The Ontario Parliament Network (stylized ONT.PARL since 2018) is a

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in the

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province of

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, established in 1986 to broadcast the parliamentary proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It is available on all

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providers in Ontario, as well as by

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. When the legislature is not sitting, the network broadcasts

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hearings which take place in the Amethyst Room. Each Sunday, a compilation series called ''Sunday Encore'' rebroadcasts the highlights from the previous week.

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is also provided. The Ontario Parliament Network's coverage of

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is also aired from 3:00-4:00am the following morning on

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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

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, Moe Koffman, Ed Bickert, Lorne Lofsky and

Jim Galloway James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014) was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s. Early life and education Galloway was born in Kilwinning, Ayr ...

, and there are also classical, Latin, flamenco and British-style brass band albums. The classical performers include guitarists

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and Norbert Kraft, cellist Ofra Harnoy, and trumpeter

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, 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

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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

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without cable service,

also formerly operated

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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

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, a producer of

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television programming. In 1989, the service aired the first-ever television broadcast of a First Nations

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."Following their heart home: The creative journey for Indian artists has many beginnings but a common path". ''

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'', 11 May 1996. 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.Broadcasting Database
/ref> Previously, there had been 32 transmitters with the call sign of CJOL-TV. As of 2015, it is uncertain if any of these remaining analog transmitters are still in operation.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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