CHIN Radio

CHIN Radio/TV International (legally known as Radio 1540 Limited) is a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company, which owns and operates three radio stations and a television program production unit, all targeting multilingual communities. The company also holds the annual CHIN Picnic.

Started in 1966 by Johnny Lombardi, an Italian Canadian, the company produces and airs programming in 32 different languages. When Lombardi died in 2002, ownership of CHIN Radio/TV International passed to his son Lenny and daughters Theresa and Donina.

CHIN also produces ten hours a week of television programming, which airs on CITY-DT on Saturday and Sunday mornings. CHIN produces television programming for the Portuguese, Caribbean, Pakistani, Hindi-speaking, Polish, Persian, Russian, Punjabi and Italian communities in Toronto. CHIN television programming originally aired on CIII-DT, and later, briefly, on CKVR-DT.

One of Toronto's most popular annual multicultural events, the CHIN Picnic is held every summer. The event, which spans several days, includes musical and dance performers and has included amusement park rides, an international shopping bazaar and international food concessions.

The first CHIN Picnic, originally called the "Spaghetti Dig-In", was held in 1966 in Little Italy before moving to the Toronto Islands in 1968. By the mid-1970s, the picnic was attracting 125,000 attendants and 1,200 performers. The event moved to Exhibition Place in 1983 as attendance had become too large to be easily transported by the Toronto Island Ferry. That year, its attendance of 200,000 over three days earned it an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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