Full Text of HR0190 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Total Living Network | 4 | | (TLN) on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its founding; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, Reverend Owen Carr of Stone Church was | 7 | | inspired to lead the creation of an on-the-air Christian | 8 | | television station to serve the Chicagoland
community; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Five years of development work were required; | 10 | | Reverend Carr's inspiration would become the
first Christian | 11 | | television station in Chicago, and the fifth Christian | 12 | | television station in the United States; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Carr's entry into broadcast ministry was | 14 | | made possible when experienced television
producer Jerry Rose | 15 | | joined what was to become the WCFC-TV team; he would become | 16 | | TLN's President and would be assisted by many other Christian | 17 | | providers too numerous to mention here; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, TLN launched from the John Hancock Center as WCFC
| 19 | | TV-38 on May 31, 1976 with Mayor Richard J. Daley presiding as | 20 | | guest speaker at the McCormick Place
dedication; with the | 21 | | acquisition of KTLN-TV of San Francisco, California, followed |
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| 1 | | by the transition of many viewers
to cable television and other | 2 | | platforms, the WCFC-TV team became the Total Living Network in | 3 | | 1998;
over its 40 years of operation, TLN has produced original | 4 | | programming serving the Chicagoland faith
community, and has | 5 | | received numerous Midwest Emmy and National Religious | 6 | | Broadcasters awards; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, TLN is now an exclusive XFINITY Cable | 8 | | channel, covering Chicago and most of Illinois and
Northwest | 9 | | Indiana; recently, TLN expanded to multiple digital platforms | 10 | | including
ROKU, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its 24/7 live | 11 | | stream at TLN.com; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, TLN is celebrating
with a banquet at
Lindner | 13 | | Conference Center at Northern Seminary in Lombard on March 10, | 14 | | 2017; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | congratulate the TLN team for the family and ministry outreach | 18 | | they have built over the course of over 40 years of | 19 | | broadcasting excellence from the Chicago area; and be it | 20 | | further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the TLN team for creating "A | 22 | | City Without Doors"; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 2 | | Jerry Rose, President of the Total Living
Network (TLN).
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