CJLL-FM

CJLL-FM
Ottawa , Ontario ;
Broadcast area	National Capital Region
Frequency	97.9 MHz ( FM )
Branding	CHIN Ottawa
Programming
Format	Multi-language
Ownership
Owner	CHIN Radio/TV International ; (Radio 1540 Limited) ;
History
First air date	Late 2003
Call sign meaning	C J ohnny Barba L inardo L ombardi (company founder)
Technical information
Class	B1
ERP	6,770 watts
HAAT	117.5 metres (385 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°25′09″N 75°42′18″W / 45.41917°N 75.70500°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	CHIN Ottawa

CJLL-FM is a Canadian radio station , which broadcasts multilingual community programming at 97.9 FM in Ottawa , Ontario , with studios located on Wellington Street West in Ottawa, while its transmitter is located in downtown Ottawa . Although CJLL has a very different call sign than its Toronto sibling stations CHIN and CHIN-FM , it shares their branding as CHIN Ottawa .

History [ edit ]

On October 4, 2001, the CRTC approved the application by CHIN Radio/TV International , the owner of the multilingual stations CHIN and CHIN-FM in Toronto , for a broadcasting licence for a specialty FM ethnic radio station in the National Capital Region at 97.9 MHz. ^[1] The station was launched in 2003 out of studios at 30 Murray Street in the ByWard Market neighborhood, ^[2] which later became home to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa .

CJLL airs programming in over 20 languages, serving up to 40 different cultural communities. Mornings feature programming primarily in Arabic and Italian , while Spanish and Chinese ( Cantonese & Mandarin ) programming airs in the evenings. On evenings and weekends CHIN airs programming in Caribbean , Dutch , German , Greek , Gujarati , Haitian , Hindi , Hungarian , Korean , Persian , Portuguese , Punjabi , Romanian , Russian , Ukrainian and Urdu languages.

References [ edit ]

^ Decision CRTC 2001-625 , New ethnic FM station for Ottawa/Hull, CRTC , October 4, 2001
^ "CJLL-FM" . History of Canadian Broadcasting . Canadian Communications Foundation . Archived from the original on June 13, 2020 . Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

External links [ edit ]

CHIN Radio Ottawa main web page - https://www.chinradio.com/ottawa
CJLL-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CJLL-FM in the REC Canadian station database

[1] Decision CRTC 2001-625 , New ethnic FM station for Ottawa/Hull, CRTC , October 4, 2001

[2] "CJLL-FM" . History of Canadian Broadcasting . Canadian Communications Foundation . Archived from the original on June 13, 2020 . Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

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