I've been seeing a lot of evangelical "come to Jesus" commercials from Franklin Graham. They just want their 15 minutes of fame

Is the local affiliate owned by Sinclair? If not maybe more of Trump and friends might be rubbing off on our bedazzeled media.

Money Drumps all

There is a difference between network owned stations and network affiliated stations. Affiliated stations don't have much oversight by the network. Their affiliation must gives them access to network programming.

And this from the same broadcast company that won't allow the Reagan ads. CNN aired the Ronald Reagan Jr. ads and got a lot of positive comments. Or course the religionists hated it. [friendlyatheist.patheos.com]
*"Pastor Greg Locke

So the @FFRF running an ad during the #DemocraticDebate is further proof that this party HATES GOD. These people will destroy the very fabric of this Nation. Furthermore they LIED about our Founding Fathers.*"
One important question we all need to ask is: who stands to gain (financially)?

Been that way for weeks around here including local news.

"Pray with us: Jesus we are sinners . . .)" (vomit) ending with "contact us. . ." = (you scared idiot, join our flock so we can fleece your dumb ass).

Face Palm. Sadly, my mother is a theist but she recognizes that charlatan pushing his church is a hard core tRump supporter so she vehemently disavows any correlation between her religion and that asshat.

Rarely if ever watching the old fashioned network news, when doing so, the ads definitely reflect the declining viewership and revenue stream..

It’s the money honey

It's AD money and Religion is allowed as long as they pay...keep in mind the station retains the right to reject an AD based on Corporate Philosophy...just try to run an AD for the promotion of Satanism and see how far you get.

There's currently one airing here, with Franklin Graham. Whenever it comes on I change the channel.
Can't even tell you how many shows I've stopped watching because of it.
Nine times out of ten, I get caught up in another. Usually, it's so I can find out if anyone ever beats Bobby Flay.
LOL

Thank goodness we are spared that kind of advertising in the U.K. I think I’d put my foot through the TV if it happened here!

Religion is like fleas, once they get on your skin it takes a lot washing and pesticides to rid one of this horrific infestation!!!

Follow the money.

The Delinquent Delilahs keep dishing out the dollars to divert others into delusion.

Well funny you should mention it but yesterday I saw an ad (in Australia) for an evangelical style 'pastor' and it stuck in my mind because I don't recall seeing anything like it before. Is it a planetary take over I wonder? Or maybe I have just blocked them out over the years and have not been paying attention.

Youtube videos are now riddled with commercials. For a while, the atheist/agnostic videos seemed to start out with a commercial for a Christian organization or religious themed group. I had wondered if this was planned or just a coincidence.

Sickening isn't it, total Bullshit

I've seen a ad on the same station, I muted it, but I suppose if they can afford the amount it costs to run an ad on prime time, they can.