Christian Television Network

Christian Television Network, Inc. (CTN) is an American non-profit broadcast television network of small owned-and-operated stations (O&O) that broadcasts religious programming. It is based in Largo, Florida (with a mailing address of Clearwater), and the flagship station is WCLF channel 22, which signed on the air in the Tampa Bay region in 1979. It is now available on DirecTV channel 376, Dish Network channel 262, and Glorystar channel 117. The channel was started to produce and broadcast programming to teach and encourage Christian living.[1] It was founded by Robert D'Andrea, who died in January 2022.

Program services

CTN operates two channels:

A third channel, CTN Lifestyle, consisted of secular nonfiction programs from the syndication market; as of 2026, this channel is no longer offered.

  • The main CTN service focuses primarily on televangelism with some alternative medicine infomercials and a block of exercise videos.
  • CTNi is also televangelism-based but with all programming in Spanish.

Stations

All stations are owned and operated by CTN unless specified.

  • (**) - indicates a station signed on by CTN or a CTN subsidiary.

Former affiliates

References

  1. Christian Television Network Inc - GuideStar Profile www.guidestar.org, retrieved 2023-01-29^
  2. St. Petersburg Times (Crossroads section): "Nation's Newest Christian TV Station Begins Operations", October 27, 1979.^