NRB TV is an

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cable channel founded by members of the

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, a non-partisan, international association of Christian communicators. While the NRB association is located in

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, the channel's corporate headquarters is located in

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. Created in 2005, the network can be seen on

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satellite and broadcast affiliates making it available to a national audience of over 40 million viewers. Programming can also be streamed at nrbtv.org, on Roku players, and via a mobile app available for iPhones, iPods, iPads, Android phones, Android tablets, and Windows Phones.

Programming

Like the NRB association itself, the programming on NRB TV reflects on a belief in

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, particularly

Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

and

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. Many programs broadcast on the NRB Network are produced by members of the National Religious Broadcasters association. NRB TV broadcasts independently produced content in various formats, including talk shows, dramas, reality shows, and documentaries. Weekday morning programming is dedicated to devotional programming including ''Renewing Your Mind with

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'', ''Precepts for Life with

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'', ''Quick Study with Rod Hembree''. The channel's daytime schedule is targeted to a female audience with fitness programs and talk shows that include ''New Life Live with Steve Arterburn'', ''

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'', and ''Babbie's House,'' which is hosted by recording artist

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. NRB TV's primetime lineup features an emphasis on Christian apologetics and includes apologists

Ravi Zacharias Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (26 March 194619 May 2020) was an Indian-born Canadian-American Christian evangelical minister and apologist who founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM). He was involved in Christian apologet ...

William Lane Craig William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. He is Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist ...

Eric Metaxas Eric Metaxas (born 1963) is an American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. He has written three biographies, ''Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery'' about William Wilberforce (2007), ''Bonhoeffer: P ...

Ken Ham Kenneth Alfred Ham (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist and apologist, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apolo ...

and

John Lennox John Carson Lennox (born 7 November 1943) is a Northern Irish mathematician, bioethicist and Christian apologist. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and faith (like his books, ''Has Science Buried Go ...

. Weekend programming on the channel includes kids shows on Saturday mornings and teen programs in the evening. Sunday programming is dedicated to teaching and preaching shows from pastors representing a variety of evangelical denominations. Among NRB TV's Sunday lineup are ''Turning Point Ministries with

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'', ''Live at Thomas Road'' with

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, ''Living Truth with Charles Price'', and ''Love Worth Finding'' with the late Adrian Rogers.

Affiliates

WCKV-LD WCKV-LD (channel 22) is a low-power television station in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with the religious network The Walk TV. The station is owned by TN Media Group, Inc. WCKV-LD's transmitter is located at the corner of F ...

22.4

Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 202 ...

* WOBV 5.1 Starkville, Mississippi *

WJGN-CD WJGN-CD (channel 38) is a low-power, Class A television station in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. The station is owned by Bridge Media Networks, and has its studios on North Landing Road in Virginia Beach. Prior to the digital switchove ...

38.1

Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, it is the second-most populous independent city in Virginia, tenth-largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 90th ...

KHWB-LD KHWB-LD, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 34), is a low-powered NRB TV- affiliated television station licensed to Eugene, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by His Word Broadcasting. History KHWB-LD signed on in May 1982 as W59 ...

38.1

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...

WSOT-LD WSOT-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 27, is a low-power NRB- affiliated television station licensed A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission ...

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Marion, Indiana Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 United States Census. The city is the county seat of Grant County. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the ...

* WFTT-DT 62.1

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External links

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