CHIN-FM

Frequency100.7 MHzBrandingCHIN RadioProgrammingFormatMultilingualOwnershipOwnerCHIN, CHIN-1-FMHistory1967; 57 years ago (1967)"CHIN" is pronounced like the Italian drinking toast cin, it can also refer to CHINaTechnical informationClassC1ERP8,500 watts^[1]HAAT420.5 meters (1,380 ft)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitechinradio.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; 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.^[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 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