CJIL-TV

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CJIL-TV
Lethbridge, Alberta
Branding	The Miracle Channel
Slogan	Canada's first Christian television station
Channels	Analog: 17 (UHF) Digital: 39 (UHF)
Affiliations	Religious Independent
Owner	The Miracle Channel Association
Founded	April 4, 1995
Call letters’ meaning	Christ Jesus Is Lord
Former callsigns	none
Website	www.miraclechannel.ca

CJIL-TV is a Canadian English-language Christian television station based in Alberta. It uses the on-air name, The Miracle Channel. The station is licensed to Lethbridge, Alberta where its headquarters are located.

Contents 1 History 2 Over-the-air expansion in Alberta 3 Criticism 4 External links

[edit] History

CJIL-TV was founded by Dick and Joan Dewert. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted the Dewerts a licence on April 4, 1995. It debuted on January 14, 1996 broadcasting in southern Alberta and expanded nationally on September 11, 2000. CJIL-TV was the Canadian affiliate for the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The station is available globally via satellite and on the web.

On May 20, 2007, Dick and Joan Dewert resigned from the station due to an extra-marital relationship. Ray Block is the interim CEO.

[edit] Over-the-air expansion in Alberta

In 2007, CJIL filed an application with the CRTC for a licence to operate English-language transitional digital television programming undertakings in Calgary (Channel 15) and Edmonton (Channel 21). If approved, these transmitters would have simply rebroadcast the original CJIL-TV schedule in its entirety. The applications were denied, however, in favour of a competing application from the Crossroads Television System.

[edit] Criticism

An independent group not associated with the station, The Miracle Channel Review, is an organization that was created for the purpose of objectively examining the teachings and teachers of shows that are aired by The Miracle Channel. The group claims to review strictly from a Christian biblical perspective, using hermeneutics whenever possible, as well as assisting in educating anyone who is conducting research in religious studies or generally interested in current trends and movements in Christianity.

[edit] External links

• Miracle Channel
• The Miracle Channel Review
• Miracle Channel founder resigns. CBC News, May 22, 2007
• Myers, Sean. Christian TV head resigns over affair. Calgary Herald, May 23, 2007
• Miracle TV to go on without founder, says new head. CBC News, May 23, 2007
• Harris, Jane. Miracle Channel Founders: Sudden Disappearance. Maranatha News, June 13, 2007

v • d • e Broadcast television in Alberta Calgary CICT 2 (Global) • CFCN 4 (CTV) • CKAL 5 (Citytv) • CBRT 9 (CBC) • CIAN 13 (Educational ind./A-Ch.) • CKCS 32 (CTS) • CJCO 38 (OMNI)1 • Shaw TV Calgary Edmonton CFRN 3 (CTV) • CBXT 5 (CBC) • CJAL 9 (Educational ind./A-Ch.) • CBXFT 11 (SRC) • CITV 13 (Global) • CKES 45 (CTS) • CKEM 51 (Citytv) • CJEO 56 (OMNI)1 • Shaw TV Edmonton Other areas CKSA 2 (CBC, Lloydminster) • CITL 4 (CTV, Lloydminster) • CHAT 6 (CBC, Medicine Hat) • CHCA 6 (E!, Red Deer) • CISA 7 (Global, Lethbridge) • CIRE 12 (IND, High Prairie) • CJIL 17 (Religious ind., Lethbridge) • VX9EWW 17 (Ind/Experimental, Lac La Biche) • CFSO 32 (Religious ind., Cardston) Cable-only Sportsnet West • Persona TV/NewsChannel 7 (Grande Prairie) • Fairchild Television (Calgary feed) 1 New stations licensed in 2007, not yet on air.

v • d • e Religious television channels in Canada CTS CITS Burlington • CKCS Calgary • CKES Edmonton S-VOX CIIT Winnipeg • CHNU Surrey Other terrestrial CFEG Abbotsford • CFSO Cardston • CJIL Lethbridge Cable ATN Aastha TV • The Christian Channel • Salt + Light Television • VisionTV Foreign channels available in Canada EWTN (USA)