CHIN-FM

CHIN-FM
Toronto,Ontario;
Frequency	100.7MHz
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;57 years ago
Call signmeaning	Canada Happiness Internationaland also the Italian drinking toastcin cin.
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	8,500watts
HAAT	420.5 meters (1,380 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	chinradio.com

CHIN-FM(100.7MHz) is acommercial radio stationinToronto,Ontario,Canada.It broadcasts aMultilingual radio formatand is owned byCHIN Radio/TV International.It is co-owned withCHIN 1540 AMand CHIN-1-FM at 91.9 MHz. All three stations have separate ethnic programme schedules. Thestudiosand offices are onCollege Streetin thePalmerston-Little Italyneighbourhood of Toronto.

CHIN-FM has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 8,500watts.Thetransmitteris atop theCN Tower.

Programming

CHIN-FM's weekday programming is primarily inPortuguese,Mandarin,Cantonese,andSouth Asianlanguages. On weekends,Kurdish,Serbian,SlovenianandCaribbeanprogramming is also heard.^[3]

History

CHIN-FM firstsigned onin 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 aconstruction permitto add an FM station in Toronto with separate ethnic programming.

CHIN-AM-FM were started by Toronto broadcasterJohnny Lombardiand his then-partnerJames Ditson Service,a former mayor ofNorth 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 fromthe originalon 16 July 2011.Retrieved2010-04-11.
^"FCCdata.org - powered by REC".fccdata.org.
^https://www.chinradio.com/schedule-page-1007
^"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 Archived2006-05-14 at theWayback Machine
CHIN-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
CHIN-FMin the REC Canadian station database

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[namechange-1] Maglio, Antonio (19 January 2003)."23 - Respect through much hard work".Spotlight.Tandem (Corriere Canadese), Multimedia Nova Corporation. Archived fromthe originalon 16 July 2011.Retrieved2010-04-11.

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

[3] ttps://www.chinradio.com/schedule-page-1007

[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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