Short Waves
VATICAN RADIO ON AIR
Vatican Radio broadcasts in 39 languages in and around Rome and the Lazio Region. Its programming serves pilgrims and visitors to Rome from all over the world, providing them with news and information in their own languages.
SW FREQUENCIES - (UTC Time)
Short Wave broadcasts go out to the whole world and are subject to local time changes based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). In Italy that means UTC+2 (during Daylight Saving Time) and UTC+1 (during Standard Time).
Europe and the Mediterranean
W=Weekdays - H=Holydays - 1=Mon - 2=Tue - 3=Wed - 4=Thu - 5=Fri - 6=Sat - 7=Sun
Capital letters following frequencies indicate the radiation direction of antennas from Santa Maria di Galeria
| UTC | BROADCAST | MW | 75m | 49m | 41m | 31m | 25m | 22m | 19m | 16m | 13m |
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| 05:20 | Holy Mass in Latin (7) |
11620 E |
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| 06:00 | News in Italian at 08.00 CET (1,2,3,4,5,6) |
11620 E |
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| 06:05 | Ukrainian liturgy (7) |
9645 C |
11850 C |
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| 06:10 | Arabic programme (1,2,3,4,5,6) |
11620 E |
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| 06:30 | News in French at 08.30 CET (1,2,3,4,5,6) |
11620 E |
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| 07:10 | Liturgy of the Romanian (7) |
7250 C |
9645 C |
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| 08:30 | Oriental Liturgy (7) |
15595 C |
17790 D |
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| 15:30 | Arabic programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
11620 E |
15595 E |
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| 16:00 | Armenian programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9705 D |
11815 CD |
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| 16:00 | News in French at 18.00 CET (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
11620 E |
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| 16:15 | Vatican & World news (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
11620 E |
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| 16:20 | Russian programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9705 BC |
11815 CD |
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| 16:40 | Ukrainian programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9705 C |
11815 C |
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| 17:00 |
Asia and Oceania
W=Weekdays - H=Holydays - 1=Mon - 2=Tue - 3=Wed - 4=Thu - 5=Fri - 6=Sat - 7=Sun
Capital letters following frequencies indicate the radiation direction of antennas from Santa Maria di Galeria
| UTC | BROADCAST | MW | 75m | 49m | 41m | 31m | 25m | 22m | 19m | 16m | 13m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | Mass in English (5) |
15595 N |
17790 N |
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| 12:30 | Holy Mass in Chinese (6) |
6085 | 7490 | 9720 | |||||||
| 12:30 | Russian programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9610 | 11875 | ||||||||
| 14:30 | Hindi programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
5920 | 7320 | ||||||||
| 14:49 | Tamil programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
5920 | 7320 | ||||||||
| 15:09 | Malayalam programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
5920 | 7320 | ||||||||
| 22:00 | Chinese Programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
6115 |
7410 W |
9735 | |||||||
| 23:15 | Vietnamese programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9735 | 11900 |
America
W=Weekdays - H=Holydays - 1=Mon - 2=Tue - 3=Wed - 4=Thu - 5=Fri - 6=Sat - 7=Sun
Capital letters following frequencies indicate the radiation direction of antennas from Santa Maria di Galeria
| UTC | BROADCAST | MW | 75m | 49m | 41m | 31m | 25m | 22m | 19m | 16m | 13m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:00 | Portuguese for Brazil Programme 5.00 pm (1,7) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 01:00 | Portuguese for Brazil Programme 5.00 pm (2,3,4,5,6) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 01:30 | News in Spanish to Latin America at 18.30 CET (mo-sa) (2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 01:30 | Spanish programme at 15.00 CET (Sunday) (1) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 01:45 | News in Spanish to Latin America at 18.30 CET (mo-sa) (2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 01:45 | Spanish programme at 15.00 CET (Sunday) (1) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 11:30 | News in Spanish to Latin America at 18.30 CET (mo-sa) (7) |
7305 | |||||||||
| 11:30 | Spanish to Latin America at 13.30 CET (mo-sa) (1,2,3,4,5,6) |
7305 |
Africa
W=Weekdays - H=Holydays - 1=Mon - 2=Tue - 3=Wed - 4=Thu - 5=Fri - 6=Sat - 7=Sun
Capital letters following frequencies indicate the radiation direction of antennas from Santa Maria di Galeria
| UTC | BROADCAST | MW | 75m | 49m | 41m | 31m | 25m | 22m | 19m | 16m | 13m |
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| 08:30 | Ge'ez Ethiopian-Eritrean liturgy (7) |
15595 N |
17790 | ||||||||
| 15:30 | Ethiopian programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
13830 N |
15565 NO |
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| 16:00 | Kiswahili programme (1,2,3,4,5,7) |
7360 | 15565 O |
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| 16:00 | Kiswahili programme (6) |
7360 | 15565 O |
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| 16:15 | Somaly programme (6) |
7360 | 15565 NO |
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| 16:30 | English for Africa programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7360 | 15565 P |
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| 17:00 | French to Africa programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
13830 OP |
15565 OP |
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| 17:30 | Eritrean programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
13830 N |
15565 NO |
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| 18:00 | Portuguese programme for Africa (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
13830 P |
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| 18:40 | Rosary in Latin (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
9705 PQ |
13830 QR |
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| 20:00 | English for Africa programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7360 PQ |
9705 QR |
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| 20:10 | English for Africa programme (6) |
7360 PQ |
9705 QR |
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| 20:30 | French to Africa programme (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7360 PQ |
9705 QR |
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| 20:40 | French to Africa programme (6) |
7360 PQ |
9705 QR |
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| 21:00 | Portuguese programme for Africa (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) |
7360 QR |
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| 21:10 | Portuguese programme for Africa (6) |
7360 QR |