Ontario Parliament Network

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Ontario Parliament Network
CJOL-TV
Ownership
Owner
TVOntario
TFO
History
First air date
1986
Call sign meaning
C J Ontario Legislature

The Ontario Parliament Network (stylized ONT.PARL since 2018) [1] is a television channel in the Canadian province of Ontario, established in 1986 to broadcast the parliamentary proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It is available on all cable television providers in Ontario, as well as by webcast.

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When the legislature is not sitting, the network broadcasts committee hearings which take place in the Amethyst Room. Each Sunday, a compilation series called Sunday Encore rebroadcasts the highlights from the previous week. Closed captioning is also provided. The Ontario Parliament Network's coverage of Question Period is also aired from 3:00-4:00am the following morning on TVOntario stations.

When meetings are adjourned and there are no sittings, the channel plays music in full-length albums and shows pictures in and around the building with scheduled sittings and events. This music includes jazz musicians like Oscar Peterson, Moe Koffman, Ed Bickert, Lorne Lofsky and Jim Galloway, and there are also classical, Latin, flamenco and British-style brass band albums. The classical performers include guitarists Liona Boyd and Norbert Kraft, cellist Ofra Harnoy, and trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Orchestras are the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Chamber Orchestra, and CBC Vancouver Orchestra and the brass band is the Hannaford Street Silver Band. Around Christmas time, the selection changes to Christmas-themed albums by the same people and shows pictures inside the building all decorated with Christmas garments and tree. New albums include jazz music performed by the University of Toronto 12tet and classical music performed by Gryphon Trio and guitarist Jeffrey McFadden. The songs and names of albums are displayed when they start playing.

List of transmitters

In a number of small communities in Northern Ontario without cable service, TVOntario also formerly operated LPTV transmitters which broadcast the network as a conventional over-the-air signal. These transmitters operated with the call sign CJOL-TV.

As well as the service's regular programming, the transmitters also leased broadcasting time to the Wawatay Native Communications Society, a producer of First Nations television programming. [2] In 1989, the service aired the first-ever television broadcast of a First Nations pow-wow. [3]

In April 2012, TVOntario announced that it would be decommissioning all of its remaining analog transmitters and associated towers by October 2013 including towers that it owns, which would impact the Ontario Parliament Network, as it shares towers with TVOntario. As of December 2012, the Ontario Parliament Network only has 10 remaining over-the-air transmitters, according to Industry Canada's TV spectrum database. [4] Previously, there had been 32 transmitters with the call sign of CJOL-TV.

Call-sign Channel Community ERP (kW)CRTC DecisionNotes
CJOL-TV-124 Duck Lake 0.02 kW 90-265
CJOL-TV-235 Evanturel 0.02 kW 90-266
CJOL-TV-321 Harris 0.02 kW 90-267
CJOL-TV-429 Hawk Junction 0.02 kW 90-268
CJOL-TV-536 Lac-Sainte-Thérèse 0.02 kW 90-269
CJOL-TV-624 New Osnaburgh 0.02 kW 90-270
CJOL-TV-731 Sultan 0.02 kW 90-271
CJOL-TV-930 Brethour 0.02 kW 90-264
CJOL-TV-1011 Kingfisher Lake 0.005 kW 90-930
CJOL-TV-1121 Longlac 0.04 kW 90-931
CJOL-TV-1317 Slate Falls 0.02 kW 90-932
CJOL-TV-1427 Evansville 0.04 kW 91-1
CJOL-TV-1511 Big Trout Lake 0.01 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-166 Deer Lake 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-1711 Fort Albany 0.01 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-186 Fort Hope 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-195 Lansdowne House 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2010 Muskrat Dam 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2111 North Spirit Lake 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2223 Oba 0.02 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2312 Ogoki 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2427 Pays Plat 0.02 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2536 Pointe au Baril 0.02 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2612 Sachigo Lake 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2713 Nibinamik 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2812 Wapekeka 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-2911 Weagamow Lake 0.005 kW91-1
CJOL-TV-3012 Kashechewan 0.005 kW91-844
CJOL-TV-3157 Kirby's Corner 0.04 kW91-844
CJOL-TV-3217 Kejic Bay 0.02 kW91-844
CJOL-TV-3316 Attawapiskat 0.02 kW 91-844
CJOL-TV-3412 Pikangikum 0.005 kW91-844
CJOL-TV-3513 Poplar Hill 0.005 kW91-844
CJOL-TV-374 Sandy Lake 0.01 kW 92-156
CJOL-TV-3840 Wharncliffe 0.02 kW 92-232
CJOL-TV-3936 Kaboni 0.04 kW 92-295
CJOL-TV-4038 Savard 0.04 kW 92-297 Listed as channel 35 in CRTC Decision 92-297 and channel 38 in the w9wi TV database
CIOL-TV-133 Rat Portage 0.02 kW90-930

References

  1. ↑ Legislative Assembly of Ontario. "Watch the Legislature in action". OLA.org. Retrieved September 19, 2018. To find the ONT.PARL channel and schedule, please consult your local cable listings.
  2. ↑ "Northern graduates band together Taught by radio in remote areas, natives to get diplomas". The Globe and Mail , June 20, 1992.
  3. ↑ "Following their heart home: The creative journey for Indian artists has many beginnings but a common path". Toronto Star , 11 May 1996.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Database
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