Īt the height of his popularity in the 1980s, his telecast was transmitted to in excess of 3,000 stations and cable systems each week. and on 78 channels in 104 countries, and over the Internet.
The weekly Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word programs are broadcast throughout the U.S. His television ministry, which began in 1971, and was originally known as the Camp Meeting Hour, has a viewing audience both in the U.S. Jimmy Lee Swaggart ( / ˈ s w æ ɡ ər t/ born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostal televangelist, gospel music recording artist, pianist, and Christian author.
