Tri-State Christian Television, Inc., doing business as TCT Network and TCT Ministries, is a religious television network in the United States.
The network was founded in May 1977 by spouses Garth and Tina Coonce.
Country | United States |
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Affiliates | See below |
History | |
Launched | May 20, 1977 |
Founder | Garth and Tina Coonce |
Links | |
Website | TCT Network Aramaic Broadcast 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 |
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.
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.
From 2011 to 2013, TCT operated a Spanish-language sub-channel which was available both online and over the air on TCT stations called La Fuente. This subchannel was ultimately discontinued, but reactivated in August 2014 for a simulcast of the Aramaic Broadcast Network (ABN). It was discontinued no later than 2017.
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. The change came after the Federal Communications Commission lifted its Main Studio Rule, which had required broadcast stations to have a local studio.
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