KTBN (shortwave)
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KTBN was the shortwave radio outlet of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
, a large religious
international broadcaster
. The station's programming was a simulcast of the audio portion of the TBN television service.
. Owned by Carlson Communications International, KUSW broadcast a combination of news and rock music. The station also offered a mail-order catalog of products made in the Rocky Mountains. The station's "theme song", used as an interval signal
for sign-ons, sign-offs, and to signal frequency changes, was "Telegraph Road
" by Dire Straits.
Carlson sold the station to the TBN ministry in December 1990. To celebrate the format/ownership change, TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch staged a televised explosion of the KUSW record library.
As early as June 2004, KTBN broadcast warnings that it would leave the air due to "lack of [listener] response". Although the station continued for several years after these announcements, pages dedicated to the KTBN shortwave service were deleted from the TBN website in 2005. The station ceased operations on March 30, 2008.
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
, a large religious
Religious broadcasting
Religious broadcasting refers to broadcasting by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. Many religious organizations have long recorded content such as sermons and lectures, and have moved into distributing content on their Internet websites.While this article emphasises...
international broadcaster
International broadcasting
International broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...
. The station's programming was a simulcast of the audio portion of the TBN television service.
History
KUSW, which was also branded "The Superpower", officially signed on December 26, 1987 during the peak years of the American commercial shortwave broadcasting boom triggered by the founding of WRNO WorldwideWRNO (shortwave)
WRNO is a commercial shortwave radio station which began international broadcasting on 18 February 1982 and continued broadcasting through the early 1990s from Metairie, Louisiana...
. Owned by Carlson Communications International, KUSW broadcast a combination of news and rock music. The station also offered a mail-order catalog of products made in the Rocky Mountains. The station's "theme song", used as an interval signal
Interval signal
An interval signal, or tuning signal, is a characteristic sound or musical phrase used in international broadcasting and by some domestic broadcasters...
for sign-ons, sign-offs, and to signal frequency changes, was "Telegraph Road
Telegraph Road (song)
"Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on their 1982 album Love over Gold. Clocking in at 14:18 minutes long, it is rarely played by radio stations, yet has remained highly regarded over the years.It was first played live at the...
" by Dire Straits.
Carlson sold the station to the TBN ministry in December 1990. To celebrate the format/ownership change, TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch staged a televised explosion of the KUSW record library.
As early as June 2004, KTBN broadcast warnings that it would leave the air due to "lack of [listener] response". Although the station continued for several years after these announcements, pages dedicated to the KTBN shortwave service were deleted from the TBN website in 2005. The station ceased operations on March 30, 2008.
Frequencies
At the time of its last broadcasts, KTBN could be heard on the following frequencies:- English to North America: 7,505 kHz from 0100 to 1500 UTC; 15,590 kHz from 1500 to 0100 UTC.
See also
- Trinity Broadcasting NetworkTrinity Broadcasting NetworkThe Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
- International broadcastingInternational broadcastingInternational broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...
- Shortwave Radio