Plans are far advanced by the Lumen Christi Catholic Media Ltd to start test transmission of Lumen Christi TV by September 15, 2022.

The Ghanaian Catholic TV Channel would be expected to broadcast content across Ghana and beyond Africa when in full operations.

LUMEN CHRISTI TV which is now available on the Digital Terrestrial Television will be accessible to households in Accra and its surrounding areas on Channel CP9 or  Digital TV on Channel CP9.

According to the Technical Partners, Households in the rest of Ghana or across the Country can tune in via Satellite to receive LUMEN CHRISTI TV on the Mega-Choice Digital platform on Channel MC16.

Below are the Technical details to guide stakeholders.

Downlink Parameters:

Satellite: TURKSAT 4A

Position: 42° East

Downlink Frequency: 12693

Symbol Rate: 22500

Polarity: Vertical (V)

FEC: 2/3

You may contact your satellite installer for assistance.

In a bid to start the running of a National Catholic Television Station, Lumen Christi Catholic Media Limited under the auspices of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) will officially outdoor the Television Channel to start full operations.

Lumen Christi TV is a National Catholic TV Project being spearheaded by the National Catholic Laity Council and Catholic Professional Stakeholders.

Fundraising activities are still ongoing to support this TV Project at all the Dioceses of the Catholic Church across the country prior to the Upcoming National Launch.

Lumen Christi Catholic Media Limited is a media company limited by shares and owned by the Catholic Church of Ghana to run the Lumen Christi (LC) TV.

LC TV has its head office in Accra and will have 20 bureaus in all the Dioceses and a Vicariate under their respective Diocesan Departments of Social Communications (DEPSOCOM) to reflect its national character and be managed by a team of media professionals to be recruited by the Board of Directors.

The Broadcast and Transmission of the LC TV will be done via Digital terrestrial and satellite transmission. This will provide coverage into the 19 Dioceses and a Vicariate whilst satellite broadcast will give coverage all over Africa.

LC TV has the mandate to deliver fascinating television programmes and content that informs, entertains, educates and evangelises to a global audience.

The vision of the TV channel is to be accepted as a stellar, evangelistic, entertaining, and authentic TV channel with Global appeal.

LUMEN CHRISTI TV… Truly Catholic

The Directors of Lumen Christi Catholic Media Ltd managers of Lumen Christi TV are mourning one of their benefactors, Mr. Edward Kwasi Kwao, who reportedly died in September 2022.

The late Kwao is the 3rd benefactor of Lumen Christi TV who donated GHS100,000 last year to support the Great Commission of Christ to enable the establishment of the Catholic Television.

Chairman of the Executive Council of the National Implementation Committee of the National Catholic TV Project, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, who announced the death, prayed for the peaceful repose of his soul.

“We would honour him by ensuring that the TV project is a great success to the glory of God. Condolences to the family,” he said in a post announcing the death.

A retired Pharmacist and a devoted Catholic from the Konongo-Mampong Diocese,  the late Kwao donated GH₵100, 000 as seed money to support the implementation of the National Catholic TV Project whose Executive Council was officially inaugurated on Monday, June 14, 2021 at the National Catholic Secretariat (NCS) in Accra.

Mr. Kwao who is a Parishioner of the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Dansoman-Accra said at the presentation ceremony last year that it was in appreciation and thanksgiving to God for two successful different medical surgeries he had abroad.

According to the late Mr. Kwao at last year’s presentation, he had to respond to the silent voice of God to support this initiative by the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference after his personal prayerful experience during his devotion on a Canadian TV Network, adding, “I was convinced Ghana could have the same thing.”

The late Kwao’s donation was received by the Most Rev. Philip Naameh, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tamale, who thanked him for his kind gesture and love for the Catholic Church, saying, “when we formed the Committee to work we had no idea where the seed money was going to come from but the kind gesture from Mr. Kwao and other well-meaning Catholic have demonstrated their true love for the Church.