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700 Club on ABC Family for 12 hours today

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Just curious here. Anyone care to guess how much money ABC Family is losing today by being froced to run the stupid 700 Club for 12 hours today?
 
> Just curious here. Anyone care to guess how much money ABC
> Family is losing today by being froced to run the stupid 700
> Club for 12 hours today?

I caught it when flipping and it appears to be some sort of telethon for Satan.<P ID="signature">______________
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Here in the Norfolk market (DMA #42) it was on 3 channels... WSKY (4/IND), WAVY (10/NBC) and ABC Family.

Makes sense since CBN is located here.
 
> Here in the Norfolk market (DMA #42) it was on 3
> channels... WSKY (4/IND), WAVY (10/NBC) and ABC Family.
>
> Makes sense since CBN is located here.
>
Wasn't on his local affiliate here in Birmingham, but it's a CBS station and had legitimate non-Arena Football sports to show.

One of the LPs might have carried it, though.
 
> Wasn't on his local affiliate here in Birmingham, but it's a
> CBS station and had legitimate non-Arena Football sports to
> show.
>
In Michigan, WGTU in Traverse City and WBUP in Marquette pre-empted NBA basketball on ABC for this tripe.
 
> > Just curious here. Anyone care to guess how much money ABC
>
> > Family is losing today by being froced to run the stupid
> 700
> > Club for 12 hours today?
>
> I caught it when flipping and it appears to be some sort of
> telethon for Satan.
>
Begging for money??? Remember that the Bible says that you can't serve God and money, too.
 
> > Wasn't on his local affiliate here in Birmingham, but it's
> a
> > CBS station and had legitimate non-Arena Football sports
> to
> > show.
> >
> In Michigan, WGTU in Traverse City and WBUP in Marquette
> pre-empted NBA basketball on ABC for this tripe.
>
Mr. Robertson doesn't speak for every person, that is a true follower of Jesus Christ. I happen to be a true follower of Jesus Christ and detest Mr. Robertson but tend to lean Conservative on most issues.

Wish this so-called spokesman for God, would go away and stop trying to stir up a fuss, with his so-called positions and messages he claims to get from God. He is a disgrace to the Pulpit and needs to be expelled from it.

I haven't watched the 700 Club, for a long time now and have no plans of watching it anytime soon.

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> Mr. Robertson doesn't speak for every person, that is a true
> follower of Jesus Christ. I happen to be a true follower of
> Jesus Christ and detest Mr. Robertson but tend to lean
> Conservative on most issues.
>
> Wish this so-called spokesman for God, would go away and
> stop trying to stir up a fuss, with his so-called positions
> and messages he claims to get from God. He is a disgrace to
> the Pulpit and needs to be expelled from it.
>
> I haven't watched the 700 Club, for a long time now and have
> no plans of watching it anytime soon.
>
> RDP <
>

I haven't watched the Club for a while either. I find Robertson's voice alone to be grating. His rheteroic too.
ixnay

ixnay
 
I thought that once ABC got ahold of the Fox Family Channel and renamed it ABC Family, that the 700 Club was going to be removed from the network. I heard that was the reason it wasn't sold to ABC/Disney because they wanted the program removed from the network, but CBN refused to remove it as part of the sale, and Fox ended up with the network instead. Unless there's a clause in the original Fox sale that the 700 Club remain on the network, ABC has every right to remove it. I personally would like to see anything Pat Robertson gone.
And I used to have a co-worker who supported him. Wait until Stephen Munsey of Family Christian Center in Munster Indiana starts making himself a household name. Ever since he relocated his church from Griffith Indiana to Munster Indiana, he spent extravegant amounts of money on a church that looks more like a theatre than a church, with seating to closely match Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville Indiana, and is really getting his message out through TBN & LeSea's World Harvest Network since he has his newer church. He has a lot of the same views as Pat Robertson. I have met Stephen Munsey and from his handshake, it felt like a handshake from satan because my hand got too hot from his handshake, and his eyes look evil too.
 
> I thought that once ABC got ahold of the Fox Family Channel
> and renamed it ABC Family, that the 700 Club was going to be
> removed from the network. I heard that was the reason it
> wasn't sold to ABC/Disney because they wanted the program
> removed from the network, but CBN refused to remove it as
> part of the sale, and Fox ended up with the network instead.
> Unless there's a clause in the original Fox sale that the
> 700 Club remain on the network, ABC has every right to
> remove it. I personally would like to see anything Pat
> Robertson gone.

There is such a clause and ABC has yet to figure out a way to break it.


> And I used to have a co-worker who supported him. Wait
> until Stephen Munsey of Family Christian Center in Munster
> Indiana starts making himself a household name. Ever since
> he relocated his church from Griffith Indiana to Munster
> Indiana, he spent extravegant amounts of money on a church
> that looks more like a theatre than a church, with seating
> to closely match Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville Indiana,
> and is really getting his message out through TBN & LeSea's
> World Harvest Network since he has his newer church. He has
> a lot of the same views as Pat Robertson. I have met
> Stephen Munsey and from his handshake, it felt like a
> handshake from satan because my hand got too hot from his
> handshake, and his eyes look evil too.
>

I'll have to keep an eye on this Munsey, he sounds like a real up and comer. The Godmercial industry needs some fresh faces. Most of the current megachurch names ignore TV and focus on book sales and having enormously large local congregations, so there's no one to really take over when Crouch, Robertson, etc. go to meet their unholy master.
 
> > I thought that once ABC got ahold of the Fox Family
> Channel
> > and renamed it ABC Family, that the 700 Club was going to
> be
> > removed from the network. I heard that was the reason it
> > wasn't sold to ABC/Disney because they wanted the program
> > removed from the network, but CBN refused to remove it as
> > part of the sale, and Fox ended up with the network
> instead.
> > Unless there's a clause in the original Fox sale that the
>
> > 700 Club remain on the network, ABC has every right to
> > remove it. I personally would like to see anything Pat
> > Robertson gone.
>
> There is such a clause and ABC has yet to figure out a way
> to break it.

What exactly is the deal that 700 Club has to stay on the air? I have read that Fox tried to buy Robertson out for a ton of money (hundreds of millions) before they sold to ABC but he refused it. Although I understand why, because he has guaranteed tv access to millions of homes. What would happen if ABC dropped the 700 Club, would ownership of the station revert back to Robertson?
 
> > > I thought that once ABC got ahold of the Fox Family
> > Channel
> > > and renamed it ABC Family, that the 700 Club was going
> to
> > be
> > > removed from the network. I heard that was the reason
> it
> > > wasn't sold to ABC/Disney because they wanted the
> program
> > > removed from the network, but CBN refused to remove it
> as
> > > part of the sale, and Fox ended up with the network
> > instead.
> > > Unless there's a clause in the original Fox sale that
> the
> >
> > > 700 Club remain on the network, ABC has every right to
> > > remove it. I personally would like to see anything Pat
> > > Robertson gone.
> >
> > There is such a clause and ABC has yet to figure out a way
>
> > to break it.
>
> What exactly is the deal that 700 Club has to stay on the
> air? I have read that Fox tried to buy Robertson out for a
> ton of money (hundreds of millions) before they sold to ABC
> but he refused it. Although I understand why, because he has
> guaranteed tv access to millions of homes. What would happen
> if ABC dropped the 700 Club, would ownership of the station
> revert back to Robertson?
>
I can give you some insight on the status of Christian broadcasting. Basically, the advent of the infomercial has made buying time VERY EXPENSIVE for Christian broadcasters (in the late 90's and early 00's, costs quintupled almost overnight and availability seriously dried up). From Pat's standpoint, I can see why he doesn't want to give up airtime at any price.

Even TBN forced most of their programs to be cut to 30 minutes rather than an hour. BTW, this was done with only two weeks notice via fax to the affected ministries. So much for Christians being held to higher standards!
 
> I can give you some insight on the status of Christian
> broadcasting. Basically, the advent of the infomercial has
> made buying time VERY EXPENSIVE for Christian broadcasters
> (in the late 90's and early 00's, costs quintupled almost
> overnight and availability seriously dried up). From Pat's
> standpoint, I can see why he doesn't want to give up airtime
> at any price.

But Pat still buys oodles of time on TBN and local stations in all but the smallest markets. He wouldn't exactly be losing any coverage here.
 
> But Pat still buys oodles of time on TBN and local stations
> in all but the smallest markets.

Where does Traverse City or Marquette fit in?
 
> I caught it when flipping and it appears to be some sort of
> telethon

The 700 Club Telethon has been an annual broadcast for decades. Many of the "big three" network affiliated stations Robertson bought time from would run it as a live "special net" broadcast, before satellite became the main distribution method.
 
> > I can give you some insight on the status of Christian
> > broadcasting. Basically, the advent of the infomercial
> has
> > made buying time VERY EXPENSIVE for Christian broadcasters
>
> > (in the late 90's and early 00's, costs quintupled almost
> > overnight and availability seriously dried up). From
> Pat's
> > standpoint, I can see why he doesn't want to give up
> airtime
> > at any price.
>
> But Pat still buys oodles of time on TBN and local stations
> in all but the smallest markets. He wouldn't exactly be
> losing any coverage here.
>
Well, I am assuming that he has done the "math", if in fact he turned down hundreds of millions of dollars (probably vastly overstated). The thing to understand is that these Christian ministries are run like businesses. They try to attribute how much money is donated in each time slot vs. the cost of each timeslot. If it is "profitable", the timeslot stays. Otherwise, it is cancelled.

I would assume that Pat's time on ABC Family is either free or very cheap!
 
> > Wasn't on his local affiliate here in Birmingham, but it's
> a
> > CBS station and had legitimate non-Arena Football sports
> to
> > show.
> >
> In Michigan, WGTU in Traverse City and WBUP in Marquette
> pre-empted NBA basketball on ABC for this tripe.
>
imho, that should be grounds for ABC to disaffliate those wayward stations of satan.
 
700 club airs on KTVE (Monroe, LA/El Dorado, AR) after last hour of Today show (10am central). It finally dropped off the regular broadcast stations in Little Rock (except for religious station KVTN) after airing on KLRT, then KASN for a number of years. Suprised it didn't air on KWBF (kinda like Mikey, they'll air anything).
 
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