DVD Transfer 116 contains mostly recordings from Family Channel (now Freeform) during their inaugural "25 Days of Christmas" in 1996.

CONTENTS

1. 700 Club (partial; featured stories included: A look at 2 mostly-black Christian schools in Texas and an interview with conservative commentator and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes)

2. God's News Behind the News (1998 recording of the prophecy-oriented series on TBN; here host Joe Van Kouvering interviews Canadian prophecy teacher Grant Jeffrey on his book "The Millennium Meltdown"; dealing with the subject of the Y2K computer bug)

3. Stooge TV (a 1996 Family Channel recording of the network's late-night block of Three Stooges shorts. Featured shorts include: 1943's "I Can Hardly Wait". Partly taped over)

4. Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (part of inaugural "25 Days of Christmas" block; the 1979 special included three shorts created for the special: Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol"; "Freeze Frame" and "The Fright Before Christmas")

5. The Little Drummer Boy (part of inaugural "25 Days of Christmas")

6. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ditto. Partial recording)

7. Jesse (TBN series for Jesse Duplantis. Title and subject unknown. Partial recording)

8. Networking (show produced by the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International {a group of Christian - predominantly Pentecostal - businessmen} led at the time by Richard Sharkanian, who succeeded his father and FGBMFI founder Demos upon Demos' death in 1993. Partial recording)

9. SportsCenter (partial recording from December 11, 1996. Rich Eisen does highlights of NBA action involving the Chicago Bulls taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves {the Bulls; led by Michael Jordan's 27 points and 26 for Scottie Pippen [Pippen also added 9 rebounds and 8 assists], improved to 18-3 with their 103-86 win} and the Miami Heat taking on the Philadelphia 76ers {the Sixers, despite strong performances by Jerry Stackhouse, Derrick Coleman and Clarence Weatherspoon [the #1 overall pick that year, future Hall-of-Famer Allen Iverson, was limited to 8 points], dropped their fifth straight game by an 84-79 score})

10. Bob Larson Live (the longtime radio talker/exorcist interviews Perry Ferriualio, author of the book "Disney: The Mouse Betrayed" {this was when many evangelical Christian groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention and Focus on the Family among others were leading a boycott of Disney, sparked predominantly {though not the only reason} by the Magic Kingdom giving their blessing - if not backing - of "Gay Days" at their theme parks along with less than family-friendly productions coming from some of their subsidiaries {in particular, Miramax})

11. Life in the Word (recorded on INSP. Not sure of title {didn't see graphic}; but apparently Joyce Meyer was speaking at the Village of Faith Church in Farmingville, NY)

12. 700 Club (featured is a showing of the CBN-produced special "Alabaster's Song" followed by longtime co-host Terry Meuwseen and a group of children singing Christmas carols at a manger scene)