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.[1]
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Affiliates | See below |
| History | |
| Launched | May 20, 1977; 47 years ago (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.[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.
From 2011[3] 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.[4] The change came after the Federal Communications Commission lifted its Main Studio Rule, which had required broadcast stations to have a local studio.