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Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
subsidiary, which owns six TBN-affiliated television stations in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, all on channels allocated for educational broadcasting as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
. CET's general offices along with its flagship station KETH-TV
KETH-TV
KETH is a full-service television station in Houston, Texas, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 24. It is the TBN affiliate for Houston, Galveston, and the rest of the Greater Houston area. Founded October 12, 1983, the station is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network through the Community...
are located in the Alief
Alief, Houston, Texas
Alief is a community in Harris County, Texas, United States that is mostly within the city limits of Houston. The Alief Community Association defines the boundaries of Alief as, "Westheimer on the north, Sam Houston Tollway on the east, Fort Bend County Line on the west and Highway 59 on the...
section of Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
.
All CET stations broadcast generally the same schedule as other TBN stations, with some local programs and educational programming (other than the federally-mandated E/I
E/I
E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television...
shows) to satisfy the educational license.
Stations
- KETH-TVKETH-TVKETH is a full-service television station in Houston, Texas, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 24. It is the TBN affiliate for Houston, Galveston, and the rest of the Greater Houston area. Founded October 12, 1983, the station is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network through the Community...
channel 14, Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
(flagship) - KITU-TVKITU-TVKITU-TV is a religious television station in Beaumont, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 34 as an affiliate of TBN. Founded November 21, 1984, the station is owned by TBN, under the license name of Community Educational Television.- External links :*...
channel 34, Beaumont, TexasBeaumont, TexasBeaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the... - KLUJ-TVKLUJ-TVKLUJ-TV is a religious television station in Harlingen, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 34 as an affiliate of TBN. Founded August 1, 1983, the station is owned by TBN, under the license name of Community Educational Television.- External links :*...
channel 44, Harlingen, TexasHarlingen, TexasHarlingen is a city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than , and is the second largest city in Cameron County and the sixth largest in the Rio Grande Valley... - KHCE-TVKHCE-TVKHCE-TV is a religious television station in San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 16 as an affiliate of TBN. Founded July 9, 1989, the station is owned by TBN, under the license name of San Antonio Community Educational TV, Inc., part of the TBN-owned Community Educational...
channel 23, San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, TexasSan Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,... - WJEB-TVWJEB-TVWJEB-TV is a religious television station in Jacksonville, Florida, broadcasting locally on digital channel 44 as an owned and operated affiliate of TBN, under the license name of Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, Inc., part of the TBN-owned Community Educational Television group.In addition to...
channel 59, Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville, FloridaJacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... - WTCE-TVWTCE-TVWTCE-TV is a religious television station in Fort Pierce, Florida, broadcasting locally on channel 21 as an owned and operated affiliate of TBN, under the license name of Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, Inc., part of the TBN-owned Community Educational Television group.The station's...
channel 21, Fort Pierce, FloridaFort Pierce, FloridaFort Pierce, also spelled Ft. Pierce, is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is known as The Sunrise City. The population was 37,959 at the 2004 census. As of 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 41,000. It is the county seat of St. Lucie County.Fort Pierce is part...