In 1962 when minister Pat Robertson decided to prop-up a failing TV channel, he set a membership goal with each member contributing $10 a month to sustain the channel. How many people did Robertson plan on making members?
"very genesis of Haiti."" In his daily press briefing on January 14, 2010, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said of Robertson's commentary: ""It never ceases to amaze that in times of amazing human suffering somebody says something that could be so utterly stupid."" Mainline and evangelical Christian voices appeared mostly unanimous in criticizing Robertson's remarks as untrue, untimely and insensitive. On the December 16, 2010 broadcast of ""The 700 Club"" Pat Robertson condemned harsh sentences for people convicted of possession of cannabis. Robertson stated, “We're locking up people that take a couple of puffs of marijuana, and the next"
"Roberts uses his ministry television program to promote the University, increase enrollment and raise funds for student scholarships. He starts the Adopt A Student scholarship campaign as one of these efforts. In addition, he promotes special projects on the ministry's television program to help pay for needed university renovations. Over the next four years, enrollment increases by 1,200 students and the debt is reduced by 50 percent Roberts used his Ministry connections to help with recruitment, specifically in the African American community. Through his speaking at churches and conferences, he was mainly responsible for the 20% African American student body."
"Pat Robertson Marion Gordon ""Pat"" Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is an American media mogul, executive chairman, politician, and former Southern Baptist minister who advocates a conservative Christian ideology. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network. On Robertson's own account, he was not a serious Christian until he underwent personal difficulty. He graduated near the top of his class at Yale Law School in 1955, but failed the New York bar exam. Failing the bar cost Robertson opportunities at post-graduate employment, and in the ensuing months of what he later described"
"claimed that it had 160,000 registered supporters, although some of these individuals had only requested information about it and had not actively registered as ""supporters"". The party issued a newspaper, ""News from the Referendum Party"", to attract wider attention to its aims and broaden its support. One issue, published in February 1996, was delivered to 24 million households at an estimated cost of £2 million. The party also sought to attract the support of prominent figures from business, the arts, and academia, inviting them to its major events. In October 1996, it held a national conference in Brighton, in which"
"as executive vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations. The channel debuted in January 1995, but struggled to get cable systems to carry it. In August it abandoned its original $6.95-a-month subscriber fee for a price structure that allowed cable operators to sell it bundled with basic cable, as part of a tier, or as premium channel at a cost of $3.95 to $6.95 a month. In September, with the channel forecasting a $40 million loss for the year, and its long-term future uncertain, Stevenson resigned to pursue other business opportunities. In February 1996, David Stern,"
"college. Roberts spent $10,000 on his October inauguration and over the years was both hailed and criticized for his ""flamboyant"" management style. His first objective was to increase enrollment and for 10 years Parsons College had the highest percentage of enrollment increases nationwide. When the number of students reached the 1,000 mark, new dormitories were quickly built to keep up with the demand. In 1958 Roberts was voted ""Man of the Year"" by the local Chamber of Commerce and in 1960 was given a new Cadillac by 40 grateful businessmen. Among Roberts's innovations at the college was the establishment of"
"for the period 1 January to 31 December 2008 outlines membership at 1,354, made of 173 paying members and 1,181 ""lifetime but non-paying"". It currently costs £9.99 per year for membership, although a £19.99 membership with included T-shirt is also offered. Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), the British TV amateur astronomer, was the finance minister of the party for a short time. He once said that the Monster Raving Loony Party ""had an advantage over all the other parties, in that they knew they were loonies."" In 1992, the Glasgow band Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants released the song ""Vote"
"said he would introduce a bill requiring the transition to digital television ""sometime in the spring"", saying he wanted analog broadcasting to end on December 31, 2006. Included in his plan was a $400–$500 million subsidy for converter boxes, which were expected to cost $50 each. The subsidies were intended only for people who could not afford a pay service such as cable or satellite television. Each home would receive a rebate coupon for one box, which could be mailed to the United States Treasury for redemption. Barton estimated that 8 to 10 million converters would be needed. The United"
"call letters were announced by Robertson to local media, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) informed him that they were unavailable. WYAH-TV initially broadcast from studios on Spratley Street west of downtown Portsmouth. At first, channel 27 was on the air four hours a day Monday through Saturday evenings, and was dark on Sunday. The station's early programming consisted of Christian teaching programs hosted by Robertson, other shows produced by local churches, and some syndicated televangelists' repeats of Sunday programs. The station almost went dark in 1963, and so it conducted a special telethon urging 700 people to donate $10"
"a cost of $360 million annually, far below the actual numbers. In April 1965, participation topped half a million. (Actual participation was 561,261 people.) Participation topped 1 million in March 1966, 2 million in October 1967, 3 million in February 1969, 4 million in February 1970, 5 million one month later in March 1970, 6 million two months later in May 1970, 10 million in February 1971, and 15 million in October 1974. Rapid increases in participation during this period were primarily due to geographic expansion. The early 1970s were a period of growth in participation, concern about the cost"
"Cowan admitted that ""we always knew we were underfinanced"", noting that $5 million in financing was raised, when double that capital amount was deemed ""safe"". Also, during the round of private financing in December 1982, share prices were cut to $3 each from $10 in order to sell. On 17 June 1983, the broadcaster was in receivership with $9 million in debt and only gaining 27,000 subscribers where 60,000-100,000 were expected and well short of its break even point of 175,000 subscribers. As a result, C Channel's broadcasts ended on 30 June 1983. Following the receivership, the production facility and"
"of cable provider Tele-Communications Inc. Special voting shares were issued to Pat Robertson and Timothy Robertson that give them control of the company. IFE continued to use CBN's facilities under a rental agreement. As a stipulation of the spin-out, The Family Channel was required to maintain daily airings of CBN's flagship television program ""The 700 Club"". CBN sold $23 million in notes to another cable company. An additional $127 million of convertible notes were converted into stock by CBN prior to an IPO in April 1992 in which CBN would sell for $93 million to $106 million worth. More shares"
"program launched was the . . . This program visioned a goal of 10,000 members BCP wide, from a base of 3,500 members on December 31, 1980 to December 1985. Record shows that BCP fall short of its goal; however, during this 5-year period 3,859 new members were added while the number of churches reached 126 congregations. This program had a goal of doubling the number of churches in four years time, beginning in 1986 to 1990. Under the all-Filipino leadership, it was not able to take off due to non-functioning of its chairman. Handicapped by the lack of functioning"
"and Youth Center which it built at a cost of more than $5 million without securing a bank loan. Temple of Deliverance is one of the fastest growing congregations in the country. During his ministerial career, Bishop Patterson organized 7 churches across the country. Patterson was the founder/ president of Bountiful Blessings Ministries which is viewed nationwide and internationally on the BET and TBN cable networks and a variety of local television stations throughout the country. He was the editor and publisher of the Bountiful Blessings Magazine with a distribution list of over 200,000 individuals. He was the president and"
"a two-term President. Obama was reelected for a second term. Pat Robertson Marion Gordon ""Pat"" Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is an American media mogul, executive chairman, politician, and former Southern Baptist minister who advocates a conservative Christian ideology. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network. On Robertson's own account, he was not a serious Christian until he underwent personal difficulty. He graduated near the top of his class at Yale Law School in 1955, but failed the New York bar exam. Failing the bar cost Robertson opportunities at post-graduate employment,"
"the show would only make money for the production company if it made enough episodes to place into rerun syndication. Advertisers were looking for new advertising outlets due to rising network ad costs with a 30% increase in 1977. Networks' income increased 143% from 1969 to 1974 while network payments to affiliates decreased by 2%. Al Masini, who represented 18 stations for advertising sales through his company TeleRep, discussed the independent stations' problem with other independent stations after a broadcast media meeting in February 1976. Determined to offer an alternative, Masini rounded up a steering committee to form the new"
"father, who was 60 at the time of Robertson's birth, frequently battled cancer and died when Robertson was 21. During his childhood, Robertson was also frequently cared for by his half-siblings, especially his twin siblings Irvin and Ethel. He first became interested in broadcasting when he was 12 years old, watching soldiers from The Perth Regiment marching home from World War II, and heard the commentators from CJCS talking about it. According to Robertson, ""I realized I was in the centre of something very important...something much bigger than myself."" Robertson started his broadcasting career in 1952 at CJCS radio. He"
"to the announcement of the Freeform rebranding in 2015, Disney–ABC offered CBN a payment of $42 million – the same amount that the ministry earned in revenue during that year from syndication fees for ""The 700 Club"" and various related productions – for Robertson to terminate the channel's agreement with the ministry, but could not agree to terms as Robertson wanted a higher payout that ABC Family president Ascheim deemed ""astronomical"" in comparison to its actual value. The distancing of the two entities extends further as the channel's management does not regularly discuss their programming strategy with CBN, nor has"
"believing it would encourage more users, especially with its dedicated movie channel. BSB's original satellite channels were: Around the time of the licence award, Amstrad withdrew its backing as they believed it was not possible to sell a satellite dish and receiver for £250. Australian businessman Alan Bond joined the consortium along with Reed International, Chargeurs, Next plc and London Merchant Securities amongst others. BSB earmarked the bulk of the first round of financing for buying and launching two satellites (for redundancy and provision of further channels later) and planned a second round close to the commencement of broadcasting operations."
"the Sunday Herald to be 13,500. Other recent reports in the media have quoted figures of ""as low as 8,000"" (the ""Evening Times"") and ""less than 10,000"" (""New Statesman""). In December 2014 the newly elected leader Jim Murphy claimed that the figure was ""about 20,000"" on the TV programme ""Scotland Tonight"". In late September 2015, following a membership boost resulting from the 2015 Labour leadership election, a total of 29,899 people were associated with the party; 18,824 members, 7,790 people affiliated through trade unions and other groups, and 3,285 registered supporters. In September 2017, it was reported that the Party"
"Baptist and a Methodist. I believe in religion and not just the church. You have to help one another."" Altogether, Roberts raised a total of $9.1 million. Later that year, he announced that God had raised the dead through his ministry. Some of Roberts' fundraising letters were written by Gene Ewing, who headed a business writing donation letters for other evangelicals such as Don Stewart and Robert Tilton. Roberts maintained his love of finery and one obituary claimed that even when times became economically hard, ""he continued to wear his Italian silk suits, diamond rings and gold bracelets—airbrushed out by"
"received a Master of Divinity degree in 1959. In 1956 Robertson met Dutch missionary Cornelius Vanderbreggen, who impressed Robertson both by his lifestyle and his message. Vanderbreggen quoted Proverbs (3:5, 6), ""Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths"", which Robertson considers to be the ""guiding principle"" of his life. He was ordained as a minister of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1961. In 1960, Robertson established the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He started it by buying a"
"just 213,000 people would be participating in the programme in 2020–21, compared to a target of 360,000. The report suggested costs would have to be reduced by 29% in order to meet participation targets. In March 2017 the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons said that the high cost of the scheme could not be justified and its participation targets remained challenging despite being significantly reduced. The total expenditure committed to the scheme by the government between 2011/12 and 2019/20 is £1.5 billion. £600 million of this had been spent by April 2017, with £900 million of the"
"of millions of unreached souls."" He responded by leaving his law firm and moving to the Philippines. In 1988, Robertson and his father, along with Dick Weinhold of the Texas Robertson campaign and Billy McCormack, a Southern Baptist pastor in Shreveport, Louisiana, were named the four directors of the newly organized Christian Coalition of America. Robertson officially joined his father's CBN in 1994, when the younger Robertson founded CBN Asia, Inc., which included a weekly television show, ""The 700 Club Asia"", with the goal of closely replicating the aspects of the original ""700 Club"" to include the culture of the"
"saving, thrift and development on the part of its members, to give aid in the case of poverty, sickness, accident or old age, and otherwise promote the spiritual, intellectual and physical welfare of its members."""" Membership was open only to Lutherans. There were 550,000 members in 1965 and 900,000 in 1979. Like the AAL, the LB had no rituals, secrets, or oaths. Local units were called ""branches"", which were divided into three categories: A-1, affiliated to Lutheran congregations; A-2, usually sponsored by a group within a Lutheran parish; and A-3, geographic branches. The Lutheran Brotherhood had a quadrennial convention and"
"small UHF station in nearby Portsmouth. Later in 1977 he purchased a local Leased access cable TV channel in the Hampton Roads area and called it CBN. Originally he went door-to-door in Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and other surrounding areas asking Christians to buy cable boxes so that they could receive his new channel. He also canvassed local churches in the Virginia Beach area to do the same, and solicited donations through public speaking engagements at local churches and on CBN. One of his friends, John Giminez, the pastor of Rock Church Virginia Beach, was influential in helping Robertson establish"
"ministry for 35 years until his health failed in 1962. In 1944, Jones became a founder of National Religious Broadcasters and served as a director. Jones understood that the manner of delivery necessary to declaim to thousands unamplified was unsuited to the new medium, and his radio sermons were instead delivered in an intimate, folksy manner. Perhaps three thousand of his approximately ten thousand radio messages survive, and recordings are still nationally syndicated. Theologically, Jones was a Protestant in the Reformation tradition. One of his first concerns when he founded Bob Jones College was to provide a creed that would"
"signing their name at least more than once (as both a single name and as part of different collectives) with many AN listeners advocating keeping their station at the expense of the more popular 6 Music, although the BBC Trust later rejected plans to close 6 Music and approved the plans to close AN. On 14 March 2011, the BBC announced it was reconsidering its plan to close the station in favour of reducing its budget in half. In 2011, the BBC ruled there would be a 46% reduction in AN's budget and a declared target of 600,000 listeners a"
"answer, in 1950 there were about 185,000 local National Savings groups with a membership of about 7,000,000. The amount of small savings invested was over £6,100 million. The Trustee Savings Banks funds had reached £1,000 million. On 30 March 1966, a ceremony was held at the London Guildhall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the movement, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II. On 30 July 1976, the government announced that all 580 civil servants who supported the otherwise voluntary movement would be withdrawn over two years as part of public spending cuts. Without this administrative support"
"the six remaining regional superstations are limited to distribution via Dish Network and C-band satellite as well as through limited distribution on cable providers in their associated regions of the U.S. The second basic cable network, the first to operate as a cable-originated outlet and the first such network to be uplinked via satellite from launch was the CBN Satellite Network, launched in April 1977 by televangelist Pat Robertson as the television ministry of his Christian Broadcasting Network. By the time it reformatted as the CBN Cable Network in 1981, it refocused towards secular family-oriented programming, carrying a mix of"
"not an intentional attempt to commit fraud. On his ""The 700 Club"" television program, Pat Robertson has sharply criticized elements of the United States government and ""special interest"" groups that do not share his views. In October 2003 interviews with author Joel Mowbray about his book ""Dangerous Diplomacy"", a book critical of the United States Department of State, Robertson made suggestions that the explosion of a nuclear weapon at State Department Headquarters would be good for the country, and repeated those comments on the air. ""What we need is for somebody to place a small nuke at Foggy Bottom."" Pat"
"the TV news daily, and Pirate Party membership tripled from 2,200 to 6,600. In the general elections in 2006, the Pirate Party achieved 0.63%. Falkvinge was noticeably downcast when the exit polls arrived during the election night party, but promised the gathered people that this would not be the end of the fight. One number that gave a bit of hope was that the mock-up school elections gave the Pirate Party 4.5%, showing that the party had a potential future. On 29 December 2008, Falkvinge published a letter on his blog, stating that he was no longer able to pay"
"the only newspaper to give it favourable publicity. The party claimed 75 branches and 4,000 members at its peak, but the only real activity took place in the electorates of its MPs. It was predominantly based in New South Wales, with a limited presence in Victoria and abortive attempts to expand to South Australia. Hughes and Marks were the party's chief financial backers, as membership fees were deliberately kept low and one of the party's planks was to refuse corporate donations. However, Hughes in particular was stingy with his money, sending the party treasurer only £100 out of a requested"