In 2013, INSP was honored by the Vietnam War Commemoration for Thank You For Your Service. It has been shown at several national conventions and conferences, including the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, and Jewish War Veterans. One of the featured short videos, " Thank You For Your Service", quickly went viral: it has been featured on ABC’s The View, the Pentagon Channel, and USAA’s web site.
#INSPIRATION CHANNEL SERIES#
Originally airing exclusively on INSP, Moments is an original, short-form inspirational video series that ranges in formats like documentary, narrative, and interviews, with each sharing an uplifting story. In 2011, a web network series entitled Moments was launched. The development of original entertainment content became a focus after the 2010 re-brand, beginning with A Walton’s Family Reunion, starring surviving cast members of The Waltons who journey back to Walton's Mountain almost 30 years after the series ended its iconic run. In its early years, INSP produced numerous original specials, concerts, and inspirational entertainment programs. Programming Ĭurrently INSP features mostly Westerns (both series and movies), with Mike Murdock's Campmeeting in the early mornings.
On March 30, 2022, it was announced that INSP via Imagicomm Communications would enter the broadcasting business by purchasing 18 stations in 12 markets from Cox Media Group, namely KLAX in Alexandria, WICZ in Binghamton, KIEM and KVIQ-LD in Eureka, WABG, WNBD and WXVT in Greenwood, KPVI in Idaho Falls, KMVU and KFBI-LD in Medford, WHBQ in Memphis, KAYU in Spokane, WSYT in Syracuse, KOKI and KMYT in Tulsa, KCYU-LD and KFFX in Yakima and KYMA in Yuma for an undisclosed price. Prior to the logo change, INSP had also introduced the tagline, “Heroes Live Here.” Its focus on western-based programming is said to be the reason behind its continued ratings success, with primetime viewing growing 17% on the previous year. In 2022, INSP changed its logo to include a cowboy hat to emphasize the growing success of its family programming, especially western-based shows and films. At the end of 2021, Variety reported that INSP's household viewers were up 1,171% since 2010. Along with the re-branding came a new logo, tagline and name change from Inspiration to INSP. In October 2010, the network announced a major re-branding with an added emphasis on family programming. Morris’ son, David, was later named CEO of the network. Morris Cerullo World Evangelism eventually purchased the network from the United States Bankruptcy Court in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1990, after Jim Bakker resigned, the PTL Television network filed for bankruptcy.
The network later became known as the PTL Satellite Network and finally PTL – The Inspirational Network. The network was the flagship channel for their daily Christian variety program, The PTL Club. INSP was founded in 1978 as the PTL Television Network, a religious television network founded by Christian televangelists Jim Bakker and his wife, Tammy Faye Bakker. As of 2021, more than 60 million households receive INSP. In October 2010, it was re-branded and launched as a socially conservative, commercial-supported family entertainment network (over time becoming centered around westerns), and has Nielsen C3 ratings status. INSP (formerly The Inspiration Network the initialism is sounded out letter-by-letter) is an American digital cable television network that features primarily westerns (both shows and movies) and is headquartered in Indian Land, South Carolina - a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina.īetween 19, INSP was a non-profit ministry focused network. PTL – The Inspirational Network (1978–90) David Cerullo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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