The Victory Television Network, or VTN, is a statewide religious television network

Television network

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 founded in 1988 by husband-and-wife Happy and Jeanne Caldwell. KVTN in Little Rock was the first station to sign on the air on December 1, 1988. VTN is available on more than 225 cable systems across the region. The main KVTN station is also available to DirecTV and Dish Network customers within the Little Rock market.



The VTN network comprises three stations:

Station	City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....	Channel Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast...	VC1	First air date	4th letter’s meaning	ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...	HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts...	Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and...	Transmitter Coordinates
KVTN-DT	Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area...	24 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	25	December 1, 1988	Network	725 kW	355.5 m	607	34°31′55.7"N 92°2′41.6"W
KVTH-DT	Hot Springs Hot Springs, Arkansas Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...	26 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	26	April 2, 1995	Hot Springs	66.4 kW	258 m	608	34°22′20.2"N 93°2′48.9"W
KVTJ-DT	Jonesboro Jonesboro, Arkansas Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...	48 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	48	June 19982	Jonesboro	780 kW	297 m	2784	35°36′13.1"N 90°31′18.5"W

Notes:

• 1. Virtual channel (PSIP).
• 2. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KVTJ signed on June 6, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on June 26.

As of 10:00 AM February 9, 2009 VTN's three stations are digital only.

VTN is the only Christian television network headquartered in Arkansas—reaching 1.2 million homes across the state of Arkansas, Western Tennessee (including the Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

area), the bootheel of Missouri and portions of Northern Mississippi. It is also one of the few religious independent stations outside of major U.S. markets.

VTN carries a combination of the most popular national Christian programs, as well as locally-produced religious shows. Original program features such as Community Connection, More Than Champions and VTN Carbonated are also seen.

External links

• Official site