| CHIN-FM | |
| City: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Branding: | CHIN Radio |
| Format: | Multilingual |
| Subchannels: | HD2: CHIN simulcast HD3: CHIN-FM-1 simulcast HD4: CJLL-FM simulcast |
| Erp: | 8,500 watts[1] |
| Class: | C1 |
| Owner: | CHIN Radio/TV International |
| Licensee: | Radio 1540 Limited |
| Sister Stations: | CHIN, CHIN-1-FM |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | chinradio.com |
| Callsign Meaning: | Canada Happiness International[2] and also the Italian drinking toast cin cin. |
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.
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]
CHIN-FM first signed on in . 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.