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.
| 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 |
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| CHIN, CHIN-1-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1967 |
Call sign meaning | Canada Happiness International[1] and also the Italian drinking toast cin cin. |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 8,500 watts[2] |
| HAAT | 420.5 meters (1,380 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | chinradio.com |
CHIN-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 8,500 watts. The transmitter is atop the CN Tower.
Programming
editCHIN-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
editCHIN-FM first signed on in 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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