CHIN (AM)

CHIN

City	Toronto, Ontario
Branding	CHIN Radio
Slogan	International Radio
Frequency	1540 kHz (AM)
Translator(s)	CHIN-1-FM 91.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	1966
Format	multilingual
Power	50,000 watts daytime 30,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Callsign meaning	"CHIN" is pronounced like the Italian drinking toast cin, it can also refer to CHINa
Owner	CHIN Radio/TV International (Radio 1540 Limited)
Sister stations	CHIN-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.chinradio.com

CHIN is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts multilingual programming at AM 1540 in Toronto, Ontario. It is a Class B station broadcasting on a clear-channel shared by The U.S. and The Bahamas. It is owned by CHIN Radio/TV International, and 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. CHIN's studios are located on College Street in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbourhood of Toronto, while its AM transmitters are located on Lakeshore Avenue on the Toronto Islands, and the FM rebroadcaster is located atop an apartment tower complex near Bathurst and Sheppard in Toronto's Clanton Park neighbourhood.

The station, one of Canada's first multilingual broadcast outlets along with Montreal's CFMB, was launched in 1966 by Toronto broadcaster Johnny Lombardi. CHIN-FM was launched the following year, and a second FM signal acting as the AM station's FM rebroadcaster was added in 1997 (at 101.3 MHz) with the call letters CHIN-1-FM.^[1]

On April 17, 2003, Radio 1540 Ltd. was given approval to change the frequency of CHIN-1-FM Toronto from 101.3 MHz to 91.9 MHz and to increase the effective radiated power from 22 to 35 watts. ^[2]

CHIN's daytime lineup consists primarily of Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin) and Italian programming, with some Albanian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Irish, Jewish, Romanian, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian programming airing on Saturdays & Sundays.

On January 14, 2011, CHIN received approval to increase the effective radiated power for the CHIN-FM-1 91.9 FM transmitter from 161 to 1,850 watts (maximum ERP from 350 to 5,000 watts with an antenna height above average terrain of 86 metres).^[3]

On February 10th 2016, CHIN AM has dropped the simulcast of China Radio International in the evening and overnight hours and replaced it with dance music formatted programming originating from an internet broadcaster "DJFM Toronto."

References

↑ Decision CRTC 97-539
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-119, CHIN Toronto - Technical Changes, CRTC, April 17, 2003
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-30, CHIN and its transmitter CHIN-FM-1 Toronto - Technical change, CRTC, January 14, 2011

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Radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area

Toronto AM	CJCL 590 CFTR 680 CFZM 740 CJBC 860 CFRB 1010 CHUM 1050 CJRU 1280 CHKT 1430 CHIN 1540 CHHA 1610 CHTO 1690 Defunct: CHEV 1610

Toronto FM	CIND 88.1 CIRV 88.9 CIUT 89.5 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 CFZM-1 96.7 CKHC 96.9 CHBM 97.3 CHFI 98.1 CKFG 98.7 CBLA 99.1 CKFM 99.9 CHIN 100.7 CJSA 101.3 CJRK 102.7 CIRR 103.9 CHUM 104.5 CHOQ 105.1 CJVF 105.3 CHRY 105.5 CILQ 107.1 Defunct: CKLN 88.1 CKRG 89.9¹ CKO-FM-2 99.1 CKAV 106.5

Peel Region	Brampton CIAO 530 NEW 1350 CFNY 102.1 Caledon CFGM 102.7 CJFB 105.5 Mississauga CKNT 960 CJMR 1320 CINA 1650 CKC455/CFRE 91.9 Defunct: CFBN 1280

Durham Region	Ajax CJKX 95.9 Oshawa CKDO 1580/107.7 CKGE 94.9

York Region	Georgina Island CFGI 92.3 Richmond Hill CFMJ 640 Markham CHEV 1610¹ CFMS 105.9 Newmarket CKDX 88.5 CHOP 102.7 Stouffville CIWS 102.7 Vaughan CFU758 90.7

Halton Region	Milton NEW 101.3 Oakville CJYE 1250 Defunct: VEK565 90.7¹

Dufferin County	Orangeville CKMO 101.5 CIDC 103.5 Shelburne CFDC 104.9

Shortwave	CFRX 6.07 MHz

Specialty	HMWN Radio Maria Sur Sagar Radio Radio Humsafar

HD Digital radio	101.3-1 101.3-2 101.3-3 101.3-4

Internet radio	Afterhours.FM CHEV Radio Radio Glendon Radio Regent Ridge Radio

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China Radio International

Radio Stations	China Beijing Easy FM 91.5 Beijing Hit FM 88.7 Beijing News Radio FM 90.5 Beijing Round the Clock AM 1008 Beijing NEWS Plus AM 846 Voice of the South China Sea Outside China Alturas, CA, USA 570 AM Atlanta, USA 890 AM Auckland, New Zealand 104.2 FM Boston, USA 1090 AM Canberra, Australia 88 FM Darhan, Mongolia 103.7 FM Galveston, USA 1540 AM Houston, USA 1520 AM Honolulu, USA 880 AM Las Vegas, USA 93.5 FM Luxembourg 1440 AM Malakula, Vanuatu 106 FM Ottawa, Canada 97.9 FM Nairobi, Kenya 91.9 FM Perth, Australia 104.9 FM Philadelphia, USA 1540 AM Portland, Oregon, USA 1040 AM Toronto, Canada 1540 AM Toronto, Canada 91.9 FM Vientiane, Laos 93.0 FM Vila, Solomon Islands 102 FM Santo, Vanuatu 102 FM Washington, USA 1120 AM Washington (Leesburg), USA 1190 AM Round the Clock

Daily programs	News & Reports China Drive Realtime China Chinese Studio Beyond Beijing

Weekly programs	Front Line Biz-China China Horizons Voices from Other Lands Life in China Listeners' Garden In the Spotlight China Beat

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