Christian Television Network
| Type | television network |
|---|---|
| Branding | Christian Television Network |
| Country | |
| Availability | United States, worldwide (not available in all markets or regions) |
Launch date | 1979 |
Official website | http://www.ctnonline.com/ |
Christian Television Network (CTN) is a 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 Florida region in 1979. It is now available on DirecTV channel 376 and Dish Network channel 267/9399. It was founded by Robert D'Andrea, who still remains the president to this day.
Stations (by callsign)
All stations are owned and operated by CTN unless specified.
| Call letters | Channel | City and state | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| KFXB | 40 | Dubuque/Cedar Rapids/Iowa City/Waterloo, Iowa | |
| WCLF | 22 | Clearwater/Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida | flagship station |
| WYBU-LP | 16 | Columbus, Georgia | Formerly WCGT |
| WFGC | 61 | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| WGNM | 45 | Macon, Georgia | Carried UPN along with CTN until September 2006 |
| WHBR | 33 | Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, Alabama | |
| WHTN | 39 | Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee | |
| WRXY | 49 | Tice/Fort Myers, Florida | |
| WVLR | 48 | Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| WVUP-CA | 45 | Tallahassee, Florida | |
| WTJR | 16 | Quincy, Illinois | |
| KNLJ | 25 | Jefferson City, Missouri | |
| WLCF-LD | 45 | Decatur, Illinois |
Former Affiliates (by callsign)
| Call letters | Channel | City and state | Current Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEJC | 20 | Lexington/Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point, North Carolina | Now WCWG, a CW affiliate owned by the New World TV Group |
| WSWS | 66 | Opelika, Alabama / Columbus, Georgia | Later became WLGA; now defunct as of June 5, 2010 |
| WTGL-TV | 52 | Cocoa / Orlando, Florida | Originally the second station established by CTN; now WHLV-TV, a religious station owned by TBN |
| WIRB | 56 | Melbourne / Orlando, Florida | Owned by CTN from 1996-1997, LMA'd to Paxson Communications (now ION Media Networks); bought by Paxson outright in January 1998; now WOPX, an ION Television affiliate |
Note
Detroit, Michigan-based WLPC-LP also uses the CTN and Christian Television Network names, but is not affiliated or associated with this network.
External links
  | This article related to United States broadcasting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |