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85-510: WSCG (channel 34) is a religious television station licensed to Baxley, Georgia , United States, serving the Savannah area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's studios are located on Sams Point Road in Beaufort, South Carolina , and its transmitter is located on Fort Argyle Road/ SR 204 in unincorporated western Chatham County, Georgia . WSCG

170-575: A 40.5% stake in Primus. On April 14, 2014, Primus was renamed HC2 Holdings, Inc. On July 9, 2021, Primus announced that it would be renamed INNOVATE Corp., stating the new name "reflects the Company’s focus on innovative growth businesses". Despite its parent company's renaming, the broadcasting unit is still known as HC2 Broadcasting. Primus had a subsidiary in the United Kingdom . A management buyout of

255-472: A European country that permits asking viewers for money on air. Stations may appear to be based in the UK, but actually broadcast from another country. However Ofcom since lifted the restriction, and channels with UK licences can now ask for funds on air. The other primary method for raising funds to run religious channels is to accept paid advertising. Traveling preachers and large churches and ministries often set up

340-538: A Japanese Internet Service Provider; Shore.Net, a New-England based Internet Service Provider with data center facilities and InterNeXt S.A., a French Internet Service Provider with national operations. These acquisitions also coincided with Primus entering the Puerto Rico market by partnering with Virtual Inc. and receiving a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) license. At its peak in March 2000, Primus' stock price

425-633: A TV department filming what they do; they then buy slots on TV channels to show their programmes. Often the same programme from an organization is shown on several channels at different times as they buy slots. The vast majority of organizations which do this are US-based. In the UK this tends to make Christian TV channels appear to be US-based, as most material originates there. Some UK TV channels have invested in making programmes to complement advertising, most notably GOD TV and Revelation TV. HC2 Holdings Innovate Corp. (formerly known as HC2 Holdings, Inc. and Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. )

510-574: A cost-effective retail voice service, Lingo offered U.S. customers unlimited calling in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe for only $ 19.95 per month. Despite 6% revenue growth in Primus' new services, broadband and VOIP, on March 14, 2006, Primus Telecommunications stock was transferred from the NASDAQ National Market to the NASDAQ Capital Market due to the value of the stock dropping below $ 1.00. This setback, however, did not stop

595-509: A dispersed audience throughout the U.S.. The Moody Bible Institute was the first religious organization to use satellite radio to reach a larger audience than before. The Moody Bible Institute was also one of the first religious broadcasting networks to receive a non-commercial educational FM license from the FCC allowing them to open other stations. Religious broadcasting in the United States is mainly

680-484: A fiber-optic cable placed into their master control connecting directly to the cable company giving the station a much clearer signal. On April 1, 2016, it was announced that WGSA would lose its CW affiliation to the second digital subchannel of WSAV-TV on September 12 of that year. Following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction in September 2017, Lowcountry 34 Media, LLC (operated by Jeff and Janet Winemiller) agreed to buy

765-489: A fully integrated service provider--capable of delivering and bundling high-growth telecommunication services, including local, wireless, and broadband...with the capability of offering arrays of bundled wireline/wireless/broadband/VOIP products in its major markets. In 2004, Primus made their first product release in line with their new vision by releasing a high-speed VoIP Internet phone service dubbed 'Lingo'. Designed to leverage Primus international data network to provide

850-506: A furore: Jesus: The Evidence (London Weekend Television for Channel 4), broadcast over the Easter period in 1984, proved to be a pivotal moment in the disintegrating relationship between the broadcasting institutions and the churches. In 2010, the commercial public service television broadcasters de-prioritised their religious output due to commercial pressures. The 2009 Ofcom report found that religious broadcasting on public service channels

935-556: A genre group or locality, such as Cross Rhythms based in Stoke-on-Trent, a contemporary music station with a local FM community radio license. Branch FM operates across West Yorkshire and is a volunteer-run community Christian radio station. Like most other local Christian stations, they also use the Internet to gain national coverage. There are other UK-based radio channels which apply for regular temporary licenses, such as Flame FM on

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1020-596: A long-distance carrier license in the then-newly deregulated United Kingdom and also released their initial public offering. They completed their public listing the following year with the completion of the sale of more than US$ 225 million in senior notes and warrants. Primus' global expansion continued in 1997 with key acquisitions and international network expansion. They completed the build and activation of their Australian switched network, international gateway switches in New York and Los Angeles, and trans-Pacific links. 1997

1105-405: A move described as 'dangerous' by at least one national newspaper, suggesting that the decision was based on a mistaken presumption that religion was 'a preoccupation of people who are old, strange or both, something of no interest to those happy enough to be neither' The BBC's decision, and the quantitative decline in religious broadcasting over several decades (as well as a growing sense that there

1190-508: A multi-station deal in Puerto Rico was announced with HC2 buying WOST , WQQZ-CD and WWKQ-LD from Corporate Media Consultants Group LLC for $ 2.85 million. In October, HC2 purchased K20JX-D from Amazing Facts Inc for $ 800,000. In May 2019, HC2 Holdings announced they were acquiring a full-power station from Lowcountry Media for $ 2.6 million. WSCG of Baxley, Georgia serves the Savannah market. The purchase of two low-power stations

1275-423: A news share agreement with NBC affiliate WSAV-TV, channel 3 (at the time owned by Media General ). The arrangement resulted in a prime time newscast debuting on this station. Known on-air as WSAV News 3 at 10 , the program was seen for thirty minutes on weeknights. It was effectively "moved" from previously airing at 7 p.m. on MyNetworkTV / MeTV outlet WSAV-DT2 (now a CW affiliate). With the switch to 10 o'clock,

1360-664: A notice of non-consummation of the purchase on November 7. Subsequently, on January 28, 2020, Lowcountry 34 Media announced it would sell the station to Marion, Illinois –based Tri-State Christian Television for $ 3 million. The sale was completed on April 1, making WSCG an owned-and-operated station of the TCT Network and the first full-power religious station in the Savannah market. In addition, Lowcountry 34 Media also announced that it would sell WSCG-LD and translator WGCB-LD to Marquee Broadcasting . In-early October 2013, WGSA established

1445-399: A significant deal with Qwest for fiber and increased bandwidth capacity for their U.S points of presence. In March 1999, Primus' Canadian subsidiary purchased Toronto-based London Telecom Group Inc. Earlier in the year Primus also purchased GlobalServe Communications, a privately owned Canadian Internet Service Provider. These acquisitions were closely followed by the purchase of many of

1530-480: A stock-for-stock transaction, reportedly Arbinet shareholders will own approximately 23% of the combined company and Primus shareholders are expected to own approximately 77% of the combined company. With more than 1,100 carriers worldwide utilizing the Arbinet network Primus expects the deal to add $ 300 million a year in revenue to its global wholesale group and deliver cost savings of $ 3 million to $ 7 million for each of

1615-532: A sum of US$ 125 million which was later completed for US$ 150 million. The completion of this acquisition increased Primus' customer base to approximately 200,000 corporate, small and medium-sized business, residential and wholesale customers in the North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions. That same year, Primus received international carrier status from Canada's Radio and Telephone Commission and signed

1700-407: Is allowed, or in some cases required. For example, a function of the state-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation is by law "to broadcast such programmes as may promote Islamic ideology, national unity and principles of democracy, freedom equality, tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam..." (s. 10(1)(b)). Broadcasting in both radio and TV has taken on a new look with the development of

1785-507: Is also growing. The audience for religious television is still mainly white, middle-class, evangelicals but, that is also changing as there is an increase in young Catholic viewers and Spanish-language religious television. There has also been a growth in the number and power of television preachers in the United States, particularly evangelical preachers, also known as televangelists. In the United States , Christian organizations are by far

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1870-438: Is an American public financial services company founded in 1994. Primus commenced operations in 1994 intent on being a global, facilities-based service provider. They entered the U.S market in 1995 by assembling their core management team and beginning operations. In 1996, Primus began its global expansion by acquiring Australia's then-fourth largest telecommunications service provider, Axicorp. The same year, Primus obtained

1955-501: Is not rigid; broadcasters in both areas may appear in the Radio or Television section in this article.) Networks Also available over-the-air in: Channels In the Middle East, Christian satellite broadcaster SAT-7 operates five channels, SAT-7 ARABIC, SAT-7 PARS (Farsi), SAT-7 KIDS (Arabic), SAT-7 PLUS (Arabic) and SAT-7 TÜRK (Turkish), which broadcast in the prominent languages of

2040-597: Is not rigid; broadcasters in both areas may appear in the Radio or Television section in this article.) Religious radio stations include Religious broadcasting in the UK was established on 30 July 1922, a Sunday, when the first radio sermon was transmitted by J. Boon of the Peckham Christian Union, from the Burdette Aerial Works at Blackheath , to the congregation at Christ Church, Peckham , and listeners up to 100 miles distant. The religious ethos of

2125-402: Is one of a few TCT owned-and-operated stations to maintain its own studio facilities as other TCT O&Os ended their local operations in 2018. The station signed on as WUBI on May 1, 1992, and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 34. It was an independent station at first but joined The WB in 1995 and became known as "WB 34". The station switched to UPN in early 1997 as "UPN 13" (using

2210-559: The British Broadcasting Corporation , and the importance attributed to the place of its religious output is predominantly due to the distinctive and formative role played by the BBC's first director-general, John Reith . Reith was the son of a Presbyterian minister. Although opposed to narrow dogmatism, he strongly believed that it was a public service duty of the BBC to actively promote religion. The pattern established by Reith in

2295-709: The Federal Council of Churches petitioned the National Association of Broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission formally requesting that all paid religious programs be barred from the air. The major radio networks at this time donated time to the three major divisions of organized religion in the United States: Protestant , Roman Catholic , and Judaism . Protestant programming had been placed under exclusive direction of

2380-593: The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) organization. Financially, US channels tend to fare a lot better than UK based ones. The American concept of asking viewers to donate money to a channel to keep it going on air is considered more culturally acceptable than in the UK; as a result more money is raised this way. However this has become more contentious as television preachers have been accused of corruption and soliciting donations for their own personal use. There used to be no advertising revenue model –

2465-484: The BBC will: Raise our game across all output – Increase specialist expertise with a new Religious Affairs Team and Religion Editor in News (p19); Create networks of specialists (p27); Develop stakeholder relations (p27); Reach as many people as possible – Landmark series and programmes (p21); Cross-genre commissions (p16), A 'Year of Beliefs' in 2019 (p23); Content and social media aimed at a next generation audience (p23); Portray

2550-752: The Benns Family, all for a combined $ 9.67 million. KCEB in Longview, Texas , one of the two remaining stations in London Broadcasting Co.'s portfolio, was purchased in April 2018 for $ 225,000. Additional stations were purchased by NRJ TV for $ 9.25 million and One Ministries Inc. for $ 2.15 million. In June 2018, HC2 purchased stations from KM Communications for $ 1.85 million, Marion, Illinois –based Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) for $ 4 million and Estrella Media for $ 3,325,000. WPVN-CD of Chicago, Illinois

2635-738: The FCC's 2016 auction , two stations from Abrahantes Communications, 19 stations from Northstar Media, LLC (including two full-power stations) and the Azteca América network from TV Azteca . Seven Azteca América affiliates, including San Francisco market station KEMO-TV , were purchased from Jericho Partners LLC for $ 411,318 the following month. The string of purchases continued into 2018, with stations purchased from HERO Broadcasting, Tyche Media LLC, Joseph W Shaffer, Prime Time Partners LLC, Tran Star LLC, Iglesia Manmin Toda La Creacio USA Inc, Dallas De Mujer A Mujer International and

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2720-551: The Internet or, like TBN , broadcast 24 hours on terrestrial Freeview . Dedicated religious channels available include: http://www.ltbs.tv In the UK, Vision TV UK is available to viewers with Religious channels: Revelation TV, Firstlight, Good News TV, Dunamis TV, and Daystar TV. Also available are 3ABN television networks: 3ABN , 3ABN Latino, 3ABN Proclaim!, 3ABN Dare to Dream, 3ABN Français, 3ABN Russia, 3ABN Kids, and 3ABN Praise Him Music. http://www.visiontv.co.uk See also List of Islamic television and radio stations in

2805-608: The Isle of Man) and Trans World Radio (from Monte Carlo). Although there are tight restrictions on religious groups setting up their own radio and TV stations, there is a legal requirement for the BBC and ITV to broadcast a certain amount of religious programming. Some commercial local radio stations carry a limited amount of religious programming, particularly in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland . On January 2, 1921, KDKA broadcast

2890-592: The MW (medium wave) or VHF (FM) wavebands; others transmit using other methods, some of them nationally (such as via digital terrestrial TV broadcasting, satellite, and cable). Premier Radio is available on MW in the London area and also nationally on DAB. United Christian Broadcasters is available in both the London and Stoke-on-Trent areas, and nationally as well via DAB. TWR-UK is available on Sky, Freeview, Freesat and online. There are several UK-based radio stations that serve

2975-423: The Middle East and North Africa, as well as supporters from Europe, Canada [2] , United States [3] , and Asia. A function of the state-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation is by law "to broadcast such programmes as may promote Islamic ideology, national unity and principles of democracy, freedom equality, tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam..." (s. 10(1)(b)). Islamic broadcasters include: In

3060-687: The U.S. include: The UK equivalent of the NRB is the Christian Broadcasting Council, but affiliation is much less common. Additionally in the UK is the Church and Media Network, formed in 2009 as a successor to the Churches' Media Council, which states that it seeks to be a bridge between the media and the Christian community. Christian broadcasters (but not other religions) in the U.S. are organized through

3145-786: The UK business in 2010 saw this subsidiary separate from Primus Telecom to form New Call Telecom. HC2 entered into the field of broadcast television ownership in July 2017 with their purchase of a 50 percent stake in DTV America, which owned 50 low-power television (LPTV) stations in 42 markets in the United States; this transaction became an outright purchase by October 2017. Deals to purchase 38 low-power stations from Mako Communications and 14 low-power stations from Three Angels Broadcasting Network , followed in September and October, respectively. By November 2017, HC2 acquired seven stations from OTA Broadcasting that didn't have their spectrum sold during

3230-498: The UK, the first religious channel was Muslim TV Ahmadiyya , which launched in 1992. However, religious television is dominated by the main non-commercial terrestrial public service broadcaster, the BBC , obliged by its licence to broadcast 110 hours per year. Long-running programmes such as Songs of Praise continue to draw loyal audiences, although declining interest in devotional-style religious programmes — and sometimes erratic scheduling decisions — have taken their toll. Up until

3315-445: The US, 42 percent of non-commercial radio stations currently have a religious format where on the other hand about 80 percent of the 2,400 Christian radio stations and 100 full-power Christian TV stations throughout the entire United States are considered non-profit. In some countries, particularly those with an established state religion , broadcasting related to one particular religion only

3400-612: The United Kingdom Religious television stations in the United States experienced growth in the 1990s, the number of faith-based TV stations alone has tripled. The United States government does not regulate these networks to the same extent as it does commercial outlets, as the Free Exercise Clause limits how much the government can interfere in evangelism. Religious television is widely used by evangelical Christian groups, but other religions using television broadcasting

3485-582: The United States, Australia, Canada, India, Europe, or Brazil were included in the restructuring. The operating units have and will continue to manage and operate their businesses normally. The newly emerged public company was not listed on any stock exchange until June 23, 2011, when it began trading under the ticker PTGI on the NYSE. As of March 4, 2010, Primus appeared on the recovery track as they reported 2009 net revenue of US$ 814 million and free cash flow of $ 27.9 million; revenue increases they claim are partly

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3570-584: The Wirral, Cheshire which applies for two months of local FM broadcasting per year via a Restricted Service Licence (RSL), and Refresh FM , which regularly broadcasts in Manchester for 3 or 4 weeks over the Easter period. Also, there are religious broadcasters that transmit to the UK from outside on medium wave at night (when MW signals travel much further) by buying airtime on commercial stations such as Manx Radio (from

3655-399: The acquisition of Eclipse Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. and Hotkey Internet Services Pty Limited. These acquisitions, along with Primus' new Australian Carriers License, meant they were able to offer Internet and data services to Australians. This, however, was not Primus' most significant activity in 1998. In February that year, they announced the acquisition of TresCom International Inc. for

3740-400: The air unless they are willing to pay prohibitively high prices....” This was defeated by Walter A. Maier and others. The most prominent religion on the radio in the United States is Christianity, particularly the evangelical sect. It has changed since its inception with a growing audience and different regulations. The audience for Christian radio has grown in the past twenty years and has

3825-464: The back of announcements that Primus had begun strategic alliances with Akamai Technologies and Hewlett-Packard . Their relationship with Akamai involved an agreement to jointly deploy Akamai servers in select Primus points of presence to further Akamai's global content delivery capabilities. Primus' venture with Hewlett-Packard involved both parties joining forces to provide business services through HP-powered data centers across Primus' global network,

3910-533: The business from continuing to roll out their own DSLAM network internationally, especially in Australia. In 2007, Primus Telecom admitted paying more than $ 22 million to settle a lawsuit alleging illegal or fraudulent transfers of funds. Primus Telecom has also been named as a defendant in additional federal litigation. As of 2008, the company's stock had dropped more than 99% from its peak in early 2000, amid declining revenue and accelerating losses. According to

3995-476: The church services from Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA. The Rev. Lewis B. Whittemore, an associate pastor of the church, conducted the service, thus becoming the first Christian broadcaster. In 1923, Calvary Baptist Church in New York City was the first church to operate its own radio station. "Tell It From Calvary" is a radio show that the church still produces weekly; its heard on WMCA AM570. In 1938

4080-510: The company's SEC filings, Primus did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, due to the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over accounting for income taxes. Primus' struggles finally culminated in the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 16, 2009. However, months later, Primus emerged from Chapter 11 on July 1, 2009. The value recovered by shareholders of old common stock (ticker NASDAQ:PRTL) will depend on

4165-534: The company's financial performance over the four years following their emergence from Chapter 11. As a result of the reorganization, Primus's creditors have also become significant shareholders in the organization. Under the terms of the plan of reorganization Primus has reduced its debt by $ 316 million, or 55%, and will emerge from bankruptcy with approximately $ 255 million of debt. Additionally, Primus reduced interest payments by approximately 50% and extended certain debt maturities. None of Primus' operating companies in

4250-551: The council, an organization which represented about thirty denominations but less than half of American Protestantism. Overtly liberal in its theology, the Federal Council would not sponsor a conservative program such as the Lutheran Hour . Jealous of its privilege, the council's general secretary was on record as having said in 1929, "in the future, no denomination or individual church will be able to secure any time whatever on

4335-564: The diversity of beliefs and society – Diversify our range of contributors (p14); Increase coverage of religious events (p15); Enhance portrayal in mainstream programming (p17); Help people understand their values and decisions – Innovative content that works across genres (p17); Innovative online services that include archive content that is still relevant (p25) The BBC has yet to unveil details of plans for its 2019 'Year of Beliefs'. Dedicated religious channels are relatively new, and transmit via direct-to-home satellite, some, are streamed live via

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4420-451: The early days, and the advisory system that he established, continued to exert a strong influence on the corporation's religious output through the war years and beyond, and eventually extend from radio into television. British broadcasting laws prohibit religious organizations, political parties, local government, and trade unions from running national analog terrestrial stations. Some religious radio stations are available in certain areas on

4505-443: The fictional call letters "WBVH" (known on-air as "WB 15") as a member of The WB 100+ Station Group . During the analog era, WGSA's transmitter was located on the western fringe of the Savannah market and was too far away to provide most of the area with a good signal. As a result, it was seen in Savannah itself on Class A repeater WGSA-CA. That repeater was originally W34BO and was assigned in mid-November 1992 on channel 34 but

4590-558: The first foreign-based carriers to be awarded the license. They were also approved for a Public Telecommunications Operations license to offer voice telephony services in France and to capitalize on their agreement to interconnect with Deutsche Telekom they purchased German Internet Service Provider , TCP/IP GmbH. These developments and Primus' investment in pan-European fiber optic systems such as their Atlantic Crossing 1, Aphrodite Aphrodite, Arianne, CANTAT, Gemini and TAT12/13 meant Primus at

4675-620: The first two years. On November 8, 2013, Primus's board of directors decided to delist from the NYSE and de-register its common stock saying that the savings that would benefit shareholders and the company outweighed the advantages of continuing as a NYSE listed and a reporting company. Without the annual accounting and legal costs, and administrative burdens associated with SEC reporting obligations and compliance with Sarbenes-Oxley Act, Primus said it would be able to reduce its costs while still maintaining an environment with appropriate financial controls. On January 7, 2014, HRG Group Inc. purchased

4760-475: The frequency proved problematic. It became WUBI-LP on channel 38 in late-April 1996 but there were still reception problems. It became WGSA-LP on channel 50 in mid-September 1998 with a further upgrade to Class A (-CA) status in August 2001. The WGSA-CA license was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 3, 2015, due to the station having been silent since May 2, 2012. In January 2006, it

4845-465: The internet and mobile devices. Internet radio stations and internet TV stations have been on the rise over the last few years. The main reason for the increase is that the cost to set up and operate is significantly less than traditional radio and TV stations. This is huge for religious organisations as it allows them to put their religious content to a world wide audience at a fraction of the cost. (The distinction between radio and television broadcasters

4930-497: The larger religious network providers available to the mass public, many smaller religious organizations have a presence on cable television systems, either with their own channels (such as the 3ABN service) or by transmissions on public-access television common for local congregations ) or leased access channels. Religious programs are sometimes also transmitted on Sunday mornings by general commercial broadcasters not dedicated to religious programming. Religious broadcasters in

5015-791: The most widespread compared with other religions, with upwards of 1,600 television and radio stations across the country (not necessarily counting broadcast translators , though because many outlets have low power and repeat national telecasts, the difference is often hard to define). Christian television outlets in the U.S. usually broadcast in the UHF band. While there are many religious content providers for religious and faith-based television, there are few nationally recognized non-commercial television networks —funded by soliciting donations—such as Daystar Television Network (operated by Marcus Lamb and Joni Lamb ) and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (operated by Paul Crouch and Jan Crouch ). Unlike

5100-585: The organization. In January Primus won the Washington Technology Fast 50 award. Later that year they were recognized by Deloitte & Touche as the fastest growing technology company according to their Fast 500 ranking, an award subsequently won by eBay in 2001 and Google in 2004. Primus continued their network expansion by furthering their relationship with Qwest , they signed an agreement to purchase capacity for their nationwide fiber optic cable ring and connecting routes. This agreement came on

5185-499: The province of local or regional networks which produce programming relevant to their community, and is usually heard on stations holding non-commercial educational broadcast licenses . Although religious radio began as locally owned, because of the deregulation in the 1996 Telecommunications act it has become more consolidated with local affiliates under a national radio company. Several national networks do exist, which include: (The distinction between radio and television broadcasters

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5270-472: The region with more than 80% of programs made by and for people of the region. SAT-7's satellite footprints reach 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as 50 countries in Europe, with "free to air" programming. SAT7 , founded in 1995, is the first and largest Christian satellite broadcast organization operating in the region. It is supported by Christian churches from a variety of denominations in

5355-464: The relationship involved a US$ 50 million investment by Hewlett-Packard. While Primus continued expanding their ATM and IP networks in the U.S and internationally they also continued their acquisition growth strategy by purchasing LCR Telecom Group, a London-based voice and data reseller; Infinity Online Systems Inc., a Canadian Internet Service Provider; a 38% stake in Bekkoame Internet Inc.,

5440-448: The result of sales of IP-PBX, data hosting, and other managed services to small and medium enterprises... On November 11, 2010, Primus announced the acquisition of Arbinet Corporation. A provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally, Arbinet provides platform intelligence, call routing, and credit management and settlement capabilities. The deal was reportedly worth approximately $ 28 million in

5525-582: The retail operations of Telegroup Inc, including their Australian subsidiary. A long-distance telephone company based in Fairfield, Iowa with 350,000 customers around the world, Telegroup was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy before Primus purchased their assets for $ 72 million. Primus' growth did not end there. In March of the same year, they were granted a Type 1 Telecommunications Carrier License in Japan, which made them one of

5610-476: The show later broadcast in high definition on WGSA and was seen through a standard definition simulcast on WSAV-DT2. The newscast was also streamed live on WSAV's website. The station's signal is multiplexed : WSCG (as WGSA) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which

5695-424: The station from Southern TV Corporation for $ 1.2 million. Lowcountry 34 Media had reserved the call sign WSCG for assignment when it took control February 1, 2018. WSCG resumed broadcasting April 1, 2018, under new ownership. On May 21, 2019, it was announced that Lowcountry 34 Media would sell WSCG to HC2 Holdings for $ 2.6 million. The sale received FCC approval on July 2, 2019; however, Winemiller Television filed

5780-473: The station's cable channel for branding) after ABC affiliate WJCL (channel 22) originally carried UPN as a secondary affiliation. From 1997 to 1998, The WB's programming was only seen on cable and satellite providers in the Baxley and Savannah areas via the national feed of Chicago -based superstation WGN-TV . From 1998 onwards, WGN was displaced on those providers by a cable-only WB-affiliated station using

5865-536: The time and continue to remain profitable and record full-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $ 101 million in 2002. Primus did make some acquisitions in this period purchasing the U.S. retail voice customer base of Cable & Wireless in 2002, Canadian Internet provider Magma Communications Ltd and in Australia the internet service and interactive media businesses of AOL/7 as well as small Australian dot-com firms UseOz, Blue Mountains Internet and Standard.net. This period

5950-697: The time offered services to 25 major cities located in 11 countries, including Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Primus continued to pursue growth through the purchase of assets in 1999. They purchased a 51% controlling stake in Brazil's fifth largest Internet Service Provider, Matrix Internet S.A to gain access to the Brazilian market; they also acquired DSL provider DigitalSelect LLC to improve their residential broadband capabilities and firm 1492 Technologies to add e-commerce and web services capabilities to

6035-451: The traditional method of running commercial TV in the UK – that worked for religious TV channels. The UK government's Broadcasting Act 1990 allowed ownership of broadcasting licences by religious organisations and their officers and those who controlled them in some circumstances; this had previously not been allowed. Religious channels aimed at a UK audience could get around this previous restriction by basing themselves offshore, often in

6120-603: The turn of the century, the ITV network and Channel 4 also produced religious programme content, and for many years, Sunday evenings were dominated by 'the God slot' — a 70-minute period of religious programmes broadcast simultaneously on BBC1 and ITV. Attempts to extend the range of formats and experiment in more populist styles reached its zenith in the late 1960s with the light entertainment show, Stars on Sunday (Yorkshire Television, 1969–1979) on ITV, reaching audiences of 15 million. The show

6205-509: Was also available over-the-air via WGSA's second digital subchannel until September 11, 2016. WGSA had a modified construction permit for digital television on channel 35 which made it high-power for the first time and put the station's transmitter site just west of Savannah. On September 28, 2007, the Savannah Morning News reported after years of being the only local station Comcast rebroadcast from an over-the-air signal, WGSA had

6290-498: Was also the beginning of Primus' growth through acquisitions. In April, Primus purchased Cam-Net Communications Network Inc. to allow them to enter the Canadian long-distance market. Later that year, Primus acquired Telepassport LLC and the assets of USFI Inc; this expanded Primus' long distance services operations into Germany, Japan, Austria, Switzerland and South Africa. 1998 saw Primus expand their operations further in Australia with

6375-512: Was an absence of informed portrayals of religion in content more generally), has been implicated in what has been described as a rise in "religious illiteracy". Partly in response to these concerns, there was a major internal review at the BBC during 2017 'to reassess our role and strategy in this area, and reconsider how best to deliver our public service mission'. According to the BBC's internal report in December of that year: In practice, that means

6460-674: Was announced in June 2019. WBEH-CD of Miami, Florida and WSPF-CD of St. Petersburg, Florida were sold by WPMF Miami LLC for $ 3.7 million. The sales of these stations would fall through by the end of the year. WSCG and WSPF would later be sold to TCT, while WBEH would later be acquired by the Word of God Fellowship, parent of the Daystar Television Network . On October 21, 2022, INNOVATE Corp. announced that Azteca América would cease operations on December 31, after 22 years of operation as

6545-494: Was announced that The WB and UPN would end operations in September 2006 to form The CW , a combination of the best programs from both networks. It was made public on April 23 that WGSA would affiliate with The CW. In response to this announcement, Comcast removed "WBVH" from its channel lineup. Its successor, The CW Plus , affiliated with WGCW-LP, a low power station co-owned with WGSA on channel 38 and available exclusively on Comcast channel 240 as part of their digital lineup. WGCW

6630-440: Was canceled by the FCC effective February 16, 2017, due to having been silent since September 12, 2016. Religious television station Religious broadcasting can be funded commercially or through some sort of public broadcasting -style arrangement (religious broadcasters are often recognized as non-profit organizations). Donations from listeners and viewers, often tax-deductible , are solicited by some broadcasters. In

6715-627: Was conceived and presented by Yorkshire Television 's Head of Children's Programmes, Jess Yates and ran for a decade. Serious documentary-style religious content emerged in the 1970s, with the BBC's Everyman , and ITV's Credo programme series'. Religious broadcasting declined in the later 1970s and 1980s. The birth of the fourth public service channel in 1982, with a remit to cater for minority interests, raised expectations followed by disappointment among many who believed that Channel 4 would provide new opportunities for religious broadcasting. Channel 4's first major religious programme commission caused

6800-453: Was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 35. In addition to its main signal, WSCG operated two digital translators. The two former translators now operate independently as WSCG-LD and WGCB-LD, respectively, with WSCG-LD broadcasting its own programming and WGCB-LD acting as its translator. WGSA's signal was also repeated by WGCW-LP in Savannah, Georgia . WGCW-LP's license

6885-679: Was on aggregate the world's fifth largest carrier of international public switched telephone network (PSTN) voice traffic. Primus also used this period of growth to move their stock from the NASDAQ SmallCap Market to the NASDAQ National Market to gain more transparency. Towards the end of 2004, Primus' stock fell 69% and continued to fall in 2005 as their core revenue streams of long-distance telephone service, dial-up Internet connections and prepaid calling began shrinking. To remedy this trend Primus announced they would be shifting their focus from their long-distance voice heritage to become

6970-575: Was purchased from Polnet Communications for $ 7 million. Further transactions included WVTT-CD from Woodland Communications LLC for $ 1.5 million, along with stations from Milachi Media for $ 1,172,661, CNZ Communications for $ 1.75 million, and V1 Productions Inc for $ 503,000. September 2018 saw the announcement of the purchase of WJFB in Lebanon, Tennessee from Radiant Life Ministries for $ 5.75 million. HC2 also purchased Columbus, Ohio station WDEM-CD from Minority Brands for $ 850,000. Also in September,

7055-450: Was still a period of growth and relative success for Primus. In 2003, Primus was added to the Russell 3000 index, a U.S. equity index that captures the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks based on market capitalization. They were included in the 2004 'Fortune 1000', Forbes magazines ranking of the largest public companies, based on revenue, in the United States and a 2002 TeleGeography study found Primus

7140-455: Was valued at US$ 51.69 per share and the business was generating US$ 1.2 billion in revenue annually. Following the dot-com bubble "bursting" in 2000, and the subsequent U.S financial downturn and stock market crash in 2001 after September 11, Primus reportedly began scaling back growth plans and reducing their debt in response to their stock value dropping to US$ 0.54 in June 2002. This pre-emptive measure allowed Primus to avoid bankruptcy at

7225-448: Was watched on average for 2.3 hours per year per viewer on the main PSB channels in 2011, 2.7 hours in 2008, reducing steadily from 3.2 in 2006 and 3.6 in 2001. In 2006, 5% of viewers found religious broadcasting to be of personal importance. In 2017, the BBC announced that it was closing its dedicated Religious and Ethics Department and outsourcing its religious expertise and production work:

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