FamilyNet Television joins the Comcast Digital line-up throughout the Chattanooga market as a part of the Digital Plus package.
FamilyNet can be seen on channel 296 which serves customers in the following communities:
Chattanooga, Collegedale, Dade County, East Ridge, Hamilton County, Lakesite, Lookout Mountain, GA; Lookout Mountain, TN; Marion County, Red Bank, Ridgeside, Sequatchie County, Signal Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Walden, Walker County, Catoosa County, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Rossville and LaFayette.
"Comcast is very excited to provide another quality family programming service to our lineup," said Comcast's Vice President/General Manager, Geoff Shook. "Our goal is to provide the best products and services and to offer a variety of programming that our customers desire. We believe that FamilyNet does just that."
FamilyNet Television is "a faith-based cable channel with award-winning programs that entertain and equip today's family. FamilyNet carries programs that appeal to all ages, including live interviews from its Fort Worth studios, news and current events with public policy experts like Janet Parshall and Jay Sekulow, music specials, classic movies and TV series, along with original children's shows, documentaries, and the best in Sunday worship from churches around the country."
FamilyNet airs the Chattanooga-based television program Precepts for Life with teacher Kay Arthur. Her Bible study program deals with real-life issues and offers biblical solutions every Friday at 10 a.m. ET on FamilyNet, officials said.
FamilyNet can be seen on Comcast Digital Plus, channel 296. Customers who wish to subscribe or upgrade their service to FamilyNet can telephone 1-800 COMCAST or visit www.comcast.com.
Doug Daugherty, president of Chattanooga Resource Foundations said, "We are thrilled that FamilyNet Television is going to be available in the Chattanooga cable TV market. Way to go Comcast! This will bring a whole new lineup of family and faith oriented programs to our homes."
Senior Pastor, Dr. Fred A. Steelman of Red Bank Baptist Church spoke highly of the Comcast addition of FamilyNet. "I am excited about the arrival of FamilyNet to our viewing area. It is a welcomed choice for Christians of all faiths. It will certainly be promoted in our church family."
"There is a huge demand for family and faith-based programming in the south Tennessee and north Georgia area. This is a perfect fit," said R. Chip Turner, vice president for marketing and distribution.
About FamilyNet
Based in Fort Worth, Texas, FamilyNet is a 24-hour television network airing more than 50 hours of original, values-based programs weekly providing a reliable, safe viewing destination for today's family. FamilyNet can be seen in more than 32 million TV households and is owned by the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. For more information please visit the FamilyNet web site at www.FamilyNet.com, or call (800) 832-6638.