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Daystar Television Network

October 15, 2023

The Daystar Television Network (commonly referred to as Daystar Television, often shortened to Daystar) is an American evangelical Christian-based religious television network owned by the Word of God Fellowship, founded by Marcus Lamb in 1993. Daystar is headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas.[1] The network is based around prosperity theology.

Daystar Television Network
TypeReligious broadcasting
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
Worldwide
AffiliatesList of Daystar affiliates
HeadquartersBedford, Texas
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWord of God Fellowship
Key peopleJoni Lamb
Jonathan Lamb
History
Founded1993; 30 years ago (1993)
LaunchedDecember 31, 1997 (25 years ago) (1997-12-31)
FounderMarcus and Joni Lamb
Links
Websitewww.daystar.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionSee List of Daystar affiliates

History Edit

In 1984, Marcus and Joni Lamb (née Trammell) moved to Montgomery, Alabama to launch the state's first full-power Christian television station, WMCF-TV. The Lambs built the station for the next five years, and sold it in 1990. They next moved to Dallas, Texas, where, in 1993, they purchased the formerly defunct KMPX. In 1996, with a large contribution from Kenneth Copeland Ministries, the Lambs purchased a station in Colorado, officially turning their television ministry into a network. In August 1997, the small staff moved into a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m2) facility that included production studios; Daystar was officially launched on New Year's Eve 1997.[2][3]

On March 21, 2011, Daystar announced that it would downsize its production studios in Ashland, Kentucky; Houston, Texas; and Denver, Colorado, effective the following month; the facilities would continue to be used as transmitters, but not broadcasting centers, leading to layoffs. Further studios were abandoned and centralized to the network's Bedford, Texas headquarters with the 2019 repeal of the FCC's Main Studio Rule.

On November 30, 2021, Marcus Lamb died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.[4]

Controversies Edit

FCC investigation Edit

In 2003, Daystar was investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), centering on allegations that Daystar sold air time on its non-commercial educational stations to for-profit groups. The investigation complicated Daystar's US$21.5 million bid for KOCE-TV, a PBS station in Huntington Beach, California which at the time mainly served the suburban area of Orange County,[5][6] and other license renewals. After a lengthy process, Daystar and KOCE-TV eventually came to an agreement where Daystar leased a digital subchannel of KOCE, and broadcast network programming over KOCE-DT3 into Orange County and the Los Angeles area. This agreement has remained in place into the early 2020s, with KOCE since becoming the flagship Los Angeles area member station of PBS in January 2011, replacing KCET after that station defected from the network (the groups eventually merged, with KCET re-joining PBS secondarily).

On December 22, 2008, the FCC and Daystar entered into an agreement whereby Daystar would continue to utilize a multi-level review process to make sure its programming would not breach the underwriting spot guidelines applied by the FCC to non-commercial television stations, and would make additional good faith efforts to review all content received from external providers and remove direct calls for action before broadcasting the programming on Daystar's non-commercial educational stations. Daystar also agreed to pay a fine of $17,500 for past non-compliance.[7]

On March 13, 2012, the FCC questioned whether Daystar, through associated nonprofit companies, was qualified to purchase former PBS outlets KWBU-TV in Waco, Texas (which was renamed KDYW) and WMFE-TV in Orlando, Florida.[8] The WMFE deal was canceled two days later; the station was later resold and returned to PBS as WUCF-TV.[9] On September 7, 2012, KDYW's licensee, the Brazos Valley Broadcasting Foundation, informed the FCC that it would request the dismissal of the license assignment application and the cancellation of the KDYW license, with the cancellation becoming final on September 27.[10]

Israel Edit

Daystar became the first foreign Christian network to be given a broadcast license by the Israeli government in 2006. The announcement was criticized by Jewish leaders in both Israel and the United States, who believed the network aimed at converting Israeli Jews through its numerous Messianic Jewish programs. In 2007, Israeli cable provider HOT announced it would drop Daystar from its lineup, stating that the decision was made after the company received complaints about Daystar's content. Daystar filed a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court to hear the case, accusing HOT of religious discrimination.[11] Two years later, HOT reversed its decision and resumed carrying Daystar.[12]

Lawsuits Edit

On November 30, 2010, Marcus Lamb appeared on Celebration and admitted to having had an extramarital affair several years before,[13] telling viewers that unidentified individuals had attempted to extort money from him over the incident. He said that he had since reconciled with Joni over the matter; the Lambs subsequently appeared on Good Morning America and Dr. Phil to discuss their experiences with marriage counseling.[14]

Lamb's confession sparked a series of legal actions against Daystar. Former Daystar executive Jeanette Hawkins filed a lawsuit against the network, claiming that her knowledge of the affair caused "great emotional pain".[15] In February 2011, Jennifer Falcon, a former Daystar employee, filed a lawsuit claiming to have suffered sexual harassment, as well as demotion and defamation by the Lambs.[16] The following month, Karen Thompson, a former producer for Joni, sued Daystar for wrongful termination, claiming to have been harassed and fired for dating a male co-worker.[17]

An October 2011 decision, entered after a contested hearing by a Dallas court, dismissed the Hawkins fraud claim. All of the suits were withdrawn two months later when Falcon and Thompson withdrew their suit against the network, and no parties received compensation for the dispute.[18]

Paycheck Protection Program Edit

Word of God Fellowship applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan and received $3.9 million, under the reasoning of meeting employee payroll. Two weeks later, WoGF purchased a luxury 1997 Gulfstream V jet. Inside Edition questioned in an investigation if the organization had used the PPP loan funds to purchase the aircraft rather than for payroll purposes. Shortly after the report aired, the loan was paid back with interest.[19][20]

COVID-19 claims Edit

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Daystar was criticized for airing several programs which featured prominent anti-vaccine personalities such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Del Bigtree, and Simone Gold, who along with Daystar hosts promoted misinformation about the pandemic.[21] In their broadcasts, Marcus and Joni Lamb repeatedly touted discredited COVID-19 treatments such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin; both contracted COVID-19 despite these treatments, with Marcus Lamb dying from COVID-related complications in November 2021. Daystar had also filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, calling it a "sin against God's Holy Word".[22]

In October 2021, Australian pay television company Foxtel, which offers Daystar as part of its channel package, announced that it was conducting a review after receiving complaints about Daystar programs featuring interviews promoting conspiracy theories about, and unproven treatments for, COVID-19.[23] The review subsequently found that Daystar did not breach any industry codes of practice for news and current affairs programs, or any federal or state law. Although the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation for online platforms, this does not include television broadcasters.[24]

Availability Edit

Main article: List of Daystar affiliates
See also: Category:Daystar Television Network affiliates

Daystar is available on broadcast and cable television in the United States and worldwide on direct broadcast satellite systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network, and unencrypted satellite. The network is composed of two VHF and 37 UHF television stations, which each broadcast all or part of Daystar's program lineup. Daystar owns a number of television stations in the U.S., either directly or through its parent company, Word of God Fellowship, Inc. The network also offers Spanish language translation of most programming via the second audio program, which is sometimes offered by some pay television providers as its own network.

On June 13, 2013, Daystar entered into a strategic partnership with Canadian-based religious network Grace TV, in which the network's non-Canadian content (constituting 65% of programming) would be supplied by Daystar. Additionally, Daystar picked up You Are Loved, a program hosted by Grace TV's CEO, Peter Youngren.[25] The network ultimately re-branded as Daystar Canada.[26]

Daystar's HD service is available in the UK via the Astra 2G satellite as part of the Sky and Freesat platforms[27] and via terrestrial TV on the Freeview platform.[28]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "About the Daystar Television Network". Daystar Television Network, USA. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "About Daystar Television with Marcus Lamb and Joni Lamb".
  3. ^ "Daystar - Christian Satellite TV".
  4. ^ Marfin, Catherine (November 30, 2021). "Marcus Lamb, founder of Dallas-area Christian TV network Daystar, dies at 64". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  5. ^ Arellano, Gustavo (February 26, 2004). . OC Weekly. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  6. ^ Castillo, Andrew (October 23, 2006). . Mt. San Antonio College Mountaineer. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  7. ^ Consent Decree between FCC and Daystar. Retrieved on December 23, 2008.
  8. ^ "Re: Form 314 Application for Consent to Assignment of License of…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Boedecker, Hal (August 15, 2012). . Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Harding, Kevin R. (September 27, 2012). "In Re: BLCDT-20060622AAS…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  11. ^ "Ousted Christian TV Network Takes Case to Israeli High Court". September 19, 2007.
  12. ^ "Daystar creeps back into Israel". Jewish Israel. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  14. ^ Televangelist says he cheated on wife, CNN.com, December 1, 2010.
  15. ^ Jabali-Nash, Naimah (December 3, 2010). "Rev. Marcus Lamb of DayStar TV Faces Unusual Lawsuit After Admitting Affair". CBS News.
  16. ^ Katherine T. Phan (February 20, 2011). "New Daystar Lawsuit Accuses Joni Lamb's Father of Sexual Harassment". The Christian Post. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  17. ^ "Third Former Employee Sues Daystar". March 28, 2011.
  18. ^ Jeffrey Weiss (March 21, 2012). "High-profile sexual harassment lawsuits against Christian broadcaster Daystar quietly withdrawn". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  19. ^ Crowley, James (December 15, 2020). "Televangelist Network Returns Millions in PPP Loan After Buying Private Jet". Newsweek. Newsweek Digital LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  20. ^ "Marcus Lamb's Daystar TV Pays Back $3.9M PPP Loan After Inside Edition Investigates Church's Jet Purchase". Inside Edition. Inside Edition Inc. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  21. ^ Johnson, Timothy (March 18, 2021). "Anti-vaccine ministry uses Facebook to promote dangerous COVID-19 and vaccine falsehoods to millions of followers". Media Matters for America. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  22. ^ Derysh, Igor (December 2021). "Anti-vax televangelist dies after using "protocols" his TV network promoted to treat COVID". Salon. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  23. ^ Foxtel Australia launches review into Christian TV channel with anti-vax message ABC News, October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  24. ^ Drinkwater, Dale Founder of anti-vaccination Christian TV network dies after contracting COVID-19, as review finds no breach of TV codes ABC News, December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  25. ^ . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  26. ^ . Grace Media. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  27. ^ Astra 2G at 28.2°E LyngSat. Accessed October 16, 2018
  28. ^ Daystar Television launches full-time on Freeview Digital TV Europe January 7, 2015. Accessed October 16, 2018

External links Edit

  • Official website  
  • Video on Demand Content

October 15, 2023
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The Daystar Television Network commonly referred to as Daystar Television often shortened to Daystar is an American evangelical Christian based religious television network owned by the Word of God Fellowship founded by Marcus Lamb in 1993 Daystar is headquartered in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford Texas 1 The network is based around prosperity theology Daystar Television NetworkTypeReligious broadcastingCountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaNationwideWorldwideAffiliatesList of Daystar affiliatesHeadquartersBedford TexasProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 480i 576i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerWord of God FellowshipKey peopleJoni LambJonathan LambHistoryFounded1993 30 years ago 1993 LaunchedDecember 31 1997 25 years ago 1997 12 31 FounderMarcus and Joni LambLinksWebsitewww daystar comAvailabilityTerrestrialDigital terrestrial televisionSee List of Daystar affiliates Contents 1 History 2 Controversies 2 1 FCC investigation 2 2 Israel 2 3 Lawsuits 2 4 Paycheck Protection Program 2 5 COVID 19 claims 3 Availability 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIn 1984 Marcus and Joni Lamb nee Trammell moved to Montgomery Alabama to launch the state s first full power Christian television station WMCF TV The Lambs built the station for the next five years and sold it in 1990 They next moved to Dallas Texas where in 1993 they purchased the formerly defunct KMPX In 1996 with a large contribution from Kenneth Copeland Ministries the Lambs purchased a station in Colorado officially turning their television ministry into a network In August 1997 the small staff moved into a 32 000 square foot 3 000 m2 facility that included production studios Daystar was officially launched on New Year s Eve 1997 2 3 On March 21 2011 Daystar announced that it would downsize its production studios in Ashland Kentucky Houston Texas and Denver Colorado effective the following month the facilities would continue to be used as transmitters but not broadcasting centers leading to layoffs Further studios were abandoned and centralized to the network s Bedford Texas headquarters with the 2019 repeal of the FCC s Main Studio Rule On November 30 2021 Marcus Lamb died after being hospitalized with COVID 19 4 Controversies EditFCC investigation Edit In 2003 Daystar was investigated by the Federal Communications Commission FCC centering on allegations that Daystar sold air time on its non commercial educational stations to for profit groups The investigation complicated Daystar s US 21 5 million bid for KOCE TV a PBS station in Huntington Beach California which at the time mainly served the suburban area of Orange County 5 6 and other license renewals After a lengthy process Daystar and KOCE TV eventually came to an agreement where Daystar leased a digital subchannel of KOCE and broadcast network programming over KOCE DT3 into Orange County and the Los Angeles area This agreement has remained in place into the early 2020s with KOCE since becoming the flagship Los Angeles area member station of PBS in January 2011 replacing KCET after that station defected from the network the groups eventually merged with KCET re joining PBS secondarily On December 22 2008 the FCC and Daystar entered into an agreement whereby Daystar would continue to utilize a multi level review process to make sure its programming would not breach the underwriting spot guidelines applied by the FCC to non commercial television stations and would make additional good faith efforts to review all content received from external providers and remove direct calls for action before broadcasting the programming on Daystar s non commercial educational stations Daystar also agreed to pay a fine of 17 500 for past non compliance 7 On March 13 2012 the FCC questioned whether Daystar through associated nonprofit companies was qualified to purchase former PBS outlets KWBU TV in Waco Texas which was renamed KDYW and WMFE TV in Orlando Florida 8 The WMFE deal was canceled two days later the station was later resold and returned to PBS as WUCF TV 9 On September 7 2012 KDYW s licensee the Brazos Valley Broadcasting Foundation informed the FCC that it would request the dismissal of the license assignment application and the cancellation of the KDYW license with the cancellation becoming final on September 27 10 Israel Edit Daystar became the first foreign Christian network to be given a broadcast license by the Israeli government in 2006 The announcement was criticized by Jewish leaders in both Israel and the United States who believed the network aimed at converting Israeli Jews through its numerous Messianic Jewish programs In 2007 Israeli cable provider HOT announced it would drop Daystar from its lineup stating that the decision was made after the company received complaints about Daystar s content Daystar filed a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court to hear the case accusing HOT of religious discrimination 11 Two years later HOT reversed its decision and resumed carrying Daystar 12 Lawsuits Edit On November 30 2010 Marcus Lamb appeared on Celebration and admitted to having had an extramarital affair several years before 13 telling viewers that unidentified individuals had attempted to extort money from him over the incident He said that he had since reconciled with Joni over the matter the Lambs subsequently appeared on Good Morning America and Dr Phil to discuss their experiences with marriage counseling 14 Lamb s confession sparked a series of legal actions against Daystar Former Daystar executive Jeanette Hawkins filed a lawsuit against the network claiming that her knowledge of the affair caused great emotional pain 15 In February 2011 Jennifer Falcon a former Daystar employee filed a lawsuit claiming to have suffered sexual harassment as well as demotion and defamation by the Lambs 16 The following month Karen Thompson a former producer for Joni sued Daystar for wrongful termination claiming to have been harassed and fired for dating a male co worker 17 An October 2011 decision entered after a contested hearing by a Dallas court dismissed the Hawkins fraud claim All of the suits were withdrawn two months later when Falcon and Thompson withdrew their suit against the network and no parties received compensation for the dispute 18 Paycheck Protection Program Edit Word of God Fellowship applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan and received 3 9 million under the reasoning of meeting employee payroll Two weeks later WoGF purchased a luxury 1997 Gulfstream V jet Inside Edition questioned in an investigation if the organization had used the PPP loan funds to purchase the aircraft rather than for payroll purposes Shortly after the report aired the loan was paid back with interest 19 20 COVID 19 claims Edit During the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States Daystar was criticized for airing several programs which featured prominent anti vaccine personalities such as Robert F Kennedy Jr Del Bigtree and Simone Gold who along with Daystar hosts promoted misinformation about the pandemic 21 In their broadcasts Marcus and Joni Lamb repeatedly touted discredited COVID 19 treatments such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin both contracted COVID 19 despite these treatments with Marcus Lamb dying from COVID related complications in November 2021 Daystar had also filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over its COVID 19 vaccination mandate calling it a sin against God s Holy Word 22 In October 2021 Australian pay television company Foxtel which offers Daystar as part of its channel package announced that it was conducting a review after receiving complaints about Daystar programs featuring interviews promoting conspiracy theories about and unproven treatments for COVID 19 23 The review subsequently found that Daystar did not breach any industry codes of practice for news and current affairs programs or any federal or state law Although the Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA has issued a Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation for online platforms this does not include television broadcasters 24 Availability EditMain article List of Daystar affiliates See also Category Daystar Television Network affiliates Daystar is available on broadcast and cable television in the United States and worldwide on direct broadcast satellite systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network and unencrypted satellite The network is composed of two VHF and 37 UHF television stations which each broadcast all or part of Daystar s program lineup Daystar owns a number of television stations in the U S either directly or through its parent company Word of God Fellowship Inc The network also offers Spanish language translation of most programming via the second audio program which is sometimes offered by some pay television providers as its own network On June 13 2013 Daystar entered into a strategic partnership with Canadian based religious network Grace TV in which the network s non Canadian content constituting 65 of programming would be supplied by Daystar Additionally Daystar picked up You Are Loved a program hosted by Grace TV s CEO Peter Youngren 25 The network ultimately re branded as Daystar Canada 26 Daystar s HD service is available in the UK via the Astra 2G satellite as part of the Sky and Freesat platforms 27 and via terrestrial TV on the Freeview platform 28 See also EditList of United States over the air television networks Religious television networksReferences Edit About the Daystar Television Network Daystar Television Network USA December 27 2016 Retrieved December 27 2016 About Daystar Television with Marcus Lamb and Joni Lamb Daystar Christian Satellite TV Marfin Catherine November 30 2021 Marcus Lamb founder of Dallas area Christian TV network Daystar dies at 64 Dallas Morning News Retrieved November 30 2021 Arellano Gustavo February 26 2004 Jesus Meet Michael Powell OC Weekly Archived from the original on October 12 2007 Retrieved May 22 2007 Castillo Andrew October 23 2006 Governor stops sale of KOCE TV station Mt San Antonio College Mountaineer Archived from the original on September 28 2007 Retrieved May 22 2007 Consent Decree between FCC and Daystar Retrieved on December 23 2008 Re Form 314 Application for Consent to Assignment of License of PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission March 13 2012 Retrieved March 17 2012 Boedecker Hal August 15 2012 FCC grants UCF the license for Channel 24 Orlando Sentinel Archived from the original on September 22 2012 Harding Kevin R September 27 2012 In Re BLCDT 20060622AAS PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved September 28 2012 Ousted Christian TV Network Takes Case to Israeli High Court September 19 2007 Daystar creeps back into Israel Jewish Israel Retrieved October 19 2009 Woman Sues TV Preacher for Failing to Disclose Affair Employment Archived from the original on June 8 2017 Retrieved September 4 2012 Televangelist says he cheated on wife CNN com December 1 2010 Jabali Nash Naimah December 3 2010 Rev Marcus Lamb of DayStar TV Faces Unusual Lawsuit After Admitting Affair CBS News Katherine T Phan February 20 2011 New Daystar Lawsuit Accuses Joni Lamb s Father of Sexual Harassment The Christian Post Retrieved June 20 2013 Third Former Employee Sues Daystar March 28 2011 Jeffrey Weiss March 21 2012 High profile sexual harassment lawsuits against Christian broadcaster Daystar quietly withdrawn The Dallas Morning News Retrieved June 20 2013 Crowley James December 15 2020 Televangelist Network Returns Millions in PPP Loan After Buying Private Jet Newsweek Newsweek Digital LLC Retrieved December 24 2020 Marcus Lamb s Daystar TV Pays Back 3 9M PPP Loan After Inside Edition Investigates Church s Jet Purchase Inside Edition Inside Edition Inc December 11 2020 Retrieved December 24 2020 Johnson Timothy March 18 2021 Anti vaccine ministry uses Facebook to promote dangerous COVID 19 and vaccine falsehoods to millions of followers Media Matters for America Retrieved December 5 2021 Derysh Igor December 2021 Anti vax televangelist dies after using protocols his TV network promoted to treat COVID Salon Retrieved December 5 2021 Foxtel Australia launches review into Christian TV channel with anti vax message ABC News October 7 2021 Retrieved October 7 2021 Drinkwater Dale Founder of anti vaccination Christian TV network dies after contracting COVID 19 as review finds no breach of TV codes ABC News December 2 2021 Retrieved December 2 2021 PRESS RELEASE Grace TV has entered into a strategic partnership with Daystar Television News Grace TV Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved July 15 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GRACE TV AND DAYSTAR Grace Media Archived from the original on February 22 2014 Retrieved February 11 2014 Astra 2G at 28 2 E LyngSat Accessed October 16 2018 Daystar Television launches full time on Freeview Digital TV Europe January 7 2015 Accessed 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