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Daystar Television Network (view source)
Revision as of 04:38, December 14, 2008
, 04:38, December 14, 2008Added the offical start of the network
==Beginning==
==Beginning==
During a trip to [[Jerusalem]] Marcus Lamb was instructed by [[God]] to start a [[Christian]] television station in Montgomery, Alabama.<ref>Lamb, Joni. (2008). ''Surrender All: Your Answer to Living with Peace, Power and Purpose'', WaterBrook Press, Pages 1-17</ref> Lamb and his wife, Joni, followed the instruction and put together as much money as they could in ordre to purchase a broadcast license permit in the city. They set up their station using equipment that other stations had tossed away. Their station, WMCF-TV 45, went up on 12 October 1985. Despite briefly losing power due to a bounced check and a small staff, they kept going. As the years went by, they were able to improve the presentation and gradually increase the viewership. Around 1990, Marcus received another direction from [[God]], this time to start a [[Christian]] television station in [[Dallas]].
During a trip to [[Jerusalem]] Marcus Lamb was instructed by [[God]] to start a [[Christian]] television station in Montgomery, Alabama.<ref>Lamb, Joni. (2008). ''Surrender All: Your Answer to Living with Peace, Power and Purpose'', WaterBrook Press, Pages 1-17</ref> Lamb and his wife, Joni, followed the instruction and put together as much money as they could in ordre to purchase a broadcast license permit in the city. They set up their station using equipment that other stations had tossed away. Their station, WMCF-TV 45, went up on 12 October 1985. Despite briefly losing power due to a bounced check and a small staff, they kept going. As the years went by, they were able to improve the presentation and gradually increase the viewership. Around 1990, Marcus received another direction from [[God]], this time to start a [[Christian]] television station in [[Dallas]].
The Lambs sold WMCF and made the move to Dallas. They were found a broadcast license permit that was available for a fee of one million dollars, with a ten thousand dollar commitment to secure the contract. They were able to collect the ten thousand by selling land that Marcus had previously received as a gift. Their new station, KMPX-TV 29, went up in 1993. Over the next few years, they spread their reach by purchasing other stations nearby. By late 1997, the newly renamed Daystar Television Network started with an airing of TD Jakes' "Potter's House". A series of dealings allowed them to spread their reach further, even to Michigan. As of 2008, Daystar can be seen in all 50 US states as well as every other country around the globe.
==Programming==
==Programming==