The PTL Club [SEP] original network
Network.
History.
Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy had been in the ministry with the Assemblies of God since the early 1960s prior to joining Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, then based in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1965. The Bakkers launched a children's show called "Come On Over" where the couple entertained viewers with songs, stories, and puppets. In 1966 Jim Bakker became the host of "The 700 Club", a religious talk program which evolved from a telethon. "The 700 Club"
Bakker's ministry announced that it had purchased the trademark to the former "PTL Television Network" name and logo and that the ministry's Generation Now Network, which is available on Roku and Apple TV, would be rebranded to incorporate the PTL name and logo. The channel was renamed as PTL Television Network. The network carries current Jim Bakker programming, classic episodes of the old PTL Club, the Jim & Tammy Show and other television shows produced at the former Heritage USA and Heritage Village complex in the 1970s and 1980s,