CINA (AM)

CINA is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts multicultural programming at AM 1650 in Mississauga, Ontario.

CINA

City	Mississauga, Ontario
Frequency	1650 kHz (AM)
Branding	CINA 1650
Slogan	The Best of Bollywood
Programming
Format	South Asian community
Ownership
Owner	Neeti Prakash Ray
Sister stations	CINA-FM
History
First air date	December 2008
Call sign meaning	InterNationAl
Technical information
Class	C
Power	5 kW (day) 680 watts (night) 1 kilowatt (critical hours)
Links
Website	www.cinaradio.com

Approved by the CRTC on April 23, 2007,[1] the station is owned by Neeti Prakash Ray (OBCI) and began testing at 1650 kHz in late 2008.[2]

CINA focuses most of its airtime on Indian and Pakistani audiences, airing a mixture of community-oriented talk programming with Bollywood and other South Asian music. Prakash was formerly the host of Radio India, a popular local radio show which aired on CKTB in the 1990s, and the new station's format is based in large part on that program.

On March 14, 2011, CINA received CRTC approval to increase the day time transmitter power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts. The night-time power would remain at 680 watts and all other technical parameters would remain unchanged.[3]

Programming

CINA AM caters predominately to the South Asian community, featuring programming in the following languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu. It also airs some Armenian and Indo-Caribbean programming on weekends.

References

1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-117
2. Northeast Radio Watch, December 22, 2008.
3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-183

External links

• CINA Radio
• CINA AM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CINA in the REC Canadian station database