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''The 700 Club'' is the flagship television program of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and available worldwide on CBN.com. Airing each weekday, the news magazine program features live guests, daily news, contemporary music, testimonies, and Christian ministry. Celebrities and other guests are often interviewed. Christian lifestyle issues are presented. The program also features major world news stories plus in-depth investigative reporting by the CBN News team. In production since 1966, it is one of the longest-running television programs in broadcast history, and the longest continuously-run weekday program on cable television, airing for over 38 years on the same network under several iterations. It is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Gordon P. Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen and Wendy Griffith. Previous co-hosts include Ben Kinchlow (1975–88, 1992–96), Sheila Walsh (1988–92), Danuta Rylko Soderman (1983–87), Kristi Watts (1999–2013) and Lisa Ryan. Tim Robertson served as host for a year from (1987–88) along with Kinchlow and actress Susan Howard while Pat Robertson ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in the 1988 campaign. ==Early history== In 1960, Pat Robertson, the son of former U.S. Senator Absalom Willis Robertson, purchased the license for WTOV-TV, channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia, which had ceased operation because of poor viewership. Renamed WYAH-TV (known today as WGNT), the station began broadcasting Christian programming to the Hampton Roads area on October 1, 1961. In 1962, the station suffered financially and almost closed. To keep the station on the air, WYAH produced a special telethon edition of the show. For the telethon, Robertson set a goal of 700 members each contributing $10.00 per month, which was enough to support the station. Robertson referred to these members as the '700 Club' and the name stuck. The telethon was successful and is still held annually. After the telethon in 1966, ''The 700 Club'' continued as a nightly, two-hour Christian variety program of music, preaching, group prayer, Bible study, and interview segments. The music was hymns, instrumental pieces, southern gospel music, and urban gospel music. The first permanent host of the program was Jim Bakker who, along with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker, also hosted a children's show on WYAH called ''Come On Over'' (later retitled ''Jim and Tammy''). The couple left CBN in 1972; reportedly Jim Bakker was fired by Pat Robertson over philosophical differences.〔"Pat Robertson: the man, the mission, and the medium." ''Broadcasting''. March 6, 1978, pp. 56-68.〕 The Bakkers then moved on to help launch the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) before starting their own television ministry and signature show, ''The PTL Club''. After the Bakkers left, some staffers at the station reportedly responded by destroying the Bakkers' sets and puppets.〔(Biography: Bakker, Jim )〕 Pat Robertson took over as host, and evolved his ''700 Club'' by cutting back on music and preaching and heading toward the talk show format developed by Bakker. Robertson transformed the ''700 Club'' from a nightly religious-themed telethon to a Christian talk show. ''The 700 Club'' originally aired only on WYAH-TV and other CBN-owned stations in Atlanta (WANX-TV) and Dallas (KXTX-TV), and later Boston (WXNE-TV). The program entered national syndication in 1974, as CBN purchased airtime on stations such as WPIX in New York City, KTLA in Los Angeles, WPHL-TV in Philadelphia, and WDCA in Washington, D.C., among others. The roster of stations carrying the program grew to over 100 markets by 1976. In some markets, the show aired on multiple stations, choosing between either the full 90-minute version or an edited 60-minute version. In 1977, ''The 700 Club'' received additional exposure nationally on the newly launched CBN Cable Network where, like CBN's broadcast outlets, it aired three times daily. 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「The 700 Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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