CHIN-FM

Toronto,Ontario
Frequency	100.7MHz (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 toastcin cin.
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	7,750watts[2]
HAAT	449 meters (1,473 ft)[2]
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	chinradio.com

CHIN-FM (100.7MHz) is acommercialradio station inToronto,Ontario,Canada. It broadcasts aMultilingualradio format and is owned byCHIN Radio/TV International. It is co-owned withCHIN1540 AM and CHIN-1-FM at 91.9 MHz. All three stations have separate ethnic programme schedules. Thestudios and offices are onCollege Street in thePalmerston-Little Italy neighbourhood of Toronto.

CHIN-FM has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 7,750watts. Thetransmitter is atop theCN Tower.

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

CHIN-FM firstsigned 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 aconstruction permit to add an FM station in Toronto with separate ethnic programming.

CHIN-AM-FM were started by Toronto broadcasterJohnny Lombardi and 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.

• CHIN RadioArchived 2006-05-14 at theWayback Machine
• CHIN-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
• CHIN-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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• Radio stations established in 1967
• China Radio International
• 1967 establishments in Ontario

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