Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has announced that it will launch a news program titled “Centerpoint,” which will air nightly at 7:30pm and 10:30pm ET.
The show will be hosted by Doug McKelway, former Washington correspondent for Fox News, and will be co-hosted by journalist Blynda Layne, who is also the wife of Todd Lane, executive senior pastor at Robert Morris’ Gateway Church in Southlake, TX.
“We’re at a pivotal time in history, where people are starving—not for ‘your truth’ or ‘my truth’—but for ‘THE truth.’ That’s what we plan to offer,” said 40-year news veteran McKelway to Religion Unplugged.
“Centerpoint” will be produced by Michael Clemente, former Newsmax CEO and Fox News Executive Vice President of News. Clemente also previously served as a producer at ABC News.
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While TBN, one of the largest Christian broadcasting networks in the world, is best known for programming featuring the sermons of preachers such as David Jeremiah, Charles Stanley, Joel Osteen, Greg Laurie, Joyce Meyer, T.D. Jakes, and Max Lucado, the launch of “Centerpoint” is part of an effort to pivot the network toward building a “Christian lifestyle brand,” said TBN VP of Marketing Nate Daniels.
Senior producer of Centerpoint Michael Clemente told Axios that the show “will cover news of the day and other top stories.” Clemente plans to expand the roster of reporters working for TBN and anticipates that TBN will launch more news programs.
According to Daniels, TBN feels confident about moving forward with news commentary and lifestyle programming, given the success that the network has experienced with such programming thus far.
In 2017, TBN launched “Huckabee,” a political talk show hosted by former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee. The show ran on Fox News from 2008 to 2015, beginning after Huckabee’s presidential campaign in the 2008 election and ending before he turned his attention to focusing on another presidential bid in 2016.
In November of 2021, TBN also launched “Takeaways,” an interview show hosted by Kirk Cameron aimed at helping viewers “find actionable takeaways that everyone can use throughout life to bring more of Heaven to Earth.” Recent guests on “Takeaways” include John Cooper of Skillet, Christian apologist Greg Koukl, conservative political commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, and pastor and author Francis Chan.
“We’re working on building more towards a daytime lineup,” Daniels said.
A preview to the “Centerpoint” program will air on March 25.
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