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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Affiliates | See below |
| History | |
| Launched | May 20, 1977 (May 20, 1977) |
| Founder | Garth and Tina Coonce |
| Former names | Total Christian Television |
| Links | |
| Website | TCT Network |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Available in select areas | see chart below |
| Streaming media | |
| Internet Channel 1 | TCT-SD |
| Internet Channel 2 | TCT-HD/TCT Family |
| Internet Channel 3 | TCT-SD2 Kids |
| Internet Channel 4 | TCT-SD3/Aramaic Broadcast Network |
Tri-State Christian Television, Inc., doing business as TCT Network and TCT Ministries (formerly Total Christian Television), 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.
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.[3] 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
- WEIJ-LD channel 38 Fort Wayne, Indiana (repeater of WINM)
- KDMI channel 19, Des Moines, Iowa
- KWKB channel 20, Iowa City, Iowa
- WTLJ channel 54, Muskegon / Grand Rapids, Michigan
- WJGP-LD channel 26, Kalamazoo, Michigan (repeater of WTLJ)
- 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
- WNIB-LD channel 42, Rochester, New York (repeater of WNYB)
- 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
- KTTM channel 12 Huron, South Dakota (repeater of KTTW)
- 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)
- WILX-TV channel 10.7, Lansing, Michigan (owned by Gray Television)
- 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[4])
- 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
- ^ "Leadership | TCT Network". www.tct.tv. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Channel Lineup | Welcome to TCT". Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Pergament, Alan. WNYB-TV ends local productions, station site is for sale. The Buffalo News. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ "TV". June 9, 2019.
