Thursday, September 13, 2007

Pirate Television in Toronto

Via Art ThreatVia Art Threat Star Ray TV creator Jan Pachul has accused the CRTC of corruption. Star Ray has been trying for 10 years to get a license for a low power community station. During that decade the CRTC has refused to allow even a hearing despite a 1971 Supreme Court of Canada decision that an applicant had a statutory right to a hearing.

According to Art Threat
"The volunteer run Star Ray TV offers viewers local event coverage, a weekly forum discussing Toronto issues, local sports, and programming provided by Canadian producers. Star Ray also distributes on the internet supplying channels of international radio and streaming video programming including Star Ray TV and SR Music, a radio station uniquely programmed by the listeners through a web interface."


Star Ray is currently operating anyway, without a licence. You can find if on UHF Channel 15 in Toronto or online at Star Ray has been added to the list of public broadcasters under Ontario television.

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