Trinity Broadcasting Network

==Broadcast outlets==
{{main|List of Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliates}}
TBN owns 35 full-power television stations serving larger metropolitan areas in the United States; at its peak, the network also owned 252 [[low-power broadcasting|low-power television stations]], which are mixed among stations serving medium-sized cities and rural translator stations in order to maximize the network's reach as much as is permissible. TBN also has several hundred affiliate stations throughout the United States, although just 61 of these are full-power UHF or VHF stations; the rest are low-powered stations, requiring a viewer to be within several miles of the transmitter to receive the signal. According to ''TVNewsCheck'', TBN was the third largest over-the-air television station group in the country as of 2010, besting the station groups of [[CBS Television Stations|CBS]], [[Fox Television Stations|Fox]] and [[NBC Owned Television Stations|NBC]], but behind [[Ion Media Networks]] and [[Univision Communications]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Station Groups Stay The Course|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2010/04/07/41240/top-station-groups-stay-the-course|work=TVNewsCheck|date=April 7, 2010}}</ref>

Many of TBN's stations are owned by the ministry outright, while others are owned through the subsidiary [[Community Educational Television]], in order to own stations that TBN cannot acquire directly due to FCC ownership limits (which restrict companies from owning stations with a combined market reach of 39% of the United States), or are allocated for educational use and require additional programming to comply with that license purpose. TBN's programming is available by default via a national feed distributed to cable and satellite providers in markets without a local TBN station (this contrasts with the major commercial networks, which under FCC regulations, allow providers to import an owned-and-operated or affiliate station from a nearby market if no local over-the-air affiliate exists).

Worldwide, TBN's channels are broadcast on 70 satellites and over 18,000 television and cable affiliates. The TBN networks are also [[streaming media|streamed]] live on the internet globally;<ref name="TBN.org">{{cite web|title=Watch Us|url=http://www.tbn.org/watch-us|publisher=Trinity Broadcasting Network|access-date=November 11, 2010|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115205457/http://www7.tbn.org/watch-us|url-status=dead}}</ref> the network also provides select archived shows [[video on demand|on demand]], through the website and select [[IPTV]] services.<ref>{{cite press release|title=IPTV Service Provider Auroras Entertainment Signs Content Deals with Eight New Programming Partners|url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/20478|work=PR.com|date=October 19, 2006|access-date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity's channels to bless Japan via IPTV |url=http://www.onscreenasia.com/article-2037-trinityschannelstoblessjapanviaiptv-onscreenasia.html |work=OnScreenAsia.com |date=October 29, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002231119/http://www.onscreenasia.com/article-2037-trinityschannelstoblessjapanviaiptv-onscreenasia.html |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }}</ref>

During 2010, citing economic problems and a lack of donations, TBN closed down and sold many of its low-powered television repeaters. Of those, 17 were sold to another Christian television network, [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TBN losing LPTV stations in Minnesota and North Dakota and Wisconsin |url=http://www.raptureforums.com/forum/apostasy-local-church/33782-tbn-losing-lptv-stations-minnesota-north-dakota-wisconsin.html |work=Rapture Forums |via=Northpine.com |date=March 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728075535/http://www.raptureforums.com/forum/apostasy-local-church/33782-tbn-losing-lptv-stations-minnesota-north-dakota-wisconsin.html |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref>  On April 13, 2012, TBN sold 36 of its translators to Regal Media, a broadcasting group headed by George Cooney, the CEO of [[EUE/Screen Gems]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Asset Purchase Agreement: Trinity Christian Center Of Santa Ana, Inc. / Trinity Broadcasting Of Arizona, Inc. (Sellers) and Regal Media, Inc. (Buyer)|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101499020&qnum=5030&copynum=1&exhcnum=1|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>

Another 151 translators were donated to the Minority Media and Television Council (MMTC),<ref>{{cite web|title=FCC document: "COMMENTS OF LPTV ENTREPRENEURS"|url=http://mmtconline.org/lp-pdf/LPTV%20Comments%20121710.pdf|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=December 17, 2010}}</ref> an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmtconline.org/|title=Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council - Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council|website=mmtconline.org}}</ref> MMTC would later sell 78 of these translators to [[Luken Communications]], parent company of the [[Retro Television Network]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RTN Parent Buys 78 TV Translators|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/06/16/51942/rtn-parent-buys-78-tv-translators|work=TVNewsCheck|date=June 16, 2011}}</ref>  Four more translators in [[Dothan, Alabama]]; [[Kirksville, Missouri]]; [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]; and [[Jackson, Tennessee]], were sold by MMTC to New Moon Communications, with the intent to convert them into [[NBC]] affiliates.<ref name=b&c-mmtcnewmoon>{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Michael|title=New Moon Brings NBC to Four Tiny Markets|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/470358-New_Moon_Brings_NBC_to_Four_Tiny_Markets.php|access-date=June 28, 2011|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=June 28, 2011}}</ref> However, in September 2012, New Moon put all four of these translators for sale.<ref>Per [http://www.radiotvdeals.com/ radiotvdeals.com]</ref><!-- Unable to present full URL, as coding in URL interferes with Wikipedia's markup language. Also unable to provide shortcut version, as it is blacklisted by Wikipedia. --> Only [[Gray Television]] would purchase a transmitter in Dothan, which was converted into NBC affiliate [[WRGX-LD]]; the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP)<ref>{{cite web|title=March 2014|url=http://northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0314.html|work=Northpine.com}}</ref> and Jackson (WZMC-LP) would later be canceled<ref>{{cite web|title=Request for Cancellation of License, WZMC-LP, Jackson, TN, Facility Id. 68047|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=42605|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> (the NBC affiliate in Jackson, [[WNBJ-LD]], operates using a different license). Its Jonesboro transmitter, [[KJNE-LD|KJNE-LP]] remained [[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]] but with an active license; however, that market's [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KAIT]] ended up obtaining the NBC affiliation instead, via a subchannel.<ref name=ab-kaitnbc8.2>{{cite news|title=KAIT Says It Will Launch An NBC Affiliate|url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/post/102631/kait-to-broadcast-nbc-affiliate|work=[[Arkansas Business]]|date=December 29, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> KJNE-LP ended up becoming a translator station of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KJNB-LD]]. Another 44 of the licenses that were donated by TBN to the MMTC would be canceled on December 1, 2011, due to remaining silent for over a year.<ref name=fcc-tbndeletions>{{cite web|title=Re: Applications for Assignment of License…|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=29804|format=PDF|date=November 30, 2011|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=December 3, 2011}}</ref>

On October 22, 2012, TBN acquired [[WRBJ-TV]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] from [[Roberts Broadcasting]]. Following FCC and bankruptcy court approval on January 17, 2013,<ref name=stlpd-courtapproval>{{cite news|title=Roberts Cos.' Mississippi TV station sale approved|url=http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/roberts-cos-mississippi-tv-station-sale-approved/article_c5ded9b7-ad9e-5b80-a3c5-f5985ff2ba77.html|author=Lisa Brown|newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=January 18, 2013|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> TBN officially took over operational control of WRBJ on May 24, 2013, dropping all secular and [[The CW|CW]] network programming and converting it into a full-time [[broadcast relay station#satellite stations|satellite]] of TBN (the network was previously available in the Jackson area on [[WJKO-LP]], which was later sold to Daystar).<ref>{{cite web|title=Roberts brothers' TV station in new hands|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20121023/BIZ/310230036/Roberts-brothers-TV-station-new-hands?nclick_check=1|newspaper=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>

On July 8, 2013, TBN announced an affiliation with the [[Lethbridge]], Alberta, Canada religious station [[CJIL-DT|Miracle Channel]]; as part of the agreement, Miracle Channel added some of TBN's flagship programs, including ''Praise The Lord'' and ''Behind The Scenes'', while TBN picked up programs shown on Miracle Channel, including services from the Springs Church (of which Miracle Channel CEO Leon Fontaine is a pastor), and ''The Leon Show'' on [[The Church Channel]]. Plans were also announced for Fontaine to become a regular host on ''Praise the Lord'' and four episodes per-year to originate from Canada, and for Miracle Channel and TBN co-produce a new weekly program.<ref name=mcn-tbnmc>{{cite web|title=TBN, Canada's Miracle Channel To Share Shows|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/tbn-canadas-miracle-channel-share-shows/144329|work=Multichannel News|access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref>

In December 2023, TBN announced a distribution partnership with [[Phil McGraw]]'s new venture Merit Street Media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2023-12-06 |title=Dr. Phil Will Team With Trinity Broadcasting to Launch New TV Network |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/dr-phil-trinity-broadcasting-tv-network-launch-1235823927/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Digital television ===
The signals of TBN's television stations are multiplexed into [[digital subchannel]]s, which carry additional networks operated by the organization. These subchannels typically include:
* [[TBN Inspire]] (DT2), a channel that carries church services and [[worship music]] programming. The network previously had an output deal with Australia's [[Hillsong Church]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hillsong Launches 24/7 TV Channel Featuring Music, Bible Teaching|url=https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/hillsong-launches-24-7-tv-channel-featuring-music-bible-teaching.html|access-date=January 11, 2019|website=ChristianHeadlines.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hillsong Church launches 'life-changing' new 24/7 TV channel|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/hillsong-church-launches-life-changing-new-24-7-tv-channel/87321.htm|access-date=January 11, 2019|website=ChristianToday.com|date=June 2016 |language=en}}</ref> until 2022
* [[Smile (TV network)|Smile]] (DT3), a channel which carries children's Christian programming.
* [[Enlace|TBN Enlace USA]] (DT4), a localized feed of the Costa Rica-based Spanish-language Christian broadcaster [[Enlace]].
* [[Positiv]] (DT5), a channel which carries [[Christian films]].