JCTV (Jesus Christ Television) is a young adult television network devoted to music videos, owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It is similar to MTV, but with a Christian focus.

JCTV combines music videos, youthful video jockeys, promotion of special Christian rock events, and news and documentaries about Christian bands and performers in an effort to establish popularity among Christian youth. JCTV also has numerous extreme sports shows that document extreme sports athletes and how their faith impacts their lives. In addition to music-based and action sports programming, JCTV also airs other programming such as the discussion program Ask God, the game show Virtual Memory with Jamie Alexander and the religious sitcom Pastor Greg; JCTV also airs Christian movies, typically on Sunday evenings, Thursday and Friday afternoons and certain late nights during the week. JCTV airs "sneak preview" blocks of its programming on TBN on Friday and Saturday late nights.

JCTV is currently available through various cable services nationwide as well as via digital multicasting in some US cities and all across North and Central America on Glorystar with the K_u band Galaxy 19 satellite and on C-Band Galaxy 14 satellite. The network is also available via streaming video on their official website as well as on iPad, iPod and other mobile devices.

This and other Trinity networks are broadcast internationally free to air via satellites such as ABS1 to India and Middle East on K_u band, Intelsat 701 and DTH to Australia and New Zealand on Optus B3 and also to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East via Eutelsat (Hotbird 13°E) and Agila 2 satellite (both C-band and K_u band signal) in Asia and the Philippines.

Some JCTV programming can also be seen on Grace TV in Canada and on Trinity Broadcast Network Europe.

History[link]

JCTV began broadcasting in June 2003. Based out of TBN's headquarters in Santa Ana, California, the network is delivering all programmings worldwide, covering parts of North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

The channel was originally founded by Paul Crouch, Jr. and his son, Brandon Crouch with the intentions of airing new programs, new teen shows, and specials for the Christian youth of today, throughout the world.

Programming[link]

Current programming[link]

Upcoming programming[link]

• Action House TV
• M.O.T.U (Ministers Of Tha Underground)
• Revival TV
• The Revolution

Former programming[link]

• Bananas
• Lakewood Church Show

See also[link]

• Christian pop culture
• List of JCTV affiliates

External links[link]

• Watch JCTV Live
• Official website
• JCTV Myspace Site
• JCTV On-Air Personality Larissa Lam
• JCTV On-Air Personality Brandon Crouch
• JCTV Distribution List

Lila Rose
Lila Rose, President of Live Action
Born	Lila Grace Rose (1988-07-27) July 27, 1988 (age 23) San Jose, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Known for	Pro-life activism
Influenced by	Saul Alinsky,[1] Joan of Arc,[2] Mark Crutcher,[1] Jesus,[2] Martin Luther King Jr.,[3] Mother Teresa,[4] J. C. Willke[2]
Religion	Roman Catholic

Lila Grace Rose (born July 27, 1988)^[5] is an American pro-life activist and the founder of the pro-life group Live Action. She is known for a series of campaigns against affiliated facilities of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Biography[link]

Rose was raised in San Jose, California, the third of eight children of an engineer at Sun Microsystems.^[1] She was home-schooled through to the end of high school, and was a history major at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[1] She is a devout Catholic.^[3]

Rose founded the pro-life group Live Action when she was 15 and continued her activism at UCLA.^[6] Rose has attended workshops at the conservative, non-profit Leadership Institute.^[3] In 2009, as an invited speaker at the Values Voters Summit, she suggested that abortions should be performed in the public square until the "public tired of seeing them and did away with the injustice altogether."^[6]

Awards[link]

In 2008, she was personally awarded $50,000 in the annual "Life Prizes" awards, sponsored by the Gerard Health Foundation, a pro-life charity.^[6][7] She also received the "Person of the Year Malachi Award" from Operation Rescue that same year.^[8] In 2009, she was named a "Young Leader" by the pro-life non-profit Susan B. Anthony List.^[6]

Activism[link]

At the age of 15, Rose founded Live Action and began giving presentations to schools and youth groups.^[1] She and conservative activist James O’Keefe III found inspiration in activist Saul Alinsky's grassroots organizing handbook "Rules for Radicals."^[1] After further inspiration by Texas activist Mark Crutcher's taping of calls to Planned Parenthood clinics featuring women posing as pregnant minors, they came up with the idea to visit in the fall of 2006 several Planned Parenthood clinics wearing secret video cameras.^[8] Rose has conducted stings at Planned Parenthood clinics in and around several major cities since then. Her activism has focused on issues such as the high abortion rate in the African-American community – an effort that has received support from Alveda King^[3] – to protest Planned Parenthood's providing of abortion services. Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortions in the United States.^[1][9][10]

The pretenses used in her undercover operations are diverse and include such things as Rose acting the part of a minor impregnated by a 23-year old male. While using this persona, she claimed that staff at Planned Parenthood clinics advised her to lie about her age and ignored her partner's age.^[11] Rose also released recordings of O'Keefe attempting to elicit racially charged responses from clinic staff by offering donations to pay for abortions for black women.^[12] Another act had Rose posing as a 13-year-old minor impregnated by a 31-year-old man. When told she would need parental consent and must name the father, Rose balks. At first, the staff member says it must be reported to Child Protective Services, but after a minute of silence the staff member is heard saying "Okay, I didn't hear the age. I don't want to know the age. It could be reported as rape. And that's child abuse."^[1]

Rose shot an undercover video at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham, Alabama which resulted in the state placing the clinic on probation for a year.^[13][14]

Rose was featured in the 2010 CNN documentary Right on the Edge, which spotlighted young conservative activists.^[15]

2011 undercover videos[link]

In February 2011, Rose released undercover videos filmed in several different cities showing an unidentified man and a woman posing as a pimp and a prostitute soliciting advice from Planned Parenthood clinic workers on how to procure abortions and birth control for underage prostitutes.^[16][17] Rose said the videos prove Planned Parenthood intentionally breaks laws and covers up abuse.^[9] In response to the videos, Planned Parenthood has reaffirmed its Zero Tolerance policy for situations in which minors are endangered and its commitment to states' mandatory reporting laws for underage girls.^[18] Planned Parenthood reported to the FBI at least 12 visits to its clinics by the man in the video several days after the videos were recorded but prior to their public release.^[19]

There have been no criminal charges or investigations resulting from the videos. Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli said at one time he might investigate Planned Parenthood as a result of the videos, but he conceded during a Fox interview that he lacks "an actual case of it on film" — meaning a case that involves victims instead of actors pretending to run a sex-slave business. Cuccinelli went on to say, "But what you do have is clearly an open willingness of several organizations, meaning subsidiaries of Planned Parenthood nationally in the same category, sex trafficking of minors, and an open willingness to participate in this."^[20] But Live Action national counsel Peter Breen said an actual case is not needed, comparing the undercover journalism in the videos to that of NBC's To Catch a Predator.^[20] At the Federal level, United States Attorney General Eric Holder has declined to pursue charges against Planned Parenthood, stating "It is my understanding that the FBI actually has looked at that matter" and "prosecution was declined in that matter".^[21]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at Live Action
• Fighting for Life, Lila Rose, First Things, October 2010
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Lila Rose at the Internet Movie Database

Gospel Gangstaz is a Grammy-nominated Christian rap group from Compton and South Central, Los Angeles. The group has featured members formerly affiliated with the Crips and Bloods gangs, Mr. Solo, Chilly Baby, DJ Dove and Tik Tokk.

Biography[link]

The group is known for their unique combination of musical talent and Christian lifestyle, as evidenced in their songs. The group's founder, Mr. Solo became a Christian after he almost died in a gang-related shooting. In an interview Mr. Solo said of the Gospel Gangstaz:

In 1994, the trio released their debut album, Gang Affiliated. In winter of 1996, the group's follow up, Do or Die was released. But their third album I Can See Clearly Now released in 1999 was their debut CD on B-Rite, a major label. The album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Rock Gospel Album category.^[2] Other releases from the group include All Mixed UP 2000, The Exodus 2002 and The Flood 2006.

They are currently working on a film and soundtrack entitled Street Disciples.

In July 2006, ex-member Tik Tokk was arrested on murder charges.^[3]

The Gospel Gangstaz have long been known for their ministry focused toward spreading the love of Christ to young men and women with violent pasts or drug problems. When asked about the announcement that Tik Tokk, a former member of the Gospel Gangstaz, had been arrested on July 6th for his alleged involvement in a Bibb County, GA shooting, Chille’ Baby said, “It was a major, major shock.”

Professionally, Mr. Solo and Chille’ Baby have not been associated with Tik Tokk since 2003. They gave him their blessing when he asked to leave the group over a year and a half ago. They have not recorded with him since then and Tik Tokk has not performed with the group for years. Mr. Solo explained that when he and Tik Tokk first met, he felt he was drawn to minister to Tik Tokk much in the same way that he wanted to minister to others with troubled and violent pasts. When asked about the future of the Gangstaz, Mr. Solo said, “We are moving on with our ministry with the vision God has given us. Even though Tik Tokk parted from the Gospel Gangstaz, our heart still goes out to him, as well as the families of the victims."

The Gospel Gangstaz have teamed up with some of the biggest names in Gospel music including Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary.

Fashion[link]

The Gospel Gangstaz teamed up with Only Won to form the Camp 8 clothing line. 2011 launches the first of the clothing line with the Camp 8 Sneakahz. They will be using Faces Behind the Labels to manufacture the shoes.

Discography[link]

• 1994: Gang Affiliated
• 1995: Do or Die
• 1999: I Can See Clearly Now
• 2000: All Mixed Up (Unauthorized remix CD)
• 2002: The Exodus
• 2006: The Flood
• 2011: Street's Disciples

References[link]

External links[link]

• Interview at Gospelflava.com
• Gospelflava.com review of Exodus
• ISound biography
• FBTL

David Cone
David Cone at the 2010 Old-Timers' Day.
Pitcher
Born: (1963-01-02) January 2, 1963 (age 49) Kansas City, Missouri
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 8, 1986 for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
May 28, 2003 for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Win–loss record	194–126
Earned run average	3.46
Strikeouts	2,688
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1986) New York Mets (1987–1992) Toronto Blue Jays (1992) Kansas City Royals (1993–1994) Toronto Blue Jays (1995) New York Yankees (1995–2000) Boston Red Sox (2001) New York Mets (2003)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999) 5× World Series champion (1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000) 1994 AL Cy Young Award 1998 Hutch Award Pitched a perfect game on July 18, 1999

David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1986-2003 for six different teams. Cone pitched the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history. He also set the MLB record for most years between 20-win seasons. He was a member of five World Series championships (1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays and 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 with the New York Yankees). He has a career 8–3 postseason record over 21 postseason starts and a postseason ERA of 3.80.

He is the subject of the book A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone by Roger Angell. His fans are known as "Cone-Heads."

Cone lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and is a color commentator for the Yankees on the YES Network.^[1]

Early years[link]

Cone was born in Kansas City, Missouri and attended Rockhurst High School, an all-boys Jesuit school. Cone played quarterback on the Rockhurst football team, leading them to the district championship. He also played point guard on the school's basketball team, but did not play baseball in high school because Rockhurst did not have a baseball program at the time. Cone played summer ball in the Ban Johnson League. At 16, he reported to an invitation-only tryout at Royals Stadium and an open tryout for the St. Louis Cardinals. Upon graduation, he was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.

Professional career[link]

Minor leagues and MLB debut: Kansas City Royals (1981–86)[link]

Cone went 22-7 with a 2.21 earned run average in his first two professional seasons. He sat out 1983 with an injury, and went 8-12 with a 4.28 ERA for the Double-A Memphis Chicks when he returned in 1984. During his second season with the Class AAA Omaha Royals (1986), Cone was converted to a relief pitcher, and he made his Major League debut on June 8, 1986 in relief of reigning Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen.^[2] He made three more appearances out of the Royals' bullpen before returning to Omaha, where he went 8-4 with a 2.79 ERA. He returned to Kansas City when rosters expanded that September.

New York Mets (1987–92)[link]

Prior to the 1987 season, Cone was traded with Chris Jelic to the New York Mets for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo. Cone went 5–6 with a 3.71 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 21 appearances (13 starts) his first season in New York.

Cone began the 1988 season in the bullpen, but was added to the starting rotation by the first week of May. His first start was a complete game shut out over the Atlanta Braves,^[3] as he went 9-2 with a 2.52 ERA in the first half of the season to earn his first All-Star nod. For the season, Cone went 20-3 with a 2.22 ERA to finish third in National League Cy Young Award balloting.

The Mets ran away with the National League East by fifteen games over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and were heavy favorites over the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom they had a 10-1 record against during the regular season, in the 1988 National League Championship Series.

Cone became a newspaper commentator on the playoffs for the New York Daily News, and incited controversy after the Mets' 3-2 victory in game one by saying Dodgers game one starter Orel Hershiser "was lucky for eight innings," and ripping closer Jay Howell:^[4]

After providing the Dodgers with bulletin board material, they jumped on Cone for five runs in two innings in the second game of the playoffs to tie the series at a game apiece.^[5] After giving up the column,^[6] Cone came back with a complete game victory in game six;^[7] however, series MVP and 1988 Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser came back in game seven with the complete game shut out^[8] to lead the Dodgers to the 1988 World Series against the Oakland Athletics.

Cone spent over five seasons in his first stint with the New York Mets, most of the time serving as the team's co-ace alongside Dwight Gooden while leading the National League in strikeouts in 1990 and 1991. In 1991, Cone switched from uniform number 44 to 17 in honor of former teammate Keith Hernandez. On August 30, he struck out three batters on nine pitches in the fifth inning of a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds. He became the 16th National League pitcher and the 25th pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the nine-strike/three-strikeout half-inning.

Cone's jersey from his 19 strikeout game on October 6, housed in the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field.

Cone tied a National League record on October 6, in the season finale, by striking out 19 rival Philadelphia Phillies batters in a 7-0, three-hit shutout at Philadelphia.^[9] His 19 strikeouts was the second-highest total ever recorded in a nine inning game just behind the 20-strikeout games recorded by Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens (twice), and tying Tom Seaver's single-game club record, making the Mets the only team with two pitchers to achieve the feat.

Cone was the lone Mets representative at the 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game,^[10] going 9-4 with a 2.56 ERA at the All-Star break. With a 56-67 record, and fourteen games behind the first place Pirates, the infamous "worst team money could buy"^[11] traded Cone to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson on August 27, 1992 after the non-waiver trading deadline.^[12]

With Toronto Cone was 4-3, with a 2.55 ERA and 47 strikeouts. Combined with the 214 strikeouts he had with the Mets, his 261 strikeouts led the major leagues and were a career high. Cone headed to the post-season for the second time in his career as the Blue Jays won the American League East. The Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1992 American League Championship Series, and the Atlanta Braves in the World Series to give Cone his first World Series ring, and become the first Canadian team to win the World Series. For his part, Cone went 1-1 with a 3.22 ERA in the post-season.

Cy Young Award: Kansas City Royals (1993–94)[link]

Cone returned to his hometown Kansas City Royals as a free agent for the 1993 season.^[13] Cone had a subpar 1993, going 11-14 with a 3.33 ERA, however, he rebounded to go 16-4 with a 2.94 ERA in the strike-shortened 1994 season to win the American League Cy Young Award, and finish ninth in MVP voting. Cone was a Major League Baseball Players Association representative in negotiations with Major League Baseball in events that surrounded the 1994 baseball strike.

Toronto Blue Jays (1995)[link]

Four days after the strike ended, the Royals traded Cone back to the Blue Jays for Chris Stynes, David Sinnes and Tony Medrano. Cone was 9-6 with a 3.38 ERA for Toronto, however, the Jays were 35-47 and in fifth place when they struck a deal with the second place New York Yankees. On July 28, 1995, the Blue Jays sent Cone to the Yankees for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon.

New York Yankees (1995–2000)[link]

When the Yankees acquired Cone, they were on a six game winning streak, though still trailing the Boston Red Sox for the division lead.^[14][15] The Yankees won the wild card the first season of the new three division, wild card format.

In his third post-season, Cone won the first game of the 1995 American League Division Series against the Seattle Mariners,^[16] and left game five with the score tied at four. The Mariners won the game in extra innings to eliminate the Yankees from the playoffs.^[17]

The Yankees re-signed Cone in the offseason to a three year contract worth $19.5 million.^[18][19] Cone was 4-1 with a 2.02 ERA when he was diagnosed with an aneurysm in his arm in 1996 and went on the disabled list for the majority of the year.^[20] In his comeback start that September against the Oakland Athletics, Cone pitched a no-hitter through seven innings before he had to leave due to pitch count restrictions.^[15] Mariano Rivera allowed a single, ending the no-hit bid.^[21]

The Yankees returned to the post-season for the second of thirteen consecutive seasons. After losing to the Texas Rangers in game one of the 1996 American League Division Series,^[22] and a no decision in the 1996 American League Championship Series,^[23] Cone came back in game three of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves with a six inning, one run performance^[24] to give the Yankees their first win of the Series on their way to their first World Championship in eighteen years.^[25]

Cone went 20-7 in 1998, setting a Major League record for the longest span between twenty win seasons.^[15] Cone won the 1998 American League Division Series clinching game against the Rangers, the 1998 American League Championship Series clinching game against the Indians, and Game Three of the 1998 World Series against the San Diego Padres. Cone finished fourth in the AL Cy Young voting.

He resigned with the Yankees for the 1999 season for $8 million.^[26] He went 12-9 in 1999, pitching the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history on July 18 against the Montreal Expos.^[27][28] It is the last no-hitter to date by a Yankee, the only regular season interleague perfect game. Making the game even more remarkable was that it was "Yogi Berra Day" at Yankee Stadium. After a long feud with owner George Steinbrenner, Berra agreed to return to the stadium that day, and caught the ceremonial first pitch from fellow perfect game pitcher Don Larsen. Larsen could be seen smiling in the press box after the final out was recorded.^[29][30][31]

After the perfect game, he seemed to suddenly lose effectiveness. It was the last shutout he would throw in his career.^[15][32] In 2000 he posted the worst record of his career, 4–14, while seeing his ERA balloon to 6.91, more than double his mark the previous year. In spite of his ineffectiveness, Cone was brought in during game four of the 2000 World Series to face the Mets' Mike Piazza, a controversial decision at the time — Denny Neagle had given up a home run to Piazza in his previous at-bat, but was pitching with a lead and only needed to retire Piazza to go the minimum five innings to be eligible for a win. Cone induced a pop-up to end the inning. It was the only batter he faced in the entire Series.^[33][34]

Boston Red Sox (2001)[link]

Cone recognized after the 2000 season that his tenure with the Yankees was over.^[35] In 2001 Cone pitched for the rival Boston Red Sox, performing with mixed but mostly positive results, including a 9-7 win-loss record and a 4.31 ERA. His 2001 season included a suspenseful 1-0 loss against Yankees ace Mike Mussina wherein Cone pitched 8 ¹⁄₃ innings giving up one unearned run, keeping the game close even as Mike Mussina came within one strike of completing a perfect game, which would have made Cone the first pitcher to pitch a perfect game and be the losing pitcher in another.^{[citation needed]}

Comeback with New York Mets (2003)[link]

He sat out the 2002 season, but attempted a comeback in 2003. Cone went 1-3 in 4 starts for the Mets with a 6.50 ERA. He announced his retirement soon after his last appearance for the Mets on May 28, citing a chronic hip problem.^[36]

Retirement[link]

Upon retiring from baseball in 2001, Cone became a color commentator on the YES Network during its inaugural season. However, his comeback attempt with the crosstown rival Mets in 2003 infuriated Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and Cone was told he would not be welcome back. After his second retirement, Cone was offered a broadcasting position with the Mets, but opted to remain home with his family. His wife, Lynn DiGioia Cone, an interior designer whom he married in 1994,^[37] gave birth to a son, Brian, in 2006.^[38]

In 2008, David Cone rejoined the YES Network as an analyst and host of Yankees on Deck. He left the YES Network during the 2009-10 offseason in order to "spend more time with my family." He was replaced by former Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez.^[39] On April 19, 2011 Cone returned to the Yankees broadcast booth in Toronto, working as analyst for a Yankees-Blue Jays series along with Ken Singleton.^[1]

As an announcer, Cone is known for making references to sabermetric statistics, referencing some websites such as Fangraphs.com.^[40]

On July 17, 2009, Cone testified as a witness (representing the Democratic Party) before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.^[41] He read a prepared statement in support of Sotomayor's nomination which chronicled Major League Baseball's labor dispute of 1994 and the impact of the judge's decision which forced the disputants back to the bargaining table. Cone said, "It can be a good thing to have a judge in district court or a justice on the United States Supreme Court who recognizes that the law cannot always be separated from the realities involved in the disputes being decided."^[42]

Career statistics[link]

His .606 won-lost percentage ranks 95th on MLB all-time list; 7.77 hits allowed per nine innings pitched ranks 60th on MLB's all-time list; 8.28 strikeouts per nine innings pitched ranks 17th; 2,668 strikeouts ranks 21st, and 419 games started ranks 97th on the MLB all-time list.

• New York Yankees all-time leader in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (8.67).
• Holds New York Yankees single season record for most strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (10.25 in 1997).
• Is the last Yankee pitcher to strike out 200+ batters in two consecutive seasons.
• Struck out 19 batters in one game, October 6, 1991
• Is the only pitcher to have a 20-win season with both the Mets (1988) and the Yankees (1998).

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Baseball portal

• Pitchers who have thrown a perfect game
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• List of pitchers who have struck out 18 or more batters in a nine-inning MLB game
• Top 100 Major League Baseball hit batsmen leaders
• Pitchers who have struck out three batters on nine pitches
• Top 100 strikeout pitchers of all time

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• BaseballLibrary.com
• Hickok Sports
• Ultimate Mets Database