Vatican Radio’s English Africa
Service would like to inform listeners in Rome, Italy, that the English Africa
Service programme broadcast four times daily on Rome's FM 103.8 frequency is
moving to a digital platform beginning Tuesday, this week, 15 February
2017.
From this date onwards, the
‘English Africa Programme’ can be heard only through the Vatican Radio World
Channel on Digital Audio Broadcasting standard known as DAB or its updated
version DAB+, which will require the purchase of a digital radio receiver.
However, listeners can continue to listen to the podcast of the daily programme
throughout the day by logging on to our website www.radiovaticana.va, click on
English and then go to the On-demand and Podcast section on the right hand side
of the page; click on ‘English for Africa Programme.’
In recent years, Vatican Radio
has experimented with digital transmission technologies, including DAB, which is
said to be cheaper and has a better sound quality, according to experts.
In Africa, the main outlet for
our daily English Africa programmes will continue to be through the
re-transmission of the daily programme by several Catholic radio stations in
Africa. Most of these radio stations are owned by various African Catholic
dioceses, parishes, religious congregations and some by the Radio Maria
network.
The times and frequencies of
our Shortwave (SW) broadcast to Africa and the rest of the world remain the
same.
The English Africa
Service apologises to our Rome listeners for any inconvenience the change from
FM to digital radio might cause. The times of broadcasts remain the same.
For further information kindly
contact the English Africa Service through email: engafrica@vatiradio.va or by
phone: (+39) 06 69883892
(Email:
engafrica@vatiradio.va)
