The Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, is a Christian television broadcasting network in the United States. Its headquarters and main studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Religious broadcasting is broadcasting religious organizations, usually with a religious message. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the largest Christian (and largest religious) television network in the world. ... FamilyNet is a television network based in Fort Worth, Texas. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Location in the Commonwealth o Virginia. ...

CBN was founded by evangelist Pat Robertson in 1961. He devised for it a religious variety program format that has been successfully used in religious broadcasting ever since. One of the mainstays of the network is The 700 Club, the longest-running program using that same variety format. Other programs include religious news programs such as CBN NewsWatch and Christian World News, and the talk-show Living the Life, hosted by 700 Club co-host Terry Meeuwsen and seen on ABC Family. Evangelism is the proclaiming of the Christian Gospel. ... Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The on-air personalities of The 700 Club The 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing on cables ABC Family and in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. ... Terry Meeuwsen, the Miss America winner in 1973, is a television host with the Christian Broadcasting Network. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC. // For all programming past and present see: List of programs shown on ABC Family Original programming Beautiful People Falcon Beach Greek (A New TV Show set to air in 2007) Kyle XY Lincoln Heights Wildfire Syndicated programs...

CBN also manages Operation Blessing, an international relief and missionary effort. Founded on November 14, 1978, the Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI) is a non-profit humanitarian organization based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ...

CBN also has international programming, producing local programs, from Solusi (Indonesia) to From Heart to Heart (Thailand). CBN India alone produces five weekly series. CBN has versions of the The 700 Club aimed at Latin American (Club 700 Hoy) and British audiences (The 700 Club With Paul and Fiona) [1]. Altogether CBN has broadcast programs in over 70 languages.

Originally a full fledged network, CBN was later renamed The Family Channel. Eventually "FAM" was sold to Fox and known as the "Fox Family Channel". Fox later sold it to Disney, which renamed it "ABC Family". CBN exists now as a production company for The 700 Club, and the other syndicated shows CBN NewsWatch, Christian World News, Living the Life, and One Cubed. CBN and Regent University jointly produced the film First Landing. [2] For the animal, see Fox. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC. // For all programming past and present see: List of programs shown on ABC Family Original programming Beautiful People Falcon Beach Greek (A New TV Show set to air in 2007) Kyle XY Lincoln Heights Wildfire Syndicated programs... Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of a film or television program. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Regent University is an accredited Christian educational institution. ...

Some of CBN's programs are also aired on Sky Angel, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Cornerstone Television, FamilyNet, LeSEA Broadcasting and Middle East Television (which was founded and owned by CBN, until sold in the early 2000s to LeSEA), all Evangelical Christian networks. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the largest Christian (and largest religious) television network in the world. ... The Cornerstone Television Network is a minor over-the-air television broadcast network in the United States. ... FamilyNet is a television network based in Fort Worth, Texas. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among conservative Protestant Christians. ...

Reportedly, in 1987 a CBN employee, Thomas Haynie, hijacked the signal of the Playboy Channel as a response to its content, resulting in his conviction. He was fined and placed on probation.[3] Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...

Former broadcast stations

At one time, CBN owned a number of broadcast television stations, including the following:

• WANX, Atlanta (now CBS affiliate WGCL)
• WXNE-TV, Boston (now Fox affilate WFXT)
• KXTX, Dallas/Fort Worth (now a Telemundo affiliate)
• WGNT, Norfolk (now a CW affiliate)

Between 1969 and 1982, CBN owned a simulcast network of five FM stations in upstate New York, known as CBN Northeast. This station group was originally constructed in 1948 by a farming cooperative as the Rural Radio Network but split up following CBN's sale of the licenses to separate owners. Hotlanta redirects here. ... WGCL-TV is the CBS television station serving the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... WFXT, channel 25, is an owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... KXTX, Channel 39, is the Telemundo affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. ... The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex encompasses the metropolitan divisions of Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington, within the U.S. state of Texas. ... Since it first took to the airwaves on March 28, 1954, Telemundo has always occupied a position at televisions vanguard. ... WGNT, channel 27, is the CW-affiliated station for the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia (known collectively as Hampton Roads) market. ... Motto: Crescas (Latin for, Thou shalt grow. ... “The CW” redirects here. ...

External links

• Official website
• CBN India—CBN's outreach in India
• CBN Indonesia Official Homepage - In Indonesian
• Christian World News at Trinity Broadcasting Network