website
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www |
| Language | English |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Available on full-power and some low-power stations in most markets | See list of affiliates |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 372 (SD) |
| Dish Network | Channel 260 (SD) |
| C-Band | AMC 18-Channel 223 (H2H 4DTV) |
| Glorystar | Channel 101 |
| Cignal Digital TV | Channel 26 |
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| Available on most U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability (national feed available in markets without a local affiliate) |
| First Media | Channel 60 |
| TelstraClear | Channel 18 |
| SkyCable/Destiny Cable | Channel 136 (Digital) |
| Pioneer Cable Vision Incorporated | Channel 02 (Analog) |
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| AT&T U-verse | Channel 560 (SD) Channel 1560 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Digital media receiver | Roku |
The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network. Operating as an independent entity, TBN is also the world's largest religious television network. TBN is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New York City. TBN broadcasts programs hosted by a diverse group of ministries from Evangelical, traditional Protestant and Catholic denominations, non-profit charities, Messianic Jewish and well-known Christian media personalities. TBN also offers a wide range of original programming, and faith-based films from various distributors.
TBN owns and operates six broadcast networks, each reaching separate demographics; in addition to the main TBN network, TBN owns Hillsong Channel, Smile, TBN Enlace, TBN Salsa and JUCE TV. It also owns several other religious networks outside of the United States, including international versions of its five U.S. networks. Matt Crouch currently serves as TBN's president and head of operations.
The Trinity Broadcasting Network was co-founded in 1973 by Paul Crouch, an Assemblies of God minister, and spouse Jan Crouch as KTBN. TBN began their broadcasting activities by renting time on independent station KBSA (now UniMás owned-and-operated station KFTR-DT) in Ontario, California. After that station was sold, he began buying two hours a day of programming time on KLXA-TV in Fontana, California in early 1974. That station was put up for sale shortly afterward. Paul Crouch then placed a bid to buy the station for $1 million and raised $100,000 for a down payment. After many struggles, the Crouches managed to raise the down payment and took over the station outright, with the station becoming KTBN-TV in 1977 and its city of license being reassigned to TBN's original homebase, Santa Ana, in 1983. Initially, the station ran Christian programs for about six hours a day. KLXA continued to expand its programming to 12 hours a day by 1975 and began selling time to other Christian organizations to supplement their local programming; the station eventually instituted a 24-hour schedule in 1978.
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