CatholicTV

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CatholicTV

Launched	1955
Network	CatholicTV
Owned by	Boston Catholic Television Center, Inc.
Slogan	"It's all for YOU!"
Country	United States
Broadcast area	New England, Louisiana
Headquarters	34 Chestnut Street, Watertown, MA
Formerly called	WIHS (1955–1964), BCTV (1964–2006)
Website	CatholicTV.com
Availability
Cable
Comcast of New England	Channel 268
Full Channel of Providence, RI	Channel 117
Verizon FiOS in New England	Channel 271
Internet Television
Sky Angel	Channel 142
CatholicTV.com	Live Stream
iCatholic.com	special features

CatholicTV is a Catholic television network based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on the Internet, Sky Angel IPTV, with selections available at iTunes and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11.

CatholicTV broadcasts programming relevant to Catholic viewers, including the Daily Mass live on Sunday and weekdays and a wide variety of Catholic educational and inspirational programming. This includes live talk shows such as "This is the Day", the Holy Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction, catachetical programs, music shows, entertainment/variety shows, youth and children's programming. CatholicTV also broadcasts programming and special coverage from Vatican Television of live coverage of world Catholic events from the Vatican, such as the death of Pope John Paul II and the election and journeys of Pope Benedict XVI at PopeinAmerica.com.

[edit] History

Originally under the call letters WIHS and then the name Boston Catholic Television (BCTV), CatholicTV's first program was broadcast on the morning of January 1, 1955 when then-Archbishop Richard J. Cushing celebrated a Pontifical Low Mass in the new Catholic television studios on Granby Street in Boston.