Kuangchi is sponsored by the Catholic Church as a non-profit organization, whose purpose, as outlined by Father Jerry Martinson, S. J., the program's president, is to help improve the quality of life in Taiwan through the mass media.
正因為它具有電視台的設備及錄製節目的功能，而有「第四家電視台」之稱。光啟社和電視台所不同之處，是它沒有發射機，只能錄製節目，無法播送節目，必須把錄製好的節目交由電視台播出。