CHIN-FM
- Toronto, Ontario
- CHIN Radio/TV International
- (Radio 1540 Limited)
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.
- ^ 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 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
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- Brampton
- CHLO 530
- CIRF 1350
- CFNY-FM 102.1
- Caledon
- CJFB-FM 105.5
- Mississauga
- CKNT 960
- CJMR 1320
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- CINA 1650
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- CHLO 530 HD
- CIND-FM 88.1 HD1
- CJBC-FM 90.3 HD1
- HD2
- CKIS-FM 92.5 HD1
- HD2
- HD3
- CKFM-FM 99.9 HD1
- HD2
- HD3
- HD4
- CJSA-FM 101.3 HD1
- CIDC-FM 103.5 HD1
- CFMS-FM 105.9 HD1
- CHEV Radio
- Radio Glendon
- Radio Regent
- Nearby regions – Canada
- Hamilton-Niagara
- Kitchener-Waterloo
- Midwestern Ontario
- Peterborough
- Quinte
- Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia
- U.S.
- Buffalo
- See also
- List of radio stations in Ontario
- Notes
- 1. Defunct as a terrestrial radio broadcaster; continuing as an internet-only service
43°39′19″N 79°24′54″W / 43.65520°N 79.41495°W / 43.65520; -79.41495