CHIN-FM
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.
History
CHIN-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. 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.
- ^ "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
- 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