Star Ray TV

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On August 21, 2000, after five interventions from established broadcasters, the CRTC turned down Pachul's application,{{cite web |url=http://www.sceneandheard.ca/archive/V2_03/media_starraytv.htm |title=Star Ray TV muted by the CRTC: Broadcast regulator denies abrasive TV entrepreneur a license, Kara Aaserud, Scene and Heard |publisher=Sceneandheard.ca |date= |access-date=2013-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114803/http://www.sceneandheard.ca/archive/V2_03/media_starraytv.htm |archive-date=2013-12-24 |df= }} on the grounds that it did not meet with the CRTC's low-power broadcasting (LPTV) policy, but Pachul alleged that the CRTC was simply protecting established corporate broadcasters who had already failed in their responsibility to provide programming of community interest.{{cite web|url=http://artthreat.net/2007/09/pirate-tv-station-brandishing-air-wave-sword-at-crtc/ |title=Pirate TV Station Brandishing Air Wave 'Sword' at CRTC |publisher=Art Threat |date= |accessdate=2013-12-21}} On September 9, the station began broadcasting illegally as a pirate station.{{cite web |url=http://www.techmediareports.ca/reports/node/4537 |title=Star Ray TV will pursue UHF/Internet strategy despite CRTC decision, September 6, 2000 |publisher=Techmediareports.ca |date= |accessdate=2013-12-21 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.techmediareports.ca/reports/node/3968 |title=Star Ray TV abandons plans to stream pirate station over the Internet, CNM, September 2000 |publisher=Techmediareports.ca |date= |accessdate=2013-12-21 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://cactus.independentmedia.ca/node/16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712014600/http://cactus.independentmedia.ca/node/16 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations: Pirate TV Station in Toronto Challenges CRTC |publisher=Cactus.independentmedia.ca |date= |access-date=2013-12-21 }}

Pachul appeared before the CRTC on September 19, 2001,{{cite web |url=http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles08060101.asp |title=Rebel TV station to take on CRTC: Star Ray headed for hearing over its illegal airing of community programming, Keith Damsell, Globe & Mail, Aug 06, 2001 |publisher=Friends.ca |date=2001-08-06 |access-date=2013-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182007/http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles08060101.asp |archive-date=2007-09-27 |df= }} and was ordered to shut the station down by November 15 of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/pb2001-109.htm |title=CRTC 2001-109 Mandatory Order issued pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the Broadcasting Act concerning the operation of an unlicensed undertaking at Toronto, Ontario, Ottawa, 26 October 2001 |publisher=Crtc.gc.ca |date=2001-10-26 |accessdate=2013-12-21}} In December, the CRTC published a new policy permitting the development of community stations on LPTV.{{cite web|url=http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/news/Past02Mar25/stories02mar25/media%20package/communityd.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217023505/http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/news/Past02Mar25/stories02mar25/media%20package/communityd.html |archivedate=2007-12-17 |title=Proposed CRTC bill concerns community TV activists |date=2007-12-17 |accessdate=2013-12-21}}

At one point in 2002, Star Ray broadcast on UHF 15 as text-only, based on a loophole by which it claimed text did not constitute "programming" and was therefore not prohibited. More recently, Star Ray has faced allegations that its operations interfere with VHF channel 13, home to CTV's CKCO-DT in Kitchener.

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In recent years, the station has broadcast over the Internet. Pachul applied for another broadcasting licence on June 3, 2004, but as of 2008 the CRTC has not published a decision either approving or denying the 2004 licence application.

Since its inception, Star Ray broadcast on UHF channel 15. However, since CHCH-DT moved its signal to UHF 15 on December 2, 2013, Pachul moved Star Ray TV to UHF channel 22 and began broadcasting in digital with a new ATSC transmitter{{cite news |last1=Spurr |first1=Ben |title=Star Ray TV, Toronto's unchanging channel |url=https://nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=186197 |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=NOW Magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042401/http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=186197 |archivedate=24 September 2014 |location=Toronto ON |url-status=dead }} on December 13, 2013, with the virtual channel remaining 15 via PSIP.{{cite web|author=Jan Pachul |url=http://www.tochat.tv/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=378 |title=Star Ray Is back in ATSC! |publisher=Star Ray TV Forum |date=2013-12-13 |accessdate=2013-12-29}} {{Dead link|date=September 2014}}

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• [http://www.srtv.ca/ Star Ray TV]
• [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/vx9amk-star-ray VX9AMK (STAR RAY) history] - Canadian Communication Foundation
• [http://tobroadcast.com/ Internet Broadcasting from Toronto]
• [http://tochat.tv/ TOchat, Star Ray's online forum]

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