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One billion people. That's the estimated worldwide reach of
Trinity Broadcasting Network today. Not bad for a fledging
network birthed out of a single UHF outlet in Southern
California in 1973 on a wing and a prayer. From that modest
beginning, TBN has emerged as the nation's favorite faith
channel and the seventh largest broadcast group owner in the
United States.
Thirty-three years later, TBN's founders, Dr. Paul Crouch
and his wife Jan, are still at the helm. Ironically, Paul
Crouch's initial goal was to become a missionary. While his
dream of ministering personally overseas didn't work out,
the network he has built station by station--adding cable,
satellite and internet access along the way--now literally
reaches all the way around the world; ranging from millions
of viewers in powerhouse nations such as Russia and China to
natives on obscure Pacific Islands.
Along the way, TBN has built a niche audience that rivals
many secular networks in both size and loyalty. In a 2002
survey by Beta Research, cable subscribers were asked what
networks they valued most. Amazingly, TBN ranked fourth
among mid-sized networks, putting it on a par with such
networks as A&E, Comedy Central and TBS. And those numbers
stay consistent in areas such as viewership, where TBN is
America's most watched faith channel (Nielsen's Net Weekly
Cume Ratings, Feb. 2005); and demand, with TBN far and away
the nation's most requested faith channel (Barna Research,
Jan. 2005). |
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