VATICAN RADIO ANNIVERSARY AND SCHEDULES
One of the Vatican Radio studios (photo courtesy of Vatican Radio) VATICAN RADIO ANNIVERSARY AND SCHEDULES Between 2012 and 2017, Vatican Radio was reporting that it would close all its shortwave services. To its eternal credit, the service still operates today in various languages for listeners in Asia, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. VR is still using the Santa Maria di Galeria site. But it has also harnessed relay stations at Greenville NC, Tinang (Philippines), Talata-Volonondry (Madagascar), and Tinian (Nth Mariana Islands). I suspect the good Fathers at VR may have realised that many listeners in Africa, Asia, and parts of South America were not quite ready for Internet listening just yet. You can find the VR transmission schedule for both Santa Maria de Galeria and the global relay stations at https://www.vaticannews.va/en/short-waves.html . The downloadable frequency chart isn't easy to read, but the online schedules (same pag...