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Daystar (formerly known as the Daystar Television Network) is an American evangelical Christian-based religious broadcast television network that is owned by Word of God Fellowship. Its founders are Marcus Lamb and his wife, Joni Lamb. The network is headquartered near the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas. == History == Daystar's roots can be traced back to 1993, when Marcus Lamb and his Word of God Fellowship ministry purchased KMPX (channel 29), a formerly defunct UHF station in Dallas, Texas, broadcasting Christian programming. Lamb is a Georgia native who first began preaching at age 15 and finished Magna Cum Laude from Lee College (now Lee University) at age 19. In 1982, he married Joni Trammel, and together they began to travel the United States, preaching in churches, conventions, and crusades. In 1984, the two moved to Montgomery, Alabama to launch a television station. In less than a year, WMCF-TV (channel 45) became the first full-power Christian television station in the state. The Lambs built the station for the next five years, and in 1990 sold it to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). They moved to Dallas, Texas, where, in 1993, the Lambs launched their first station in the Dallas market. They ran channel 29 for three years. Then, 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 facility that included production studios; Daystar was officially launched on December 31, 1997.〔()〕〔()〕 Since 1993, Daystar facilities tripled in size, and its broadcast signal reached 200 countries and 670 million households globally. In 2010, Daystar became the first full-time Christian network to build a television station in Israel.〔()〕 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. This, with studios now run by a limited technical staff, led to the layoff of an unknown number of Daystar employees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daystar (TV network)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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