Vatican Radio

Vatican Radio

Broadcast area	Worldwide
Programming
Format	News, religious celebrations, in-depth programs, and music
Affiliations	World Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Secretariat for Communications of the Roman Curia
History
First air date	12 February 1931; 93 years ago (1931-02-12)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	41°54′14″N 12°27′01″E / 41.9039°N 12.4503°E / 41.9039; 12.4503
Links
Website	Vatican Radio

Vatican Radio (Italian: Radio Vaticana; Latin: Statio Radiophonica Vaticana) is the official broadcasting service of Vatican City.

Established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, DRM, medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet. Since its inception, Vatican Radio has been maintained by the Jesuit Order. Vatican Radio preserved its independence during the rise of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

Today, programming is produced by over 200 journalists located in 61 countries. Vatican Radio produces more than 42,000 hours of simultaneous broadcasting covering international news, religious celebrations, in-depth programs, and music. The current general director is Father Federico Lombardi, S.J.

On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, in a motu proprio apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia, which absorbed Vatican Radio effective 1 January 2017, ending the organization's 85 years of independent operation.^[1]