[16] Then it switched to broadcasting from a hill near Meshgav Am, still on the Lebanese side of the border (the station did not receive permission to operate from Israeli territory).

[17] On April 10, 1982, a Christian-based television station in South Lebanon, Hope TV, was donated to the Christian Broadcasting Network, and became METV.

In the WCCW days, its stars such as the Van Erick family, became famous in Israel, obtaining followers and becoming a part of Israeli culture.

[24] On October 1, 1998, it conducted a combined broadcast of two football matches between Maccabi Haifa and Paris Saint-Germain and between Beitar Jerusalem and Glasgow Rangers, from the Champions League, which received a 29% viewing percentage in Israel.

[25] Due to its activity in the Israeli market, the franchisees of Channel 2 petitioned the High Court, in November 1998, with a request to order the cessation of cable broadcasts, which harmed their income from advertising.

[27][28] Then an agreement was reached according to which the channel undertook to reduce the broadcasts with subtitles or dubbing into Hebrew, and the advertising for the Israeli market.

[29] In anticipation of the Israeli decision to pull out of Southern Lebanon, Middle East Television began searching for a new broadcast facility in May 1999.

[30] In September 2016, LeSEA sold the station to Sid Roth's Messianic Vision, Inc.[31] In the early years, a plain wordmark was used.

[32] The logo of METV, prior to the LeSEA Broadcasting purchase, used to be three cedar trees, in honor of the Flag of Lebanon.