CHIN-FM

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

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; 58 years ago (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

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; 58 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.

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