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History

In December 2013, DTV America Corporation announced the network's launch. The official launch took place on January 6, 2014. DTV America signed an agreement to launch Doctor TV affiliated low-power

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between December 2013 and July 2016, including 18 within the top 100 markets, with more coming soon after. Doctor TV signed affiliation deals with stations in 25 other markets. The network was to be dedicated to health care, in which what the channel's specialty programming will be offering. DTV America is currently the largest group of Doctor TV affiliates. In early 2014, the network's first affiliates signed on the air, including stations in

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became the first non-DTV America-operated station to sign one of its subchannels with Doctor TV in Fall 2014. The

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media market was the largest by size to have a Doctor TV affiliate.DrTV query @ RabbitEars.info
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, became the newest stations to sign on Doctor TV-affiliated subchannels. In January 2018, network was sold to Captender LLC with master control moved to Lufkin, Texas. The network's social media ceased being updated shortly after the sale. By the end of 2019, all of the network's stations had disaffiliated from the network and its online feed had ceased operating.

Programming

Doctor TV offered many healthy-lifestyle programs on their schedule, mainly including programming with healthcare information from medical professionals. In addition, the channel offered healthy cooking shows, as well as three fitness program series. They also broadcast “health minutes,” which were one-minute-long spots that gave the viewer health advice in a varied topic. Four and a half hours of children's educational programming was provided on Saturday and Sunday mornings, making a total of 9 hours of

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-mandated children's educational programming, triple the 3 hour minimum.DrTV Program Schedule for April 2015
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under the title “Music for Meditation.”

Former programming

*''Faithful Workouts'' *''Just Down the Road''

Availability

Online and streaming

In addition to its over-the-air affiliates, Doctor TV could also be viewed worldwide by using their live network stream at their website. Doctor TV was also available on the

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, making it available to all users of that device.DrTV + Roku - DRTV ChannelDRTVChannel
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Former affiliates

References

External links

Doctor TV - Official WebsiteDRTV Channel on FacebookDTV America
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