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Using all available means of
communication to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ, EWTN reaches
millions world wide not just through television but also through short
wave radio, AM/FM radio, and the Internet.
December 28, 1992
Through the generosity of the late Mr. and Mrs. Piet Derksen, the world's
largest privately owned short wave radio network, WEWN (Eternal Word
Network) is launched to a potential worldwide listening audience of 600
million. Located on a 180-acre mountaintop twenty miles from the network's
corporate offices, the Eternal Word beams from 4 500-kilowatt transmitters
and 8 slewable curtain antennas. Programs are transmitted across five
continents in 26 languages, including German, French, Slovak, Russian,
Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English. In places were
the Word of God was suppressed, programs focus on the basics: the
sacrifice of the Mass, devotionals, prayers, Scripture readings, and
commentaries. For North Americans, listening to WEWN is much like watching
EWTN. Thousands of confirmed listeners from 58 countries, including China
and Russia, have expressed their enthusiasm.
January 25, 1996
EWTN acquired Catholic Resource Network (CRNET), a Catholic online
service to expand the network's media apostolate to include the largest
online collection of Catholic
documents.
EWTN Online Services provide Catholic resources 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year to anyone with Internet access. EWTN's
award-winning web site offers an extensive profile of all of EWTN's
programs whether on television or on radio. In addition, EWTN offers one
of the largest collections of Church
documents, daily Scripture
readings, and a team of experts
who answer questions on a variety of spiritual subjects. Viewers can watch
television programs on-line or listen to radio programs on-line as
well.
February 12, 1996
Through an exclusive agreement with the Catholic World News (CWN), EWTN
adds a daily news service for EWTN's
television, radio (listen),
and online
service networks.
February 27, 1996
EWTN launches a worldwide AM/FM
radio service.
April 11, 1997
EWTN announces Internet broadcast of AM/FM radio signal in RealAudio (listen).
November 24, 1998
EWTN announces launch of radio service on ASTRA in Europe.
January 21, 1999
Launch of EWTN's
LIVE television signal over the Internet.
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