Lisa Desjardins:
Robertson was born in Virginia in 1930 and saw politics early.
His father, a conservative Democrat, spent decades in Congress. After serving in the Korean War, he went to law school, then a turn. A religious awakening took him to ministry. And he uprooted his wife and young family for a leap of faith.
In 1960, he purchased a small TV station in Virginia Beach, saying the lord told him to start the Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN.
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