WEWN

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This article is about the radio network. For its sister television network, see EWTN.

WEWN
City of license Vandiver / Irondale, Alabama
Broadcast area Nationwide
Branding Eternal Word Network
First air date December 28, 1992
Format Catholic Christian radio
Power 500,000 watts
Callsign meaning Worldwide Eternal Word Network
Owner Eternal Word Television Network
Webcast MP3, 128k Stereo
AAC, 24k Mono
AAC, 64k Stereo
Website www.ewtn.com/radio

WEWN is the shortwave radio outlet of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, a large Catholic international broadcaster. It was launched by Mother Angelica on December 28, 1992.[1] The station broadcasts from the city of Irondale, Alabama, on the outskirts of Birmingham with a high transmitter power of 500 kilowatts. There are 4 transmitters of 500kW each. The station currently transmits English programming to Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The station currently transmits Spanish programming to South America, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America.[2] Programming is similar to that of the network's television channel.

On March 30, 2008, EWTN ceased all Shortwave transmissions to North America and expanded its English language coverage of WEWN to India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Spanish Language coverage was also expanded to Cuba, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.[3] Previously WEWN only broadcast to North America, Latin America, Africa and Europe.[4]

Frequencies

Frequencies used for the season October 27th, 2013 to March 30th, 2014:[2]

  • English to Africa: 11520 kHz from 0000 to 0900 UTC.
  • English to South East Asia: 11520 kHz from 0900 to 1300 UTC.
  • English to the Middle East and Europe: 15610 kHz from 1300 to 0000 UTC.
  • Spanish to South America and the Caribbean: 11870 kHz from 0000 to 1000 UTC; 12050 kHz from 1000 to 1700 UTC; 13830 kHz from 1700 to 0000 UTC.
  • Spanish to Mexico and Central America: 5810 kHz from 0000 to 0500 UTC; 7555 kHz from 0500 to 1300 UTC; 11550 kHz from 1300 to 1800 UTC; 12050 kHz from 1800 to 0000 UTC.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/a-signal-for-the-new-evangelization/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq-pop.htm
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080303013829/http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm

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