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96-428: From its launch, The Daily Buzz has generally catered to a younger-skewing audience demographic, historically employing an informal atmosphere and a drive-time radio-style approach to presenting and discussing subjects in the realms of current events, lifestyle, entertainment, gossip, and pop culture, as well as celebrity interviews and paid publicity content. The approach set theDBZ apart, during its weekday run, from

192-721: A Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter to the humanitarian organization. In May 2009, the United Nations officially recommended the Smile of a Child Foundation to receive special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for the Democracy Coalition Project. Trinity Music City is an entertainment complex in Hendersonville, Tennessee ; near Nashville , operated by TBN and serving as

288-486: A tape delay to air at the same time in all time zones, as it is for afternoon drive. However this effectively means that morning shows are heavily New York or East Coast –centric to allow time-shifting in all time zones, with some Central Time Zone shows making some additional headway. For all intents and purposes though, morning shows originating west of the Rockies must additionally plan to be mid-morning offerings for

384-514: A 24-hour schedule in 1978. The fledgling network was so weak in its first days, that, according to Crouch in his autobiography, Hello World! , it almost went bankrupt after just two days on the air. TBN began national distribution through cable television providers in 1978. The ministry, which became known as the Trinity Broadcasting Network, gained national distribution via communications satellite in 1982. The network

480-511: A Child TV in the U.S.). One notable film was Mel Gibson 's The Passion of the Christ , which had its television premiere on TBN on April 17 , 2011. TBN presented the film with much of the graphic violence included (due to its depiction of the events leading to and including the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as illustrated in Biblical teachings); as a result, TBN assigned a " TV-MA-V " rating for

576-790: A broadcasting group headed by George Cooney, the CEO of EUE/Screen Gems . Another 151 translators were donated to the Minority Media and Television Council (MMTC), an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media; MMTC would later sell 78 of these translators to Luken Communications , parent company of the Retro Television Network . Four more translators in Dothan, Alabama ; Kirksville, Missouri ; Jonesboro, Arkansas ; and Jackson, Tennessee , were sold by MMTC to New Moon Communications, with

672-410: A combination thereof, and are commonly targeted at youth audiences – airing on Saturday nights as part of the network's "preview" block of JUCE TV programs and intermittently on Monday through Fridays during the late-afternoon and overnight hours. Films produced by or for TBN have included The Revolutionary and The Revolutionary II (based on the life of Jesus ); The Emissary (a film on the life of

768-526: 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

864-423: A diverse group of ministries from Evangelical , traditional Protestant and Catholic denominations, non-profit charities, Messianic Jewish and other Christian media personalities. TBN also offers a wide range of original programming, faith-based films, and political opinion commentary from various distributors. TBN owns and operates six broadcast networks, each reaching separate demographics. In addition to

960-587: A full-time satellite of TBN (the network was previously available in the Jackson area on WJKO-LP , which was later sold to Daystar). On July 8, 2013, TBN announced an affiliation with the Lethbridge , Alberta, Canada religious station 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

1056-403: A handful of its stations in 2011 and replacing it with the social media-oriented Morning Dose in 2017. In May 2017, two years after Mojo Brands Media's bankruptcy led to the cancellation of The Daily Buzz , broadcast and digital public relations company KEF Media announced that it would revive The Daily Buzz , after acquiring the show's trademark and branding. Contradicting its title somewhat,

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1152-524: A licensing and consulting agreement for The Daily Buzz . The agreement allowed Fisher to take over production of the show on ACME's behalf (they would move production to HD in 2010), and gave Fisher the option of purchasing the show from ACME. The agreement also allowed Fisher to create Buzz Brands, a service that offered multimedia content, both local in nature and from The Daily Buzz , to local affiliates for multiple media platforms (including TV, online, and even radio). The first Buzz Brand platform to launch

1248-626: 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 streamed live on the internet globally; the network also provides select archived shows on demand , through the website and select IPTV services. 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 . On April 13, 2012, TBN sold 36 of its translators to Regal Media,

1344-439: A new program, The Hal Lindsey Report , premiered on the network. In June 2011, TBN refused to rebroadcast an episode of Jack Van Impe 's weekly program Jack Van Impe Presents , in which the evangelist criticized pastors Rick Warren and Robert Schuller for participating in interfaith conferences alongside Muslim leaders. Both Warren and Schuller denied the accusations. Paul Crouch defended TBN's decision, stating that it

1440-479: A personality-driven on-air approach, one that was looser, faster in pace, and sometimes edgy in comparison to tradition-bound network morning television shows broadcast by ABC ( Good Morning America ), CBS ( The Early Show ), and NBC ( Today ): Slang terms, pop music, and host commentaries would be interjected in the news summaries. Pop culture segments were liberally employed (see below). The hosts' employed not-as-formal forms of dress and demeanor (dancing in

1536-417: A single broadcast signal and the lack of a modern multiplexer at the transmitter level, disallowing TBN's master control from sending the main feed in high definition or widescreen standard definition (this is in comparison to Ion Media Networks, which carries five to six multiplex services on most of its stations – including its flagship network Ion Television , which is transmitted in high-definition);

1632-498: A sister station's morning newscast until the fall (which WFNA / Gulf Shores - Mobile, Alabama would do), or their own local content. One Buzz affiliate's program director, commenting to the Orlando Sentinel the day of Buzz ' s cancellation, felt "more than a little steamed" that he learned of the show's demise second-hand. Mojo Brands' McGuire, in that same Sentinel interview, noted that his company, for its part,

1728-416: Is a 501(c)(3) non-profit company. Full disclosure of TBN's financial statements have been evaluated by Charity Navigator , the largest evaluator of charities and non-profit companies in the U.S. TBN has received a three out of four star rating for four consecutive years, and in 2009 earned a rating of two out of four stars due to a 2% increase in administrative costs in 2009; the report also revealed that for

1824-611: Is a lightning rod for the Body of Christ. It's not what drives TBN." Under leadership of Matt Crouch, TBN no longer adheres to or practices that theology, and programming changes such as removing Kenneth Copeland reflect that shift. TBN has always broadcast programming featuring Protestant pastors who do not promote the prosperity gospel, such as Charles Stanley , Jack Graham , Franklin Graham , Billy Graham , Michael Youssef , David Jeremiah and Robert Jeffress . Senator Chuck Grassley ,

1920-649: Is an international Christian -based broadcast television network and the world's largest religious television network. TBN was headquartered in Costa Mesa, California , until March 3, 2017, when it sold its highly visible office park, Trinity Christian City. The broadcaster retained its studios in nearby Tustin . Auxiliary studio facilities are located in Irving , Hendersonville , Gadsden , Decatur , Miami and Orlando , Tulsa and New York City . TBN has characterized itself as broadcasting programs hosted by

2016-711: Is obvious they were completely embedded." When ABC News contacted the U.S. Army in Afghanistan about Scott and Decker's alleged embed, which had taken place four years previously, they said that they no longer had the documentation of the missionaries' status with the troops. Scott defended the trip to Afghanistan, telling ABC, "It wasn't like we were hiding in the back saying we're going to preach. [The military] knew what we were doing. We told them that we were born again Christians, we're here doing ministry, we shoot for this TV station and we want to embed and see what it

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2112-553: Is overseen by many of the creative and production personnel from the first incarnation. Two former Buzz hosts have also returned to host the revival, Lance Smith and Kia Malone. Scott Carty (based in Los Angeles ) and Josh McBride (based in New York City ), joined at the restart as entertainment correspondents, with Howard Henley and Summer Jackson joining later as West Coast and East Coast correspondents respectively. At

2208-440: Is pending; no official judicial ruling has been made in this matter. In a May 2012 interview with The New York Times , Koper claimed, "My job as finance director was to find ways to label extravagant personal spending as ministry expenses." Koper alleged that the network had herself and chauffeurs and sound engineers ordained as ministers in order to avoid paying Social Security taxes on their salaries. In September 2004,

2304-466: Is the daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the most people who listen to car radios while driving , usually to and from work, or on public transportation . Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this class is at its peak and, thus, commercial radio can generate the most revenue from advertising . Drive time usually coincides with rush hour . Mainstream stations employ high-status presenters for drive time shows. In

2400-519: Is typically dominated by the " morning zoo " genre of radio program, with the afternoon portion is often given over to music (often in commercial-free blocks, especially in markets with long commute times) and light entertainment features. For talk radio stations, drive time is characterized by regular news updates, as well as extremely frequent updates on traffic and weather forecasts to help commuters get to and from work. Primary news radio stations are almost always local during this time period. In

2496-505: The Orange County Register reported that Carra Crouch, a granddaughter of Paul and Jan Crouch, alleged in a lawsuit that she had been raped by a TBN employee when she was 13 years old. Carra claimed to have been sexually abused while staying at an Atlanta hotel during TBN's "Spring Praise-a-Thon" in 2006. She also claimed that Jan Crouch and TBN attorney John Casoria blamed her for the incident, yet agreed not to turn

2592-537: The Orlando Sentinel , Mojo Brands Media COO Troy McGuire noted the cancellation was due to a disagreement with an investor in Mojo, who as a result withdrew their financial support in the company. McGuire did not elaborate further in the interview, citing legal reasons. Details would surface, however, in court documents related to Mojo's Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation filing on May 5, 2015: One creditor of

2688-708: The FCC's Children's Television Act . Programs previously featured as part of the lineup, which are also broadcast on TBN's Smile network, ranged from contemporary programs (such as 3-2-1 Penguins! ), classic series (such as Davey and Goliath ), and TBN originals (such as iShine Knect and Mary Rice Hopkins & Puppets with a Heart ). Since 2009, TBN has broadcast feature-length religious- and/or inspirational-themed films; these films air primarily on weekend evenings (with films based on biblical stories most commonly airing on Sundays), with more contemporary films – which often incorporate moral lessons, faith-based lessons or

2784-587: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s must-carry rules. TBN's availability eventually expanded to 95% of American households by early 2005. 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 television stations , which are mixed among stations serving medium-sized cities and rural translator stations in order to maximize

2880-514: The Los Angeles Times reported that Paul Crouch had paid former TBN employee Enoch Lonnie Ford a $ 425,000 formal settlement to end a wrongful termination lawsuit in 1998. Ford alleged that he and Crouch had a homosexual tryst during his employment with the ministry. TBN officials acknowledged the settlement but contested Ford's credibility, noting that he had previously been convicted for child molestation and drug abuse. In 1996, Ford

2976-882: The Orlando, Florida area, and into the Lake Mary studios of Emmis-owned WKCF . In early 2007, WKCF moved to WESH 's studios in Winter Park after WESH owners Hearst-Argyle Television acquired WKCF to create a duopoly in the Orlando market; soon afterward, Emmis sold its stake in The Daily Buzz back to ACME. In mid-April 2007, The Daily Buzz ' s previous studios were acquired by faith-based Trinity Broadcasting Network and Good Life Broadcasting for new studios for their respective stations, WTGL-TV (now WHLV-TV ) and WLCB-TV (the present-day WTGL ). At this time,

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3072-531: The independent station KBSA (now UniMás owned-and-operated station KFTR-DT ) in Ontario, California . After that station was sold, he began buying two hours a day of programming time on KLXA-TV in Fontana, California , in early 1974. That station was put up for sale shortly afterward. Paul Crouch then placed a bid to buy the station for $ 1 million and raised $ 100,000 for a down payment . After many struggles,

3168-530: The Crouches managed to raise the down payment and took over the station outright, with the station becoming KTBN-TV in 1977 and its city of license being reassigned to TBN's original homebase, Santa Ana , in 1983. Initially, the station ran Christian programs for about six hours a day, expanding its programming to 12 hours a day by 1975, and began selling time to other Christian organizations to supplement its local programming. The station eventually instituted

3264-471: The Lord , was regularly hosted by TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch, and was originally two or three hours long. Until 2017, local versions of Praise the Lord were produced by TBN owned-and-operated stations and affiliates in order to fulfill public affairs content guidelines. TBN runs VeggieTales under the "Smile" banner on Saturdays 8–10 a.m Eastern Time to fulfill E/I programming requirements as per

3360-733: The NBC affiliation instead, via a subchannel. KJNE-LP ended up becoming a translator station of 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. On October 22, 2012, TBN acquired WRBJ-TV in Jackson, Mississippi from Roberts Broadcasting . Following FCC and bankruptcy court approval on January 17, 2013, TBN officially took over operational control of WRBJ on May 24, 2013, dropping all secular and CW network programming and converting it into

3456-546: The South ; both networks aired the show on late-morning tape-delay. The show was also featured live-to-air on The CW Plus , The CW network's service for small-market stations (roughly those ranked 100 or lower), an arrangement that ended in September 2014. Though many stations that aired The Daily Buzz showed the full 2-hour broadcast live-to-air during the 5 a.m.-7 a.m. (ET) time slot, a few stations carried only one hour of

3552-637: 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. In December 2023, TBN announced a distribution partnership with Phil McGraw 's new venture Merit Street Media . The signals of TBN's television stations are multiplexed into digital subchannels , which carry additional networks operated by

3648-488: The United Kingdom and Australia, the term drive time is used almost exclusively to refer to the peak evening period (most commonly 16:00–19:00); the term used for the period of peak morning listening is breakfast , akin to the phrase breakfast television used for morning TV shows. In circumstances where the phrase drive time may be ambiguous, the term home time may also be used for afternoon drive. In

3744-518: The United Kingdom or New Zealand, where the entire country is in the same time zone. In Australia, there is a two-hour time zone difference between the eastern and western coasts; and three time zones ; however, other than Greater Perth , most of the country's population is located in the southern and eastern portions of the country, and its time zones are only a half-hour apart. Trinity Broadcasting Network The Trinity Broadcasting Network ( TBN ; legally Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc. )

3840-450: The United States drive time consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up, get ready, and head to work or school, and the afternoon hours when they are heading home and before their evening meal. The exact times vary: morning drive times typically include 6–10 a.m.; afternoon drive times typically include 3–7 p.m. In the United States, these are the time slots as defined by Nielsen Audio for audience measurement . With

3936-502: The United States, popular national hosts who are associated with morning drive include Howard Stern , Ryan Seacrest and Steve Inskeep , while Sean Hannity is associated with afternoon drive on the East Coast. Drive time often includes a heavier run of traffic reports , for which many stations employ their own helicopters or hire a third-party traffic reporting service. For popular music -oriented stations, morning drive-time

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4032-540: The apostle Paul ); The Omega Code and its sequel Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 ; Carman: The Champion ; Time Changer ; and Six: The Mark Unleashed (starring Stephen Baldwin and David A.R. White ). Some of these films were produced by Gener8Xion Entertainment , TBN's Hollywood, California -based Christian motion picture studio, which was co-founded by Matt and Laurie Crouch. TBN also broadcasts films from other production companies on its main network and some of its sister networks (in particular, JUCE TV and Smile of

4128-491: The bible-themed adventure park Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida , for $ 37 million. Trinity Broadcasting Network had previously come under heavy criticism for its promotion of the prosperity gospel , teaching viewers that they will receive a reward if they donate or give offerings. In a 2004 interview with the Los Angeles Times , Paul Crouch, Jr. expressed his disappointment that "the prosperity gospel

4224-405: The cable network Pop . It is unclear as to how many over-the-air stations offer Buzz on its schedules, although it is shown on the schedule of at least one former affiliate of the previous Buzz version ( WIFS / Madison , the former WBUW). Video of Buzz segments also air on the program's website, DailyBuzzTV.com, as well as through its official Facebook page. Drive time Drive time

4320-593: The chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance , has conducted investigations into whether Joyce Meyer and Benny Hinn mishandled their finances; neither were found to have committed wrongdoing. Scholar Steve Snow states that TBN "regularly promotes the teachings of the [ New Apostolic Reformation ]", which he argues "represents what Richard Hofstadter referred to as the modern paranoid style in American politics ". TBN

4416-730: The company announced plans to distribute the program to international markets in the Caribbean and Latin America. At the time of Buzz ' s cancellation, it was unclear if or how the show was offered internationally. The 2015 cancellation of The Daily Buzz left the show's affiliates scrambling for replacement programming to fill the abandoned time slots on their schedules, be it other syndicated shows (a route WCWF /Green Bay would take with second airings of The People's Court ), barter lifestyle programming (the route WCGV-TV /Milwaukee would take), paid programming , straight rebroadcasts of

4512-435: The company, Richard Botnick, had filed suit against Mojo earlier in 2015, alleging the company fell behind on their debt obligations and had defaulted on a loan they made with Botnick. After Botnick's company obtained a garnishment against their bank accounts, Mojo made the decision to immediately cancel Buzz as well as sister program Emotional Mojo . The cancellations of both The Daily Buzz and Emotional Mojo resulted in

4608-423: The country as of 2010, besting the station groups of CBS , Fox and NBC , but behind Ion Media Networks and Univision Communications . 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

4704-528: The daughter of Paul Crouch Jr.), filed a lawsuit against her former attorneys, Davert & Loe. The three counts of the complaint were for breach of fiduciary duties, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and professional negligence. In this lawsuit, Koper alleged that TBN unlawfully distributed over $ 50 million to the ministry's directors. Koper filed the suit following the termination of her employment with TBN. Davert & Loe, who also represented TBN, denied her claims. Koper's suit against Davert & Loe

4800-505: The document for $ 10 million. In October 2004, Judge Robert J. O'Neill awarded Crouch $ 136,000 in legal fees to be paid by Ford for his violation of the terms of the settlement agreement, specifically the prohibition of discussing the details of the settlement. On March 15, 2005, Ford appeared on the PAX TV reality series Lie Detector to be given a polygraph test ; the results of the test were never broadcast or made public. In June 2012,

4896-515: The film – a rarity for many Christian networks. On December 15, 2009, the Trinity Broadcasting Network became the first Christian television network to broadcast completely in high definition . However, until 2018 only the national cable-satellite feed was transmitted in HD; TBN's owned-and-operated broadcast stations were not equipped to allow HD broadcasts due partly to the bandwidth limitations caused by its mandatory carriage of five subchannels over

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4992-645: The fired employee in to authorities if he did not file for unemployment , worker's comp or EEOC benefits. TBN attorney Colby May "vehemently denied" Carra's claims. In 2017, a year after Jan Crouch's death, a jury awarded Carra $ 2 million in damages for "mental suffering", but found that Jan had not been acting as a "Trinity Clergy Member" and therefore wasn't legally required to report the assault. Bible prophecy scholar Hal Lindsey 's program International Intelligence Briefing , which occasionally aired commentary segments criticizing Muslims and Islam , aired on TBN from 1994 to 2005. In December 2005, TBN pre-empted

5088-461: The fiscal year ending December 2009, TBN president Paul Crouch, Sr. earned $ 419,500; co-vice president Jan Crouch earned $ 361,000; and co-vice president Paul Crouch, Jr. earned $ 214,137. TBN is currently under Donor Advisory status with Charity Navigator. Another charity watchdog group, Ministry Watch , gave TBN an "F" in 2011 for its failure to provide financial statements, lack of timeliness in responding to correspondence, and its lack of clarity in

5184-662: The intent to convert them into NBC affiliates. However, in September 2012, New Moon put all four of these translators for sale. Only Gray Television would purchase a transmitter in Dothan, which was converted into NBC affiliate WRGX-LD ; the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP) and Jackson (WZMC-LP) would later be canceled (the NBC affiliate in Jackson, WNBJ-LD , operates using a different license). Its Jonesboro transmitter, KJNE-LP remained silent but with an active license; however, that market's ABC affiliate KAIT ended up obtaining

5280-658: The island country, having established a children's hospital, an orphanage and a school in Haiti. TBN spent millions in donations and other funding on these humanitarian projects. Following the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake , TBN made immediate contributions of $ 100,000 through Lake Charles, Louisiana -based Friend Ships, which speeds emergency relief aid and medical expertise all over the world in its fleet of dedicated cargo/ministry ships. Friend Ships has been partnering with TBN and Smile since 1992; Paul Crouch personally donated

5376-476: The lead-outs to commercial breaks were not uncommon). And above all, the liveliness trumped the serious. The lively tone was intentional, as it was meant to attract an audience that was younger in age and were more likely to get their news from sources other than traditional local and network TV newscasts. As Andrea Jackson described it to the Orlando Sentinel in 2005, "We always talk about [ The Daily Buzz ] as morning radio on television or late-night television in

5472-464: The loss of 37 positions involved in the production of both shows, many of whom, it was revealed in Mojo Brands' bankruptcy filing, were still owed money for wages and other expenses. Since Buzz ' s demise had a sudden, immediate effect, there was no opportunity for an on-air goodbye from the show's staff, who had hoped to reconvene at a later date and deliver an online farewell and thank-you to

5568-658: The main TBN network, TBN owns TBN Inspire , Smile , Enlace , TBN Salsa and Positiv . It also owns several other religious networks outside the United States, including international versions of its five U.S. networks. Matt Crouch is currently TBN's president and head of operations. The Trinity Broadcasting Network was co-founded as the Trinity Broadcasting Systems in 1973 by Paul Crouch , an Assemblies of God minister, and his spouse Jan Crouch . TBN began its broadcasting activities by renting time on

5664-489: The morning of September 16, 2002, airing on 10 ACME-owned stations, all of which were affiliates of The WB Television Network , including the station from which it originated during its first two years on-air, WBDT in Dayton, Ohio . The original on-air talent included anchors Ron Corning and Andrea Jackson, newsreader Peggy Bunker, and weather and features presenter Mitch English . From its launch, The Daily Buzz employed

5760-488: The morning. It's infotainment." During its early years, The Daily Buzz included several live or prerecorded standing features in its broadcast, all utilizing the show's overall irreverent tone. Among the features were: On January 1, 2004, ACME Communications would sell a 50% interest in The Daily Buzz to fellow broadcaster Emmis Communications . The deal would lead in a relocation of the show in August 2004 from Dayton to

5856-480: The network airs local religious programming on each of their feeds. The network's flagship program Praise is hosted by various regular and guest hosts, including TBN president Matt Crouch and his wife Laurie Crouch. It features interviews with celebrities, ministers, and laypeople discussing faith-based topics and their personal relationship with God; as well as musical performances from gospel and contemporary Christian artists. The program originated as Praise

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5952-503: The network's mailing list as of June 2018). At some point in 2018, some TBN over-the-air stations upgraded their primary feed and second subchannel to 720p HD, where available and/or technically possible. The Smile of a Child Foundation is a compassion-focused ministry, founded in 2005 by TBN co-founder Jan Crouch initially as a vehicle to reach the children of Haiti , providing food, medical care, toys and disaster relief to people in need. Crouch has over 20 years of personal involvement with

6048-404: 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

6144-441: The organization. These subchannels typically include: TBN produces a variety of original Christian programs, such as gospel music concerts, live coverage of major Christian events, talk shows , health/fitness/nutrition programs with Christian family doctors, children's programs, contemporary Christian music videos , marriage enrichment series, holiday specials, Christian dramas, and full-length, family-oriented movies. In addition,

6240-477: The original version of the show, The Daily Buzz includes various features on news, pop culture, gossip, entertainment, and other subjects. The show also offers "vertical" segments on consumer affairs, fashion, finance, healthy, hospitality, sports, and travel, utilizing integration of content from the show's sponsors. The revived Daily Buzz originates from the same studios as the daily version prior to its 2015 cancellation ( Full Sail University in Orlando ), and

6336-431: The primary TBN network feed is transmitted in standard-definition by its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates. Thus, widescreen programming on TBN's broadcast services was offered over-the-air in a letterboxed 4:3 picture format, though it is offered in native formats on pay television and IPTV services (including TBN's mobile and digital media player apps, the latter requiring email authentication and an opt-in to

6432-697: The program attracted criticism from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a watchdog group that looks for religious discrimination in the United States military , which claimed that Scott and Decker were embedded with U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan . According to MRFF president Mikey Weinstein, the military exercises a "complete prohibition of the proselytizing of any religion, faith, or practice...You see [Scott and Decker] wearing American helmets. It

6528-564: The program for the entire month. Lindsey accused the network of censorship , saying, "some at the network apparently feel that my message is too pro- Israel and too anti-Muslim." Paul Crouch issued a press release stating that the show was only pre-empted for Christmas programming, but eventually admitted that TBN management was concerned that Lindsey "placed Arabs in a negative light." Lindsey resigned from TBN on January 1, 2006, effectively canceling International Intelligence Briefing . However, one year later, Crouch and Lindsey reconciled and

6624-400: The program, while others tape-delayed all or part of the show for a mid- or late-morning airing (between 7-11 a.m.). The full Daily Buzz broadcast also streamed live-to-air online, weekday mornings between 5:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. (ET) through the program's website. The show was also uploaded daily post-broadcast to Hulu . During Mojo Brands Media's 2013 acquisition of The Daily Buzz ,

6720-750: The provided information. As a result, TBN was placed on the group's alert list annually since 2009. TBN's annual financial information is monitored by the Chronicle of Philanthropy , where it is ranked 243 out of the top 400 non-profit corporations in the United States. TBN is not a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability . In 2011, Paul Crouch, Jr. resigned from his position as co-vice president on TBN. On November 10 of that year, Crouch, Jr. joined The Word Network as its Director of Project Development. In February 2012, Brittany Koper , TBN's former Director of Finance (and

6816-598: The rest of the country and adjust accordingly to be office-appropriate for those stations which take the shows in the east. National satellite networks typically air their morning drive programs from 6–11 a.m. Eastern Time, with heavy repetition. A similar situation exists in Russia , which spans nine time zones. This issue is mitigated somewhat in Canada and Mexico , where most drive time programs are local and are unaffected by these problems. These issues are not present in

6912-432: The rise of podcasting since the early 2000s, many morning shows also post their daily episodes online with now-superfluous news and traffic segments edited out, which are not restricted to drive time and can be listened to at a listener's leisure. This does come with the loss of interactivity outside of listener questions which are screened for the next show. Drive time programming is almost exclusively restricted to during

7008-479: The series outright. By the first quarter of 2013, Daily Buzz owner ACME Communications and operator Fisher Communications had been in the process of a gradual exit from the television business (ACME sold its last remaining TV stations in 2012 and would dissolve as a corporation in 2016; Fisher was in the process of being merged into Sinclair Broadcast Group ). On April 1, 2013, ACME sold The Daily Buzz , its last remaining TV property, to Mojo Brands Media. As part of

7104-536: The show also changed Orlando affiliates, from WKCF to WRDQ , and relocated for six weeks to a temporary home inside the Disney-MGM Studios . The show's time at Disney was an interim period until new, permanent studios were completed on the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park in June 2007. The Daily Buzz's first show at Full Sail aired on June 19, 2007, and they continued to broadcast there until

7200-465: The show as a whole or only one or two hours. For most of its time on air, The CW Plus and its predecessor, The WB 100+ Station Group , carried the show in most smaller markets. The Daily Buzz was also featured on the schedules of the Youtoo TV and Soul of the South networks; streamed live-to-air on the program's website, and uploaded daily to Hulu . When it was revived as a weekly series, Buzz

7296-421: The show would be offered initially to broadcasters as a one-hour, once-per-week series (also available as a half-hour weekly series, as it airs on Youtoo), in addition having daily updates on digital platforms. Additional broadcast and digital airings would eventually be added as the show grows. The Daily Buzz would return to air the weekend of June 18, 2017 (two weekends later than previously announced). As with

7392-427: The show's 2015 cancellation. By the end of the 2000s decade, The Daily Buzz would mature somewhat in tone: Many of the show's looser recurring segments, including some of those mentioned above, were phased out, and The Daily Buzz began to utilize a tone that was tighter and more organized yet still utilizing some of the humor and irreverence it had used since its debut. Also by this time, Buzz producers would allow

7488-412: The show's affiliates two windows each hour to insert their own local content, with national content continuing for stations who did not insert their own segments. The likely genesis for this move was the success of ACME-owned Buzz affiliate WBUW - Madison, Wisconsin , who began adding their own segments ( Buzzed Into Madison ) in early 2007. In 2010, Fisher Communications joined ACME Communications on

7584-778: The show's audience, a plan that would not come to fruition. Buzz , as a daily show, would leave behind a legacy of being, as termed by reviving company KEF Media, "the gold standard of combining news, hot topics, and [product] integration in a fun, seamless format." Indeed, by the mid-2010s, many national breakfast television programs, and news programs in general, would begin to utilize a not-as-staid presentation. Nationally, Fox News Channel 's Fox & Friends has long incorporated lively banter and opinions; broadcast shows such as Today and Good Morning America would over time begin to increase their own entertainment, pop culture, and "water cooler" discussion segments; and Tribune Broadcasting would follow suit, launching EyeOpener on

7680-494: The shows' 2015 cancellation. On August 6, 2012, The Daily Buzz unveiled what may have been its most noteworthy transition, introducing a new anchor team that featured actor Charles Divins, veteran TV anchor Lisa Spooner, CMT’s Top 20 Countdown host Lance Smith, and radio personality Jessica Reyes. Original co-host Andrea Jackson remained with the program to host recurring interview segments until October 2013; fellow Buzz veterans Andy Campbell, Mitch English and Kia Malone left

7776-410: The station, morning drive can start as early as 5 a.m. local time, although rarely any earlier. Because the contiguous United States, Canada, and Mexico span four to seven time zones, what constitutes drive time on one coast does not broadcast in drive time on the other , which can cause issues for nationally syndicated programs; this is not as much of an issue in morning drive, which usually incorporates

7872-426: The studios for TBN's Nashville-area station, WPGD-TV . Formerly known as "Twitty City", the former estate of country music legend Conway Twitty , the complex includes the 2,000-seat Trinity Music City Church Auditorium, which is used for TBN-produced concerts, dramas, seminars and special events. A 50-seat virtual reality theater showcases four original productions from TBN Films. Trinity Christian City International

7968-524: The time of its April 2015 cancellation, the original version of The Daily Buzz aired in 149 television markets across the United States, reaching roughly 80.9 million homes and 70.9% of the US population. (The show reached roughly 175 markets at its peak.) Rather than airing on stations affiliated with the Big 3 broadcast networks ( ABC , CBS , NBC ), which rely on their own newscasts and that of those networks, Buzz

8064-437: The traditional tone of network news programs, and would serve as an unofficial template for future national, syndicated, and local morning news shows. In its weekday run, The Daily Buzz initially aired live for three hours, (6:00–9:00 a.m. ET ), eventually shortening to a two-hour time slot (5:00–7:00 a.m. ET) for its last years as a weekday program. Start and running times varied by market, with some stations airing

8160-440: The transaction, Sinclair began to broadcast Buzz on some of its stations beginning in the 2013-14 season; the group had previously not carried the show, with many of its The CW Television Network , MyNetworkTV , and independent stations preferring to carry E/I or paid programming in their morning time slots instead. The Daily Buzz unexpectedly ceased production after its April 17, 2015 episode. In an interview that day with

8256-464: The work week. On weekends, because driving habits are much less uniform, lower profile programs typically air in the respective time slots, usually "best-of" compilations of moments from the station's morning show through the past week, other niche syndicated programming, or brokered programming . Sunday mornings usually feature faith and religious programming, including live broadcasts of local church services or public service programming. Depending on

8352-518: Was "GalTime," a female-oriented platform that began with an October 2010 soft launch before expanding nationwide in early 2011; "HeadDrama," which is geared toward advice on mental health concerns, became the second Buzz Brand platform in May 2011. All of the "Buzz Brand" platforms would eventually be phased out, though content from Emotional Mojo , a Mojo Brands-produced program featuring advice on personal development, would be featured on Buzz segments until

8448-447: Was a complex in Costa Mesa, California , which served as the headquarters for TBN as well as a tourist attraction. On March 3, 2017, it was announced by The Christian media network that Trinity Christian City International had been sold to Greenlaw Partners, because TBN now finds its campus "obsolete". A sales price was not disclosed. On April 12, 2017, it was revealed that the sales price was $ 18.25 million. In June 2007, TBN purchased

8544-558: Was a member of the National Religious Broadcasters association until 1990. In 1977, the ministry purchased KPAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona , becoming its second television station property. During the 1980s and 1990s, TBN purchased additional independent television stations and signed on new stations around the United States; the purchase of the existing stations was done in order to gain cable carriage, due to

8640-510: Was against network policy for personalities to attack each other on-air (Schuller had a regular show on TBN). As a result, Jack Van Impe Ministries announced that it would no longer air Van Impe's program on TBN. TBN produces and airs the Christian reality show Travel the Road , which features missionaries Tim Scott and Will Decker in remote and often war-torn locations. In December 2008,

8736-543: Was available is posted on the Mojo Brands Media website. The 2017 revival of The Daily Buzz is being carried on both the Soul of the South and Youtoo America networks, both of which carried the original program prior to its 2015 cancellation. Soul of the South airs the program Friday mornings at 8AM (ET), while Youtoo America airs it Saturday mornings at 5AM (ET). Buzz also airs Thursday mornings (8:30AM ET) on

8832-543: Was fired by TBN after he was arrested for drug-related offenses and returned to prison for a year. Ford allegedly threatened to sue TBN for wrongful termination and sexual harassment after the network refused to hire him following his release, resulting in his claims against Crouch. TBN officials stated that the settlement was made in order to avoid a lengthy and expensive lawsuit. In late 2003, Ford attempted to extort Crouch, threatening to release an autobiographical manuscript of their alleged affair if TBN did not purchase

8928-437: Was in the process of notifying and working with Buzz affiliates post-cancellation, suggesting that the show's demise was "as unexpected for us as for the affiliates." Note: The below list is a partial compilation of noteworthy Daily Buzz affiliates at the time of the show's 2015 closure and should not be construed a complete list of stations that aired the program. A January 2015 full list of markets and stations where Buzz

9024-406: Was like. We were interviewing the chaplains and we talked to them. We spoke at the services and things like that. So we did do our mission being over there as far as being able to document what the soldiers go through, what it's like in Afghanistan. So I could say that we were on a secular mission as well as far as documenting. I would say we were news reporters as well, we were delivering news of what

9120-414: Was offered and sold to various larger- or-middle-sized markets affiliated with Fox , MyNetworkTV , The CW , or independents such as WRDQ in Orlando , The Daily Buzz's home city. In markets where, for various reasons, The Daily Buzz could not be offered to individual stations, the show was featured on the schedules of cable network Youtoo TV as well as that of digital subchannel network Soul of

9216-526: Was re-added to the Youtoo America and Soul of the South schedules, added to the schedule of cable network Pop , and offered to various local stations. The Daily Buzz was conceived out of a desire by station owner ACME Communications to increase original content to its stations' schedules, most of which aired infomercials and reruns in its morning drive hours, and to bolster local ad revenue for those stations. The Daily Buzz formally launched on

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