{"id":3766,"date":"2012-06-12T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2012-06-12T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:07:07","slug":"vatican-radio-from-short-waves-to-new-communications-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/vatican-radio-from-short-waves-to-new-communications-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Radio: “from Short Waves to new communications strategies”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, for the tip:<\/p>\n

(Source: Vatican Radio<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Announcing Vatican Radio\u2019s intention to reduce its Short and Medium Wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July 1st<\/sup>, the Director General, Fr Federico Lombardi, today spoke of what he called, \u201cA new chapter in the history of Vatican Radio\u201d as it evolves \u201cfrom Short Waves to new communications strategies\u201d.<\/p>\n

[…]Webcasting and satellite transmissions, along with rebroadcasting by local, regional and national radio stations, guarantee the widest possible outreach to Vatican Radio\u2019s programming and services. Which is why Vatican Radio believes the time has come to reduce its reliance on traditional technologies, like Short and Medium Wave broadcasts, and to develop its resources in new directions.<\/p>\n

On July 1st<\/sup>, Short and Medium Wave broadcasts from Vatican Radio\u2019s Santa Maria di Galeria Transmission Centre, to most of Europe and the Americas, will be suspended. These areas of the world are already well served by Vatican Radio\u2019s local rebroadcasting partners and by widespread internet access to its services and language programming.<\/p>\n

The reduction of Short and Medium Wave broadcasts to these areas accounts for about 50% of the Centre\u2019s transmission time and will allow Vatican Radio to restructure the Centre according to more innovative technological criteria. Short Wave broadcasts will be further reduced over the next few years \u2013 but not at the expense of those poor, needy and suffering parts of the world (like Africa, the Middle East and Asia) which have no alternative means of receiving news of the Church and the voice of the Pope.<\/p>\n

Over the next few days, Vatican Radio\u2019s language programmes will be informing their listeners of these changes, indicating alternative ways by which traditional Short and Medium Wave users can listen and benefit from Vatican Radio\u2019s services.<\/p>\n

Vatican Radio\u2019s international Short and Medium Wave broadcasts have made a priceless contribution to the history of the Church, especially in 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century Europe where they were a source of strength and encouragement for nations oppressed by war and totalitarian regimes. As this unique service is gradually phased out, making way for new communications technologies, it is important to thank those who dedicated their hearts and minds to it for so long \u2013 and for the good of so many.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article on\u00a0Vatican Radio’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Mike also pointed out, this is certainly an unwelcome development for those who promote DRM. Vatican Radio is one of the few broadcasters that uses DRM over shortwave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, for the tip: (Source: Vatican Radio) Announcing Vatican Radio\u2019s intention to reduce its Short and Medium Wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July 1st, the Director General, Fr Federico Lombardi, today spoke of what he called, \u201cA new chapter in the history of Vatican Radio\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[1186,1187,1189,1188],"class_list":["post-3766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-vatican-radio","tag-vatican-radio-cuts","tag-vatican-radio-english-service","tag-vatican-radio-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-YK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38624,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/vatican-radios-brazilian-language-programming-returns\/","url_meta":{"origin":3766,"position":0},"title":"Vatican Radio\u2019s Brazilian Portuguese language programming returns","author":"Thomas","date":"July 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following news via Zenit.org: \u201cThe Brazilian program of Vatican Radio-Vatican News resumes its short-wave transmissions in the Amazon region,\u201d announced the portal of Vatican News in Brazilian today, Monday, July 15, 2019, given the proximity of the holding\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/radio_vaticano.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24801,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/vatican-radios-english-shortwave-service-to-asia-ends\/","url_meta":{"origin":3766,"position":1},"title":"Vatican Radio\u2019s English shortwave service to Asia ends","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Vatican Radio\u00a0via London Shortwave) Vatican Radio\u2019s English SW broadcast to Asia come to an end Vatican Radio\u2019s English shortwave broadcast for Asia has come to an end, with its last transmission going out Friday evening, after nearly 60 years of service.\u00a0 However this does not mean it has disappeared\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dial-analog.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dial-analog.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dial-analog.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dial-analog.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24628,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/bishops-ask-for-restoration-of-vatican-shortwave-transmissions-to-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":3766,"position":2},"title":"Bishops ask for “restoration” of Vatican shortwave transmissions to Africa","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Yahoo News via London Shortwave) Vatican City (AFP) - African bishops have asked Radio Vatican, the official radio of the pope, to restore shortwave transmissions to the continent, the Catholic agency Fides reported on Friday. 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