CHIN-FM

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title: "CHIN-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-toronto", "multicultural-and-ethnic-radio-stations-in-canada", "radio-stations-established-in-1967", "china-radio-international", "1967-establishments-in-ontario"] description: "Multilingual radio station in Toronto" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIN-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Multilingual radio station in Toronto ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	CHIN-FM
logo	CHIN 100.7.png
city	Toronto, Ontario
branding	CHIN Radio
airdate
frequency	100.7 MHz
format	Multilingual
subchannels
erp	7,750 watts
haat	449 meters
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{{Cite news
url	http://www.tandemnews.com/printer.php?storyid=2250
title	23 - Respect through much hard work
work	Spotlight
first	Antonio
last	Maglio
publisher	Tandem (Corriere Canadese), Multimedia Nova Corporation
date	19 January 2003
access-date	2010-04-11
url-status	dead
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20110716191955/http://www.tandemnews.com/printer.php?storyid=2250
archive-date	16 July 2011
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| name = CHIN-FM | logo = CHIN 100.7.png | city = Toronto, Ontario | country = CA | branding = CHIN Radio | airdate = | frequency = 100.7 MHz | format = Multilingual | subchannels = | erp = 7,750 watts | haat = 449 meters | 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{{Cite news |url=http://www.tandemnews.com/printer.php?storyid=2250 |title=23 - Respect through much hard work |work=Spotlight |first=Antonio |last=Maglio |publisher=Tandem (Corriere Canadese), Multimedia Nova Corporation |date=19 January 2003 |access-date=2010-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716191955/http://www.tandemnews.com/printer.php?storyid=2250 |archive-date=16 July 2011

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 7,750 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 . 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/CHIN_Radio.png" caption="Former logo"] ::

References

References

1. "FCCdata.org - powered by REC".
2. "100.7 Fm Toronto | Chin Radio Multicultural".
3. "Lombardi buys out Service", Staff. ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]18 June 1970: 10.
4. "Lombardi keeps CHIN frequency", ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Nov 1970: 29

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