) ▁policy , ▁but ▁P ach ul ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁the ▁CR TC ▁was ▁simply ▁protect ing ▁established ▁corpor ate ▁broad c aster s ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁failed ▁in ▁their ▁responsibility ▁to ▁provide ▁programming ▁of ▁community ▁interest . ▁On ▁September ▁ 9 , ▁the ▁station ▁began ▁broadcast ing ▁il leg ally ▁as ▁a ▁pir ate ▁station . ▁ ▁P ach ul ▁appeared ▁before ▁the ▁CR TC ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁shut ▁the ▁station ▁down ▁by ▁November ▁ 1 5 ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁In ▁December , ▁the ▁CR TC ▁published ▁a ▁new ▁policy ▁perm itting ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁community ▁stations ▁on ▁L PT V . ▁ ▁At ▁one ▁point ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Star ▁Ray ▁broadcast ▁on ▁U H F ▁ 1 5 ▁as ▁text - only , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁loop hole ▁by ▁which ▁it ▁claimed ▁text ▁did ▁not ▁const itute ▁" programming " ▁and ▁was ▁therefore ▁not ▁prohib ited . ▁More ▁recently , ▁Star ▁Ray ▁has ▁faced ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁its ▁operations ▁inter f ere ▁with ▁V H F ▁channel ▁ 1 3 , ▁home ▁to ▁C TV ' s ▁C K CO - DT ▁in ▁K itch ener . ▁ ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁the ▁station ▁has ▁broadcast ▁over ▁the ▁Internet . ▁P ach ul ▁applied ▁for ▁another ▁broadcast ing ▁lic ence ▁on ▁June ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁but ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁the ▁CR TC ▁has