WEWN is the shortwave radio outlet of the Eternal Word Television Network

Eternal Word Television Network

The Eternal Word Television Network is an American cable television network which presents Catholic-themed programming. It was founded in 1980 by Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA...

, a large Catholic international broadcaster

International broadcasting

International broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...

. The station broadcasts from the city of Irondale, Alabama

Irondale, Alabama

Irondale is a city adjacent to Birmingham, Alabama, United States northeast from Homewood and Mountain Brook. At the 2010 census the population was 12,349. The book Fried Green Tomatoes, by Irondale native Fannie Flagg, is loosely based around the town and the landmark Irondale Cafe, known as The...

, on the outskirts of Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

 with a high transmitter power of 500 kilowatts. The station runs three programming streams, targeted at North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, Latin America

Latin America

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, and Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 (as well as Europe

Europe

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 on a secondary basis). Programming is similar to that of the network's television channel.

Frequencies

Frequencies used for the season October 26, 2006 to March 25, 2007 http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm:

• English to North America: 5810 kHz from 0000 to 0500 UTC (includes Europe and Africa); 5,850 kHz from 0500 to 1300 UTC; 9955 kHz from 1300 to 1600 UTC; 9450 kHz from 1600 to 2100 UTC; 9,975 kHz from 2200 to 0000 UTC.

• Spanish to Latin America: 11,870 and 7,540 kHz from 0000 to 1100 UTC; 11,875 and 7,540 kHz from 1100 to 1300 UTC; 15,745 and 9,885 kHz from 1300 to 2300 UTC; 15745 and 7540 kHz from 2300 to 0000 UTC.

• English to Africa and Europe: 7570 kHz from 0500 to 0800 UTC; 15785 kHz between 1600 and 2000 UTC; 17595 kHz from 2000 to 2200 UTC; 7,560 kHz from 2200 to 2400 UTC.

There are 4 transmitters of 500 kW each.

See also

• Eternal Word Television Network
  Eternal Word Television Network
  The Eternal Word Television Network is an American cable television network which presents Catholic-themed programming. It was founded in 1980 by Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA...
  
  
• International broadcasting
  International broadcasting
  International broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...
  
  
• Shortwave Radio

External links

• EWTN Radio
• EWTN Radio Frequency Guide
• Catch a (Short) Wave in Envoy magazine (scroll down to find article)
• FCC info for WEWN (not up-to-date)