Christian Broadcasting Network
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Christian Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian media organization and television network known for its evangelical programming and flagship show "The 700 Club."
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christian Broadcasting Network canonical | 15 |
| CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) | 1 |
| CBN Family Channel | 1 |
| CBN News Channel | 1 |
| CBN Radio | 1 |
| Christian Broadcasting Network cable operations | 1 |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7886268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Broadcasting Network Context triple: [Pat Robertson, founded, Christian Broadcasting Network]
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A.
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network known for its religious programming, including sermons, worship services, and faith-based talk shows.
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B.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is a Christian ministry organization dedicated to worldwide evangelism, media outreach, and spiritual counseling, established to support and extend the preaching mission of evangelist Billy Graham.
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C.
Adventist World Radio
Adventist World Radio is a global Christian radio ministry that broadcasts Seventh-day Adventist messages and programs to audiences worldwide, often reaching regions where traditional missionary work is difficult.
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D.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is a global Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in the 1920s by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, emphasizing the fourfold ministry of Jesus as Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Coming King.
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E.
Eternal Word Television Network
Eternal Word Television Network is a global Catholic television and media network founded by Mother Angelica that broadcasts religious programming, including Masses, devotions, and catechesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Broadcasting Network Target entity description: Christian Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian media organization and television network known for its evangelical programming and flagship show "The 700 Club."
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A.
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network known for its religious programming, including sermons, worship services, and faith-based talk shows.
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B.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is a Christian ministry organization dedicated to worldwide evangelism, media outreach, and spiritual counseling, established to support and extend the preaching mission of evangelist Billy Graham.
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C.
Adventist World Radio
Adventist World Radio is a global Christian radio ministry that broadcasts Seventh-day Adventist messages and programs to audiences worldwide, often reaching regions where traditional missionary work is difficult.
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D.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is a global Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in the 1920s by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, emphasizing the fourfold ministry of Jesus as Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Coming King.
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E.
Eternal Word Television Network
Eternal Word Television Network is a global Catholic television and media network founded by Mother Angelica that broadcasts religious programming, including Masses, devotions, and catechesis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian organization
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media organization ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
international ⓘ |
| contentFocus |
Christian programming
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children's programming ⓘ evangelical programming ⓘ news and commentary ⓘ talk shows ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionFormat |
cable
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internet streaming ⓘ satellite ⓘ |
| flagshipProgram | The 700 Club ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pat Robertson ⓘ |
| founder | Pat Robertson ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Portsmouth, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
children's television
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news ⓘ religious television ⓘ talk show ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
Gordon Robertson
ⓘ
Pat Robertson ⓘ |
| hasPart |
CBN News
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linked to:
CBN
CBN Radio ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Broadcasting Network
CBN.com ⓘ
linked to:
CBN
Operation Blessing ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Blessing International
|
| headquartersLocation |
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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linked to:
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
|
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
religious media ⓘ television ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| motto |
The Christian Broadcasting Network
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Broadcasting Network
|
| notableProgram | The 700 Club ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastMedium | UHF television ⓘ |
| owner |
Regent University (historical association)
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linked to:
Regent University
|
| programmingIncludes |
Bible teaching
ⓘ
news reports ⓘ prayer segments ⓘ testimonies ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Christian viewers
ⓘ
evangelical Christians ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | evangelical Christianity ⓘ |
| typeOfChannel |
cable television network
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religious television channel ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cbn.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Christian Broadcasting Network Description of subject: Christian Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian media organization and television network known for its evangelical programming and flagship show "The 700 Club."
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Freeform (TV channel)
linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network
linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network
linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network
linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network
linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network
International Family Entertainment Inc.
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originatedFrom
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Christian Broadcasting Network cable operations
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linked to: Christian Broadcasting Network