Mainline Protestant and Catholic groups once dominated the air time
networks had set aside for religious broadcasting. But that was before
the televangelists came along and offered local stations handsome rates
for Sunday morning "ghetto" time. Robert Schuller, whose Garden
Grove Community Church is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America,
is the only mainliner on the marquee of religious broadcasting. His
denomination, however, does not sponsor his broadcasts. Like the organizations
of the other televangelists, his "Hour of Power" pays for air
time on every station on which the program appears.
