Frequency Changes for the English Africa Service

With the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) this Sunday 25 October in Europe,  clocks in Rome  will be turned back an hour. This also means there will be changes in the time and broadcast frequencies of Vatican Radio’ shortwave frequencies for the English Africa Service.

Starting this Sunday, the daily English Africa Programme will go on air an hour earlier at 17:30 UTC/GMT in the following shortwave frequency: 9660 Kilohertz in the (31 mb)

The Programme will be repeated at 20:00 hours GMT on 9660 kilohertz in the (31mb) and on 11625 kilohertz (25mb).

The same Programme can be heard the following morning at 5:00 hours GMT on 7360 kilohertz (41mb) and at 6:30 on 9660 kilohertz (31mb).

Listeners in Rome can hear the Programme in the FM 103.8 frequency an hour earlier from this Sunday with the first broadcast going out at 18:30 local time instead of 19:30. A repeat broadcast can be heard at 21 hours in the same 103.8 FM in Rome.

Listeners who are connected to the Internet can hear the Programme live and on demand from our website: www.radiovaticana.va,

First click on English. At the appearance of the web page;

Click on Live and go straight to Chanel RV 2 indicated as Programmes for Asia and Africa;

Click on listen. If you wish to listen to a Programme that has already gone on air say a day or a week earlier;

Click on the on Demand and Podcast section and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Click on English for Africa.

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