Talk:CJIL-DT

Common Name

Shouldn't this article be at The Miracle Channel, as common names are favored over names almost nobody has heard of? -- Steven Fisher 15:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any policy where common names are preferred over official names. If you take a look at virtually any Canadian television station article, you will see they have the same format. That being said, The Miracle Channel forwards to this article. --Kmsiever 15:39, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking of the "policy in a nutshell": Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature. Btw, thanks for your response. If I'm wrong on this, i still want to know that. :) -- Steven Fisher 18:22, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Heck, I could be wrong on this. In all honesty though, using your quote above, I wonder what the majority of English speakers would refer to this station as considering the station's low coverage area. --Kmsiever 19:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, the coverage area is actually pretty huge, it just isn't very dense outside of the Lethbridge area. I'm watching it from just outside Vancouver, BC, for instance. How many satellites carry it? They never refer to themselves at CJIL on the satelitte broadcast, which is why I think this article may be at the wrong place. But still, at least there's a redirect. I added a link to here from the dab page as well. I think that settles this for now. -- Steven Fisher 23:49, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Dewert/Deweert

The founder's name spelling confusion, and reason for the spelling change, probably deserves its own separate sentence and a solid published citation. Past use of the 'ee' spelling could be verified by something as simple as his name in a newspaper's TV program listing. Mike Doughney 05:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I honestly don't see the point of mentioning anything further than what's presently there. If anything more is notable, then perhaps he should have his own article. --Kmsiever 14:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

What I was hinting at (between my comment and the fact tag) is that the reference to his spelling change should either be removed if it can't be verified, or made a full sentence if it can; it looks really awkward written parenthetically as it is. Mike Doughney 14:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose that Miracle Channel be merged into this page, as there is a large overlap in content and subject, and all content on that page can be integrated easily and without issues as far as article size is concerned. I believe there is little to no reason to maintain a seperate page in light of this fact. Hazarasp (talk) 03:25, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

I don't think merging the pages is a good idea. All of the over-the-air tower designations and signal info is incorrect/outdated. The Miracle Channel page contains more updated information on the TV station if you compare it to the Miracle Channel website. Additionally, CJIL-TV is the correct call letters of the Miracle Channel (not CJIL-DT). It would be better to have the common channel name (Miracle Channel) as the title rather than call letters - especially if it's the wrong call letters. Anniethiessen (talk) 15:42, 6 October 2017 (UTC)