CHIN
City of license	Toronto, Ontario
Branding	CHIN Radio
Slogan	International Radio
Frequency	1540 kHz (AM)
First air date	1966
Format	multilingual
Power	50 KW
Callsign meaning	"CHIN" is pronounced like the Italian drinking toast cin, it can also refer to CHINa
Owner	CHIN Radio/TV International
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	CHIN Radio

CHIN is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts multilingual programming at AM 1540 in Toronto, Ontario. The station, owned by CHIN Radio/TV International, also has an FM rebroadcaster at 91.9 to fill in reception gaps in parts of the Toronto area — this should not be confused with CHIN-FM, which offers a distinct program schedule.

The station, Canada's first multilingual broadcast outlet, was launched in 1966 by Toronto broadcaster Johnny Lombardi. CHIN-FM was launched the following year, and the AM station's FM rebroadcaster was added in 1997. ^[1] The FM transmitter originally operated on FM 101.3, but was moved to its current frequency in 2002, and the 101.3 frequency was adopted by a new competing multicultural broadcaster, CJSA. In 2003, CHIN (AM) received CRTC approval to move CHIN-1-FM from 101.3 to 91.9 MHz. ^[2]

CHIN's daytime lineup consists primarily of Italian and Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin) programming, with some Afghan, Bengali, Croatian, Caribbean, Dutch, Ethiopian, German, Greek, Irish, Jewish, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian programming airing evenings and weekends.

CHIN's Chinese program was produced under the banner of Toronto First Radio, but it has since been bought by Sing Tao Daily and Fairchild Group, and will be renamed A1 Chinese Radio.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CHIN Radio
• CHIN-AM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHIN

v • d • e Radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area Toronto AM CJCL 590 · CFTR 680 · CFZM 740 · CJBC 860 · CFRB 1010 · CHUM 1050 · CHKT 1430 · CHIN 1540 · CHHA 1610 · CHTO 1690 Toronto FM CKLN 88.1 · CIRV 88.9 · CIUT 89.5 · CKRG 89.9 · CJBC 90.3 · CJRT 91.1 · CHIN-1 91.9 · CKIS 92.5 · CFXJ 93.5 · CBL 94.1 · CJKX-2 95.9 · CFMZ 96.3 · CKHC 96.9 · CHBM 97.3 · CHFI 98.1 · CBLA 99.1 · CKFM 99.9 · CHIN 100.7 · CJSA 101.3 · CIRR 103.9 · CHUM 104.5 · CHOQ 105.1 · CHRY 105.5 · CKAV 106.5 · CILQ 107.1 Peel Region Brampton: CIAO 530 · CFNY 102.1 — Caledon: CFGM 102.7 · CJFB 105.5 — Mississauga: CINA 1650 · CFRE 91.9  · Defunct: CFBN 1280 Durham Region Ajax: CJKX 95.9 — Oshawa: CKDO 1580 / 107.7 FM · CKGE 94.9 York Region Georgina Island: CFGI 102.7 — Richmond Hill: CFMJ 640 — Markham: CHEV 1610 (currently internet only) — Newmarket: CKDX 88.5 · CHOP 102.7 — Stouffville: CIWS 102.7 — Vaughan: CFU758 90.7 Halton Region Oakville: CJYE 1250 · CJMR 1320 · VEK565 90.7 (currently internet only) Dufferin County Orangeville: CIDC 103.5 Ontario Radio Markets: Cornwall & Eastern Ontario • Hamilton-Niagara • Kenora District • First Nations Radio • Kingston • Kitchener-Waterloo • London • Midwestern Ontario • North Bay • Ottawa • Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton • Pembroke/Ottawa Valley • Peterborough • Quinte/Belleville-Trenton • Rainy River • Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia • Sault Ste. Marie • Sudbury • Thunder Bay • Timiskaming • Timmins • Toronto • Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also: List of radio stations in Ontario