On wings of a dove, Gospel Music Channel takes off

By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
04/20/2008

NEW YORK—Only a few thousand families in Tennessee were able to see the Gospel Music Channel light when it began less than four years ago.

Now it's television's fastest-growing cable network—available in some 40 million homes, more than a third of the nation.

It reaches a milestone Wednesday when it carries live coverage of the annual Dove Awards for gospel music.

The co-founder of the Gospel Music Channel attributes its success in part to a lesson learned from his father, the late televangelist Rex Humbard. the rest image