WEWN is the

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outlet of the

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, a large

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international broadcaster based in Irondale, Alabama. It was launched by

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on December 28, 1992. WEWN broadcasts from the city of

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, in the vicinity of the

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metro area. There are four transmitters capable of 500 kilowatts each, but are run no higher than 250 kW. On March 30, 2008, EWTN ceased all shortwave transmissions to North America and expanded its English language coverage of WEWN to

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, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Spanish Language coverage was also expanded to

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, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Previously WEWN only broadcast to North America, Latin America, Africa and Europe. The station currently transmits

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programming to

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, the

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on SW, and Spanish programming to

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, the

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and

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, via satellite Galaxy 15 at 133°W. Programming is similar to that of the network's television channel. On August 31, 2021 EWTN announces that nine million more listeners in the

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and beyond will have the ability to tune into EWTN Radio’s programs, through an affiliation with WNDZ. EWTN Radio programming is also available on

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network of AM and FM stations in

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Frequencies and affiliates

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The station WEWN 1 transmits English programming to S.E. Asia/Middle East/Africa/India for A21 period (March 28 - October 31, 2021) on 9.385 MHz from 0000-0900 UTC.

References

External links

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