CKIN-FM
| City | Montreal, Quebec |
|---|---|
| Branding | 106.3 FM CINA Radio |
| Slogan | La nouvelle voix Arabe de Montréal |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | August 2010 |
| Format | multilingual |
| Power | 102 watts |
| Owner | Neeti P. Ray (9427899 Canada Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ckinfm.com/ |
CKIN-FM is a FM commercial (multilingual) radio station which operates at 106.3 MHz (FM) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its studios are located on Avenue du Parc in Montreal, with its transmitter located atop Mount Royal. The station's multiethnic programming is primarily in Arabic, with evening blocks in Spanish, and hour-long blocks with other third languages including Assyrian, Berber, Cantonese, Italian, Hindi and Urdu.
On August 20, 2009, Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio Ltd. (CHCR) received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval to operate a new multilingual specialty radio station at Montreal. The station would serve as a sister to CKDG-FM and use a similar format with a focus on various ethnic groups throughout the day, but focusing on different ethnicities than CKDG, and broadcasting drive time programming in French in contrast to CKDG's English.
On May 20, 2015, Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio announced that they intend to sell CKIN-FM to Neeti P. Ray, who owns similarly-formatted stations CINA in Mississauga, Ontario, and CINA-FM in Windsor, Ontario. Ray previously sought licenses for a new station in Montreal twice (in 2007 and 2011), but was turned down in both instances. CHCR intended to use the sale to fund improvements to CKDG. Following the closure of the acquisition, CKIN was rebranded as CINA Radio (a brand shared by Ray's other multilingual stations), and launched a revamped schedule with a larger focus on Arabic and Spanish-language programming. Arabic programming constitutes the majority of its schedule on weekdays and weekends, while Spanish-language programming is aired during the evening hours on weekdays. Hour-long blocks with programming in other languages are carried on weekend mornings to comply with the requirement that CKIN air programming in at least eight languages other than English and French per-week.
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