My Family TV

My Family TV

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	United States
Availability	National (but not available in all markets)
Slogan	"Make My Family TV Your Family TV"
Owner	ValCom Luken Communications
Former names	Faith TV
Official website	http://www.myfamilytv.tv

My Family TV (Formerly Faith TV) is a United States general entertainment television network jointly owned by ValCom and Luken Communications, and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[1][2]

History

Logo of Faith TV, the former incarnation of "My Family TV"

In September 2008, ValCom announced that they would purchase Faith TV and relaunch it as a family television network.^[3] On December 15, 2008, ValCom deal to purchase Faith TV closed and they relaunched Faith TV as My Family TV.^[4] On October 1, 2009, ValCom completed the purchase of the network after making its final $250,000 payment.^[5]

On March 22, 2011, ValCom announced that My Family TV would become a joint venture with Luken Communications.^[1][2] Many of the programs seen on My Family TV, such as Route 66, Lassie, Highway To Heaven, and Daniel Boone also air on sister network RTV. Some of the shows licensed to RTN are now on the newly acquired My Family Television schedule. Many of them were licensed by Peter Rodgers Organization, including The Rifleman, The Bill Cosby Show. Celebrity Bowling, Zorro, Peter Gunn, Daniel Boone, I Spy, The Comedy Shop and The Cisco Kid. A partial list of programs broadcast by Retro Television Network notes this relationship with Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO) as a distributor of such quality programming.

Programming

My Family TV's programming consists of the following:^[6]

Classics

• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• The Bill Cosby Show
• Bonanza
• Celebrity Bowling
• The Comedy Shop
• Daniel Boone
• Dick Tracy Serials
• Dragnet
• Highway to Heaven
• I Spy
• Judge Roy Bean
• Lassie
• The New Zorro
• Movin' On
• Mr. and Mrs. North
• My Little Margie
• Peter Gunn
• The Rifleman
• Route 66
• The Roy Rogers Show
• Shotgun Slade
• Stories of the Century
• Trouble with Father
• You Bet Your Life (Marx)

Entertainment

• Cold Squad
• Crook & Chase
• Crime Strike
• FAM Team
• Da Vinci's Inquest
• Eye for an Eye
• FBI Files
• Home Team
• Junk’d
• Road Classics
• Steel Dreams
• Treasure Hunter's Road Show
• The World's Funniest Moments

Lifestyle

• A Place in the Sun
• Daytime
• For Your Home
• Green House Project
• Healthcare Heroes
• Heart of Health
• Know the Cause
• The Light House

Outdoors

• American Farm and Country
• The American Outdoorsman
• Catchin’ and Cookin’
• Dave Egbert's Garden Travels
• The Great Outdoorsman
• Jimmy Houston Adventures
• Jimmy Houston Outdoors
• Planet X
• That's Boating

E/I

• Aj's Time Travelers
• Ariel & Zoey & Eli, Too
• Aqua Kids
• BETA Records TV
• Curiosity Quest
• Heroes Among Us
• New Zoo Review
• Zoo Diaries

Talk Shows

On August 5, 2010 My Family TV announced that they would be adding repeats of That Show with Joan Rivers to the fall lineup. They had secured the broadcast rights to 225 episodes of the program.^[7]

A new country music themed talk show, The Right Place with Kevin Sport started on the network in 2010, featuring interviews with the stars of country music.

Movies

My Family TV features over 900 classic movies.^[8]

Affiliates

Main article: List of My Family TV affiliates

ValCom claims My Family TV has over 90 affiliates across the United States.^[9]

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Frank, Judy (March 22, 2011). "Chattanooga's Luken Communications Enters Joint Venture With ValCom Entertainment Company". Chattanoogan. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_197311.asp. Retrieved March 30, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "ValCom, Inc. Announces Joint Venture With Luken Communications". Marketwire. March 22, 2011. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ValCom-Inc-Announces-Joint-Venture-With-Luken-Communications-1415354.htm. Retrieved March 30, 2011. 
3. ^ "Valcom to Purchase Faith TV; Re-launch as Family Television Network". tvover.net. September 3, 2008. http://www.tvover.net/2008/09/03/Valcom+To+Purchase+Faith+TV+Relaunch+As+Family+Television+Network.aspx. Retrieved April 1, 2011. 
4. ^ "ValCom, Inc. Closes Deal With Faith TV; Ready to Launch "My Family TV" Network". MarketWire. December 15, 2008. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ValCom-Inc-Closes-Deal-With-Faith-TV-Ready-to-Launch-My-Family-TV-Network-FRANKFURT-VAM-930231.htm. Retrieved April 1, 2011. 
5. ^ "MyFamilyTV now solely owned by Valcom". Tampa Bay Business Journal. October 1, 2009. http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/09/28/daily65.html. Retrieved April 1, 2011. 
6. ^ "Schedule". My Family TV. http://www.myfamilytv.tv/schedule_new.htm. Retrieved April 1, 2011. 
7. ^ "ValCom's My Family TV Secures Joan Rivers Talk Show for Fall Season". Marketwire. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ValComs-My-Family-TV-Secures-Joan-Rivers-Talk-Show-for-Fall-Season-1300681.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
8. ^ "About us". My Family TV. http://www.myfamilytv.tv/about.htm. Retrieved September 3, 2010. 
9. ^ "ValCom's My Family TV Secures an Additional 30 Million Potential Viewers Through Agreement With R&R TV". MarketWatch. August 25, 2010. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/valcoms-my-family-tv-secures-an-additional-30-million-potential-viewers-through-agreement-with-rr-tv-2010-08-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp. Retrieved September 3, 2010.