CHIN-FM

Toronto, Ontario
Frequency	100.7 MHz
Branding	CHIN Radio
Programming
Format	Multilingual
Ownership
Owner	CHIN Radio/TV International (Radio 1540 Limited)
Sister stations	CHIN, CHIN-1-FM
History
First air date	1967 (1967)
Call sign meaning	"CHIN" is pronounced like the Italian drinking toast cin, it can also refer to CHINa
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	8,500 watts[1]
HAAT	420.5 meters (1,380 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	chinradio.com

CHIN-FM (100.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It broadcasts a Multilingual radio format and is owned by CHIN Radio/TV International. It is co-owned with CHIN 1540 AM and CHIN-1-FM at 91.9 MHz. All three stations have separate ethnic programme schedules. The studios and offices are on College Street in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbourhood of Toronto.

CHIN-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 8,500 watts. The transmitter is atop the CN Tower.

Programming

CHIN-FM's weekday programming is primarily in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and South Asian languages. On weekends, Kurdish, Serbian, Slovenian and Caribbean programming is heard.

History

CHIN-FM first signed on in 1967 (1967). The previous year, CHIN 1540 began broadcasting ethnic programming, one of the first multilingual stations in Canada. Its owners were granted a construction permit to add an FM station in Toronto with separate ethnic programming.

CHIN-AM-FM were started by Toronto broadcaster Johnny Lombardi and his then-partner James Ditson Service, a former mayor of North York.^[2][3] They saw a need for multilingual radio for Toronto's growing ethnic communities.

References

External links

• CHIN Radio Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
• CHIN-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CHIN-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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