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| Founded | November 15, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-11-15) |
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| Founder | Danny and Linda Shelton |
| Headquarters | West Frankfort, IL |
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Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Television,Radio, Christian music recording,OTT video streaming platform,Video on Demand |
President | Greg Morikone |
Vice President | Jill Morikone |
| Website | 3abn |
TheThree Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) is aChristian mediatelevision andradio network which broadcastsSeventh-day Adventist religious, music andhealth-oriented programming, based inWest Frankfort, Illinois, United States. Although it is not formally tied to any particular church or denomination, much of its programming focuses onSeventh-day Adventist theology andAdventist doctrine.[1]
In 1984, Three Angels Broadcasting Network was founded by Danny Shelton and his second wife Linda Shelton inWest Frankfort, Illinois.[2] In July 2017, 3ABN announced the sale of 60low-powered television (LPTV) stations and 10 LPTV construction permits toEdge Spectrum.[3] In October 2017, 3ABN announced the sale of 14 LPTV stations toHC2 Holdings.[4]In September 2019, Danny Shelton resigned as president, though he remains a central figure and the highest paid person at the network.[2][5]
In 2004, co-founder Linda Shelton left the network after the couple accused each other of cheating, and then that same year co-founder and then president Danny Shelton filing for a divorce.[2]
On July 19, 2010, Tommy Shelton, the brother of Danny Shelton and a former 3ABN production manager, turned himself in to police inFairfax County, Virginia, and pleaded guilty to two felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.[6][7] Shelton's attorneys and Fairfax prosecutors agreed to a plea deal in which he would serveprobation. However, a judge doubted Shelton's alleged remorse and rejected the plea deal.[8] On January 24, 2012, Shelton reached a second plea deal shortly before his scheduled trial, in which he enteredAlford pleas on all four of the molestation charges brought against him.[9] On February 24, 2012, Shelton was sentenced to six years in prison.[10]
On June 20, 2011, a lawsuit was filed against 3ABN on behalf of one of Shelton's accusers at theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, claiming that the network was negligent in how it handled the allegations against Tommy Shelton.[11]
Since 2011, 3ABN has been a party in a land dispute inthe Bahamas, wherein a visually impaired man stated he had attempted to donate one to two acres for the construction of a church sanctuary, while 3ABN stated that he had in fact signed away full control of his 400 acres of land through an irrevocable charitable trust agreement. The dispute is pending in theSupreme Court of the Bahamas.[5]
On December 31, 2018, the network fired Brenda Walsh host of the show Kids Time. Later in February 2019, the network released a video on theirFacebook andYouTube channels accusing her of mishandling money that was being raised for a children's network inCollegedale, Tennessee. The network never gave the $2 million to her ministry that had been raised, even though they had promised to do so in a separation agreement.[2]
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