CHIN-FM

CHIN-FM
Toronto, Ontario;
Frequency	100.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	CHIN Radio
Programming
Format	Multilingual
Subchannels	HD2: CHIN simulcast; HD3: CHIN-FM-1 simulcast; HD4: CJLL-FM simulcast
Ownership
Owner	CHIN Radio/TV International; (Radio 1540 Limited);
Sister stations	CHIN, CHIN-1-FM
History
First air date	1967; 57 years ago
Call sign meaning	Canada Happiness International and also the Italian drinking toast cin cin.
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	8,500 watts
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, Mandarin, Cantonese, and South Asian languages. On weekends, Kurdish, Serbian, Slovenian and Caribbean programming is also heard.^[3]

History

CHIN-FM first signed on in 1967; 57 years ago (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.^[4]^[5] They saw a need for multilingual radio for Toronto's growing ethnic communities.

References

^ Maglio, Antonio (19 January 2003). "23 - Respect through much hard work". Spotlight. Tandem (Corriere Canadese), Multimedia Nova Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org.
^ "100.7 Fm Toronto | Chin Radio Multicultural".
^ "Lombardi buys out Service", Staff. The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]18 June 1970: 10.
^ "Lombardi keeps CHIN frequency", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Nov 1970: 29

External links

CHIN Radio Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
CHIN-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CHIN-FM in the REC Canadian station database

43°39′19″N 79°24′54″W / 43.65520°N 79.41495°W / 43.65520; -79.41495

[namechange-1] Maglio, Antonio (19 January 2003). "23 - Respect through much hard work". Spotlight. Tandem (Corriere Canadese), Multimedia Nova Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-11.

[2] "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org.

[3] "100.7 Fm Toronto | Chin Radio Multicultural".

[4] "Lombardi buys out Service", Staff. The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]18 June 1970: 10.

[5] "Lombardi keeps CHIN frequency", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Nov 1970: 29

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