{"id":22985,"date":"2016-12-23T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22985"},"modified":"2016-12-23T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T11:55:47","slug":"vatican-radio-christmas-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/vatican-radio-christmas-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Radio Christmas specials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vatican_Radio-e1482494137718.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22992\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vatican_Radio-e1482494137718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vatican_Radio-e1482494137718.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vatican_Radio-e1482494137718-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Vatican_Radio-e1482494137718-624x341.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>(Source:\u00a0Mauno Ritola via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/wrthgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\">WRTH Facebook page<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vatican Radio special broadcasts on Christmas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 24 December 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n1600-1652 [UTC]<br \/>\nMass in Chinese 5975 7200 kHz 2025-2230<br \/>\nPortuguese 11625 kHz Angola and Mozambique<br \/>\nFrench 6080 kHz West Africa<br \/>\nEnglish 7275 kHz Central Africa<br \/>\nChinese 6185 kHz China<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 25 December 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n1055-1130 [UTC]<br \/>\nPortuguese 21560 kHz Angola and Mozambique<br \/>\nFrench 17520 kHz West Africa<br \/>\nEnglish 15570 kHz Central Africa<\/p>\n<p>Live audio from S.Peter\u2019s without any comment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9645 kHz, 11740 kHz Europe<\/li>\n<li>15595 kHz Near East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All from Santa Maria di Galeria.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiovaticana.va\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.radiovaticana.va<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0Mauno Ritola via the WRTH Facebook page) Vatican Radio special broadcasts on Christmas: Saturday 24 December 2016 1600-1652 [UTC] Mass in Chinese 5975 7200 kHz 2025-2230 Portuguese 11625 kHz Angola and Mozambique French 6080 kHz West Africa English 7275 kHz Central Africa Chinese 6185 kHz China Sunday 25 December 2016 1055-1130 [UTC] Portuguese 21560 kHz 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