Hey guys,

25 years ago this fall

Pat Robertson-Founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network along with his son Tim Robertson transformed the CBN Cable Network into The Family Channel also known as The Positive Place

The Family Channel or FAM for short aired Classic and Original Programs during its 10 year run from 1988-1998

The Family Channel aired Original Action Adventure Series from the likes of BORDERTOWN, The NEW Zorro w/Duncan Regehr and Patrice Martinez, Rin Tin Tin K9 Cop (Katts & Dog) w/Jesse Collins and Andrew Bednarski, The Adventures of the Black Stallion w/Legendary Screen Actor Mickey Rooney, Richard Ian Cox and Michele Goodger, African Skies w/Catherine "Daisy Duke" Bach and Legendary Screen Actor the late Robert Mitchum and Snowy River: The McGregor Saga

FAM was also the place for Great Original Movies from The Boy King to The Girl from Mars to The Ditch Digger's Daughters to even Hart to Hart Reunion Movies w/Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers

FAM was even the place for Great Original Variety Series like The NEW Original Amateur Hour w/Legendary Today Show Weatherman Willard Scott and You Asked For It...Again! w/Jimmy Brogan

FAM also had Original Comedies from Big Brother Jake w/Fitness Guru Jake Steinfeld and Barbara Meek of Archie Bunker's Place Fame, Maniac Mansion w/Joe Flaherty of SCTV and Freak & Geeks and Deborah Theaker and The Mighty Jungle Featuring the voices of Tony Danza of Taxi and Who's the Boss? Fame and Delta Burke of Designing Women Fame

FAM has even produced Original Cartoons from Madeline to Heroes on Hot Wheels to even The Legend of Prince Valiant Starring the voice of Robbie Benson of Disney's Beauty and the Beast

FAM also gave us Original Game Shows from That's My Dog to Baby Races to Interactive Game Shows like Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, Shuffle, Jumble and the Television Version of Trivial Pursuit all hosted by Mr. Tic Tac Dough and Mr. Gambit himself Wink Martindale

FAM even gave us Classic Cartoon Blocks

From 1989-1992, FAM and DiC Entertainment gave us Mayor Zak's Fun Town and from 1992-1998, it became known as FAM and later FAM TV

FAM gave us Classic Cartoons and Children's Programming like Roger Ramjet and Classic DiC Shows like Zaktales, Something Else, C.O.P.S., The Get Along Gang, Pole Position, Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, Sylvanian Families, Dinosaucers, StarCom, Super Mario Bros., Captain N: The Game Master, ProStars, Wish Kid, The NEW Archies, Archie & Friends Featuring Maxie's World, Hey Vern, It's Ernest, Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, The Littles, Inspector Gadget and even Hanna-Barbera Shows like Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Laverne & Shirley in the Army, The Flintstone Kids, FAM's Incredible Animal Hour, The All-New Popeye Show and even Ruby-Spears' Heathcliff and Marmaduke and even The New Generation w/Famed Emcee Michael Young as well as Xuxa

They also had Filmation's The Archies with The Archie Show, Archie's Funhouse and U.S. of Archie

FAM even gave us Classic Game Shows from Crosswits with David Sparks, The NEW $100,000 Name That Tune w/Jim Lange of The Dating Game and Barry & Enright's BULLSEYE, Let's Make a Deal and Split Second w/TV's Big Dealer Monty Hall and Face the Music w/Ron Ely, the late Tommy Oliver and Lisa Donavan

When FAM was CBN, they reran LMAD, NTT and FTM

FAM also gave us Classic Episodes of NBC's I'm Telling w/Laurie Faso and it was co-produced by DiC Entertainment and Saban Productions Producers of Power Rangers

During the 94/95 Season, FAM TV gave us Afternoon Game Show Blocks from I'm Telling to Masters of the Maze w/JD Roth of Fun House Fame, Maximum Drive produced by Vin Di Bona Producer of Animal Crack-Ups, American's Funniest Home Videos and Show Me the Funny and That's My Dog w/Wil Shriner

From 1995-1998 FAM in the Afternoon became known as FAM AFTV giving us shows like Wild Animal Games w/Ryan Seacrest of American Idol and Click, The NEW Masters of the Maze w/Mario Lopez of Kids Incorporated and Saved by the Bell FAME and Family Challenge w/the late Ray Combs of Family Feud

From 1996-1998, FAM AFTV gave us The NEW Shop 'til you Drop w/Pat Finn, Shopping Spree w/Ron Pearson of Malcolm & Eddie, Small Talk w/Wil Shriner, Wait 'til You Have Kids w/Tom Parks of Not Necessarily the News, The NEW Family Challenge w/Michael Burger and It Takes Two w/the late TV Icon Dick Clark

FAM even gave us more Classic Adventure Dramas like Batman w/Adam West and Burt Ward, Hardcastle and McCormick w/the late Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly and Scarecrow and Mrs. King w/Kate Jackson of The Rookies and Charlie's Angels Fame and Bruce Boxleitner of Bring'em Back Alive and Babylon 5 Fame

FAM even gave us Classic Sitcoms from Punky Brewster to Newhart as well as the Daytime Talk Show Home & Family

FAM even gave us Classic Variety Series like Carol Burnett & Friends-The Best of The Carol Burnett Show, Carson's Comedy Classics-The Best of The Tonight Show w/the late Johnny Carson, Stooge TV-Classic Film Shorts of The Three Stooges and The Best of TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes w/the late Dick Clark and the late Ed McMahon

FAM also had Classic TV Family Dramas from The Waltons to Our House to even Life Goes On

FAM also gave us more TV Dramas from the Reality Series Rescue 911 to Mysteries like Father Dowling Mysteries w/the late Tom Bosley of Happy Days Fame to Diagnosis Murder w/TV Legend Dick Van Dyke to even Remington Steele w/Stephanie Zimbelist and Pierce Brosnan

FAM even gave us your favorite Classic TV Westerns from Cimarron Strip w/Stuart Whitman, Wagon Train, The Virginian w/James Drury, Gunsmoke w/the late James Arness, The Big Valley w/the late Miss Barbara Stanwyck, the late Richard Long, Peter Breck, a young Londa Evans and a young Lee Majors, Bonanza: The Lost Episodes w/the late Lorne Greene, the late Dan Blocker and the late Michael Landon, The High Chaparral w/the late Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell and Linda Crystal, The Young Riders and Paradise w/Lee Horsley and Sigrid Thornton

FAM also had Original Specials like Family Reunion: A Gospel Music Celebration and Fred Travelena's Comedy at the Oval Office

FAM even had The 700 Club w/Pat Robertson and Co-Host was Scottish Singer Sheila Walsh and Ben Kinchlow and there was even a Talk Show called Straight Talk w/Ben Kinchlow and later Scott Ross

FAM even gave us Videosyncrasy w/Jimmy Hodson who is best known as the announcer for Divorce Court with Judges Mablean Ephrim and Lynn Toler and they also had CCM-TV-Contemporary Christian Music Television

FAM even gave us 2 Magazine Programs as part of the Parent Power Hour

American Baby and Healthy Kids

FAM also had Brand New Episodes of CBN's American Snapshots

In 1998, FAM would soon become FFC-Fox Family Channel when Pat Robertson and his son Tim sold their company International Family Entertainment to Fox Kids Worldwide

The Family Channel may be gone, but the spirit still lives on in The Hallmark Channel and INSP

Happy 25 to The CBN Family Channel also known as The Positive Place

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and now, here are some Video Clips:

The Family Channel sign-off Promo from 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9c0e7J_mno

The Family Channel Fun Town Bumper and Promos - November 24, 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhQ5o7mmH8U

The Family Channel Bumper from 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoJXTup-iq4

Family Feature Fitness w/Melissa Anderson of Little House on the Prairie Fame from 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3gv5hemxg

The Family Channel The Positive Place from 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uou3ZkrzkM

The Family Channel Game Show Block intro from 1993 w/Wink Martindale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw952zJFSyI

The Family Channel Rescue 911 Promo #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP3MEn4ptIM

The Family Channel Rescue 911 Promo #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvG54PDtLho

The Family Channel Super Mario Bros. Bumpers from Fun Town and FAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0x0rnOTJwo

The Family Channel Fun Town Break from March of 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_f89-dV3w

The Family Channel Bordertown Promo from 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPM2KenFRJo

Shopping Spree Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrOQ63dKIU

The Family Channel Paradise Promo from c.1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOaHYMeSpCw

The Family Channel Promo of The Mighty Jungle from 1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKdybMulerA

The Family Channel Promo of Stooge TV and Carson's Comedy Classics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isCbXHdHVLw

The Family Channel Promo of Ed McMahon on Carson's Comedy Classics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_mx8PkEHo

The Family Channel Big Brother Jake Promos from 1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APR_xbw20zo

The Family Channel Promo of Maniac Mansion from 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVK-YNx4bI

The Family Channel Promo of Maniac Mansion from 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkNzNYGpnpw

Bordertown TV Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuG31zN9qx4

The NEW Zorro Season 1 Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaGJln2Tbs

The Adventures of the Black Stallion Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moOUIH3t30E

Katts & Dog also known as Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop Season 5 Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQWNHIzMjM

Big Brother Jake Opening from Season 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipaulAEiRw

Maniac Mansion Season 1 Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CutaNxxS8N8

Trivial Pursuit: Mitch vs. Stan vs. Marna - A GREAT EPISODE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqY9u4NDTvg

Maximum Drive - The Finale

Cobras vs. Sharks vs. Lions for The Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOeGg1WjK4o

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This thread makes me want to cry! I can remember watching "Wagon Train" on The Family Channel with my parents when I was a kid. It was the first place I saw "Father Knows Best."

I miss the old Family Channel. :(

Like Bob Hope said, Thanks for the memory. :) :cool:

For those who know me that I like tradition and whatnot but I do think UP, which was GMC has taken over what the Family Channel used to be.

To me CBN was the less publicized sister of Nick at Nite. Their late 80s evening block was stunning:Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, You Bet Your Life (with Groucho), and Laurel and Hardy back to back! Plus Nanny and the Professor, Family Affair, Doris Day, and scads of Westerns--stuff the local channels and other networks never would have though of. (Didn't Green Acres air there too or is my memory faulty?)

Ahh yes the early 90's I remember getting to watch Inspector Gadget and at timeslots like 7pm which I thought was unusual since most cartoons are aired in the afternoons.

And 60's Batman and C.O.P.S.

I think they also aired the waltons

I remember when i had cable the CBN/Family Channel was on a channel it shared with Instant News channel. before it became a full time channel on my cable.

I do remember the old Family Channel, they even used the Dr. John's version of "Accentuate the Positive" as promotion for The Family Channel...

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I hope to buy a TV Station one day and It'll have the BEST of all TV Worlds and it'll be like Family Channel, TBS, USA, and WGN so it'll be a Superatation.

I do remember that one

Good Time in the 90's when that song came out for FAM

They had really good programming.