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Tri-State Christian Television

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Tri-State Christian Television, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryReligious broadcasting
FoundedMay 1977; 49 years ago (1977-05)
FounderGarth Coonce, Tina Coonce
Headquarters
Marion
,
United States
Area served
United States, worldwide (TCT World)
ProductsTelevision broadcasting, religious programming
Websitetct.tv

Tri-State Christian Television, Inc., operating under the names TCT Network and TCT Ministries (previously known as Total Christian Television), is a faith-based television broadcaster in the United States established in May 1977 by Garth and Tina Coonce.

The content lineup on TCT Network features a mix of classic televangelism, discussion programs, children's shows such as TCT Kids (meeting E/I standards), Southern gospel music, and Christian-oriented movies. Its global outreach, branded as TCT World, transmits to more than 170 nations worldwide.

From the mid-1980s through 2007, TCT maintained an affiliation with Trinity Broadcasting Network. Currently, it collaborates with the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing The 700 Club twice daily alongside CBN’s evening news broadcast.

Between 2011 and 2013, TCT ran a Spanish-language digital subchannel called La Fuente, accessible both online and via broadcast. This service was discontinued but briefly resumed in 2014 to simulcast the Aramaic Broadcast Network (ABN) before ceasing operations by 2017.

In June 2018, after the FCC eliminated the Main Studio Rule, TCT centralized its owned-and-operated stations into a unified national feed, thereby discontinuing local studio functions at individual stations.

Stations owned by TCT

TCT Affiliates

  • KZTN-LD channel 20.2, located in Boise, Idaho (under the ownership of Celebration Praise LLC)
  • WDWO-CD channel 18.4, serving Detroit, Michigan (held by HC2 Holdings)
  • WLNM-LD channel 27.7, based in Lansing, Michigan (owned by Gray Television; previously a WAQP repeater)
  • K36NN-D channel 38.1, broadcasting to West Plains, Missouri (part-time affiliate; owned by Promised Land Ministries)
  • WOCB-CD channel 39.1, covering Marion, Ohio (owned by Central Ohio Association of Christian Broadcasters)
  • WGTB-CD channel 28.1, located in Charlotte, North Carolina (part-time affiliate; owned by Word of God Broadcasting Network)
  • KPLE-CD channel 31.1, serving Killeen, Texas (held by Killeen Christian Broadcasting Corporation)

Stations Formerly Owned or Affiliated with TCT

See also

References

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