CJIL-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CJIL-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Canada's first Christian television station
station_branding = The Miracle Channel
analog = 17 (UHF)
digital = "allocated 33 (UHF)"
other_chs = see below
affiliations = independent
network =
airdate = January 14, 1996
location = Lethbridge, Alberta
callsign_meaning = Christ Jesus Is Lord
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = The Miracle Channel Association
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW
HAAT = 133.5 m
coordinates = coord|49|46|47|N|112|52|18|W|type:landmark
homepage = [http://www.miraclechannel.ca/ www.miraclechannel.ca]

CJIL-TV is a Canadian English-language Christian-based television station licensed to and based in Lethbridge, Alberta. CJIL-TV uses the on-air name The Miracle Channel.

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. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/05/23/dewart-resigns.html "Miracle Channel founder resigns"] , CBC News, May 22, 2007] [Myers, Sean. [http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=212f7276-97d0-438c-a0fe-21ca421af957&k=43585 "Christian TV head resigns over affair"] , "Calgary Herald", May 23, 2007.] Ray Block is the interim CEO. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/05/23/dewart-resigns.html "Miracle TV to go on without founder, says new head"] CBC News, May 23, 2007]

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.

Transmitters

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. [ [http://www.themiraclechannel.ca The Miracle Channel Review] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.miraclechannel.ca/ The Miracle Channel]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=45&historyID=49 Canadian Communications Foundation - CJIL-TV History]
*RecnetCanada|CJIL-TV