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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Total Living Network
4(TLN) on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its founding;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, In 1971, Reverend Owen Carr of Stone Church was
7inspired to lead the creation of an on-the-air Christian
8television station to serve the Chicagoland community; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Five years of development work were required;
10Reverend Carr's inspiration would become the first Christian
11television station in Chicago, and the fifth Christian
12television station in the United States; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Reverend Carr's entry into broadcast ministry was
14made possible when experienced television producer Jerry Rose
15joined what was to become the WCFC-TV team; he would become
16TLN's President and would be assisted by many other Christian
17providers too numerous to mention here; and
 
18    WHEREAS, TLN launched from the John Hancock Center as WCFC
19TV-38 on May 31, 1976 with Mayor Richard J. Daley presiding as
20guest speaker at the McCormick Place dedication; with the
21acquisition of KTLN-TV of San Francisco, California, followed

 

 

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1by the transition of many viewers to cable television and other
2platforms, the WCFC-TV team became the Total Living Network in
31998; over its 40 years of operation, TLN has produced original
4programming serving the Chicagoland faith community, and has
5received numerous Midwest Emmy and National Religious
6Broadcasters awards; and
 
7    WHEREAS, In Illinois, TLN is now an exclusive XFINITY Cable
8channel, covering Chicago and most of Illinois and Northwest
9Indiana; recently, TLN expanded to multiple digital platforms
10including ROKU, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its 24/7 live
11stream at TLN.com; and
 
12    WHEREAS, TLN is celebrating with a banquet at Lindner
13Conference Center at Northern Seminary in Lombard on March 10,
142017; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17congratulate the TLN team for the family and ministry outreach
18they have built over the course of over 40 years of
19broadcasting excellence from the Chicago area; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That we recognize the TLN team for creating "A
22City Without Doors"; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
2Jerry Rose, President of the Total Living Network (TLN).