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ES TV

Norwegian Christian Pentecostal TV station

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5324401
Source-derived summary

ES TV is a Norwegian Christian Pentecostal TV station. ES TV broadcasts from a grid of ground transmitters, via satellite and also as Web TV. The station began its mission in 1993. the foundation Pinsevennenes Evangeliesenter (Pentecostal Gospel Center in Norway) owns the broadcaster.

Pinsevennenes Evangeliesenter is a diaconal, voluntary based organization which works with addicts, assisting in freeing people from their addictions and in getting started with "a new life".

History

The TV station was established two years after the Gospel Center had begun regular radio broadcasts in Oslo. In February 2003, it announced its plans to improve its production capabilities, using satellite technology. The goal was to obtain 2,000 supporters during the course of the year with monthly donations worth NOK 50 to 100.

On 1 June 2020, it ceased delivering its program to Visjon Norge.

Programming

The programs which are presented are recordings from Christian meetings, singing and music, topical shows as well as news programming. The aim is to present the Gospels and to present the addict care program of the gospel center.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “ES TV” as norwegian Christian Pentecostal TV station. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2003, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993. The account is most persuasive where Norwegian, Christian and Pentecostal can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as norwegian Christian Pentecostal TV station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5324401. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2003 and 2020.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “ES TV”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow ES TV primary sources, ES TV archive and Norwegian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “ES TV”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from ES TV” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.