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Old December 25th 06, 01:59 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
John Plimmer John Plimmer is offline
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Default Papal Greeting on Vatican Radio

Most frustrating......... I looked up the web and Radio Vaticano but failed
to find a single reference to the Pope's Urbi et Orbi broadcast anywhere,
though it was said to be beamed to 40 countries.

Reported on BBC, see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6208789.stm

Radio Vaticano does give some SW frequencies and times on it's website

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"Beloved Leader" wrote in message
ups.com...
Is it on Christmas (the first day, that is; December 25) that the Pope
gets on the radio and broadcasts greetings in several different
languages, or does he do that on New Year's Day?

For that matter, is Vatican Radio still broadcasting in analog, or is
it in DRM now? What frequencies are good for them?

Thanks.