Family Net
FamilyNet is a broadcast television network. The network was founded in 1979 as the National Christian Network, and took the name FamilyNet in 1988 under the ownership of Jerry Falwell. The channel was acquired by InTouch Ministries in October 2007 from the Southern Baptist Convention. In December of 2009, FamilyNet was acquired by Robert A. Schuller's ComStar Media Fund. In 2010, FamilyNet was spun out into its own company, with Robert A. Schuller as the chairman.
FamilyNet has a programming mission geared to family programming, involving a mix of lifestyle programming, game shows, classic sitcoms and dramas, and movies.
The network reaches 15.7 million television households throughout the United States through a variety of sources, including broadcast affiliates, cable, and over internet television on the SkyAngel platform. It won a 2008 Telly Award.
The organization also operated FamilyNet Radio 161, a full-time Christian talk channel on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, but was dropped on November 30, 2010 in favor of FamilyTalk.
On October 24, 2012, Rural TV purchased FamilyNet. The two channels are expected to merge by January 1, 2013.
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—Stella Chess (20th century)
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)