While addressing local humanists, freethinkers and atheists at Stanford University on May 6th, David Silverman, president of national advocacy group American Atheists, said that his New Jersey-based organization would be launching a first-of-a-kind television channel dedicated to atheism in July 2014.

49-year-old Silverman said that the new channel would be available via Roku, an internet-streaming player that can be attached to all television sets like a cable box. The channel will broadcast atheism-related content seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The unnamed channel is expected to reach approximately seven million households and be free of cost, at least initially. With more than 100 Christian channels and 4 Jewish channels on the existing television network, this will be the first atheist channel to air in America.

The channel plans on airing video footage from past atheist events like the American Atheist Conventions and the 2012 Reason Rally. It will also air content provided by video bloggers who are non-believers and segments of The Atheist Viewpoint – a show that was produced 20 years ago by Madalyn Murray O’Hair, late founder of American Atheists and plaintiff in the 1963 landmark Supreme Court case that ensured public schools do not organize Bible readings.

“We are envisioning a lot of different content from many different atheist content creators. We are hoping to sign on many other atheists who create videos currently on YouTube and other places,” said Dave Muscato, American Atheists’ director of communications.

When asked if the organization would create an atheist radio channel in the near future, Silverman said he has a playlist of more than 1,000 songs that are atheist in theme, nature or origin.

American Atheist is currently seeking content providers, so those who produce videos of interest to an atheist audience, can get in touch with the organization right here.

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