Star Ray TV

October 8, 1999 Press Release

East Toronto Community TV Station One Step Closer
STAR RAY TV to Feature Local Issues

East Toronto residents and businesses are closer to having their own television station with the announcement by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that it will consider the application by Jan Pachul for a community station on UHF channel 15 at a public hearing on December 6, 1999.

Mr. Pachul has worked on developing the technical and programming capacity to launch a TV station--called "Star Ray TV"-- for the last five years. "I am very pleased that we are now scheduled for a public hearing," said Pachul today in Toronto. "Independent producers, grassroots and voluntary organizations, and small businesses need a venue to express their different viewpoints. Star Ray TV will give them a voice. Our station will be local, relevant, as well as entertaining."

The application states that 100% of prime time broadcasting will be Canadian content, with a focus on live, local events. This is good news for East Toronto sports leagues, neighbourhood associations, and city councillors interested in better informing residents of current issues. "Viewers will be able to see their son playing hockey at Ted Reeve arena, watch their daughter's dance class perform their latest routine, take in a classic movie, and phone in live to comment on plans for a new residential development. It's a total package, and there is nothing like it on TV right now."

Mr. Pachul is currently busy working with volunteers obtaining letters of support for his initiative. "We have until November 12 to get as many letters as possible. I want to show the folks in Ottawa that our community wants its' own TV station, and that we are committed to using it to develop a new sense of civic pride."

Interested independent producers, non-profit and charitable community groups, and local residents and businesses can be part of creating this new station by writing a letter of support addressed to the CRTC.

For more information: Visit srtv.ca
Or email Jan Pachul: srtv at srtv.ca