EWTN
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| TV station ( under private law ) | |
| Program type | Specialized program (religion) |
| reception | Satellite , cable and internet |
| Image resolution | PAL SD |
| Start of transmission | August 15, 1981 |
| language | German, English, French, Spanish |
| Seat | Irondale, Alabama (United States) |
| owner | EWTN Global Catholic Network |
| executive Director | Martin Rothweiler , Michael Warsaw, Douglas Keck |
| List of TV channels | |
| Website | |
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) is the world's largest religious television broadcaster and is headquartered in Irondale near Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. In terms of content, it is based on the teaching post of the Catholic Church . With its regionally different programs, EWTN reaches more than 200 million households in 140 countries. It is broadcast in English, Spanish, German and French.
history
The station was founded on August 15, 1981 by Mother Angelica , a Poor Clare from the Order of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration , who started the station in the garage of her monastery in Birmingham (Alabama) and with a starting capital of 200 dollars. A shortwave radio program followed in 1992 and an offer of online services since 1996. In 1999 program branches followed in South America and Europe. On October 4th, 2009, Mother Angelica was honored by Pope Benedict XVI for her special services to the Catholic Church . awarded the Order Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (“For the Church and the Pope”). On Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, Mother Angelica died in her monastery at the age of 92.
In the US election campaign, Donald Trump was able to present his main views on abortion and gay marriage in 15 minutes of airtime, and is said to have defamed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. This was seen to be the main reason most US Catholics voted in his favor.
program
EWTN produces over 70% of its programs itself; it is financed exclusively through donations. The program consists of Christian education and life support, talk shows, documentaries and feature films, programs for children and young people, the daily broadcast of a Holy Mass , news and live broadcasts from the Vatican and from the Pope's apostolic trips . The news magazine VATICANO is broadcast from Rome every week.
Germany: EWTN Catholic TV
Martin Rothweiler is program director and managing director of EWTN Germany . He has established EWTN in Germany since 2000. His office is in Bonn , the office and the editorial rooms are in Cologne . From October 2000, the German-language programs of the non-profit EWTN-TV gGmbH were initially fed into the English-language EWTN Europe daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. EWTN has been broadcasting Catholic TV 24 hours in German since December 8, 2011 . Daily EWTN transmits a Holy Mass in the cathedral in cooperation with the Domradio . The program also includes regular broadcasts of services from Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria, the Marienbasilika from the pilgrimage site of Kevelaer , the Radio Horeb chapel and from St. Martin's Cathedral in Rottenburg. Among other things, the psychiatrist, theologian and writer Manfred Lütz and the historian, author and Vatican journalist Paul Badde create programs for EWTN. The philosopher Jörg Splett also has his own program. In 2004 the actor Mel Gibson gave two exclusive interviews on the occasion of his film The Passion of the Christ EWTN.
According to M. Rothweiler, the station has over 100,000 regular viewers and the trend is rising.
reception
- Astra: EWTN in German has been on the air since December 8, 2011 under the transmitter identification EWTN Catholic TV via the ASTRA satellite (19.2 ° East), frequency 12.460 MHz (horizontal). EWTN Europe has stopped broadcasting on the 11.538 MHz frequency (vertical).
- Eutelsat: Since October 1999 for the Holy Year 2000, EWTN can use the EUTELSAT satellite Hotbird 6 (13 ° East), frequency 11.585 MHz (vertical) and the EUTELSAT satellite Eurobird 1 (28.5 ° East), frequency 12.523 MHz ( horizontal), can be received freely.
- Since a program reform in autumn 2011, a distinction has been made between EWTN UK on the EUTELSAT satellite and EWTN Catholic TV on the ASTRA satellite.
- Cable: Some cable network operators feed EWTN into their cable network.
- Internet: The main English language program of EWTN can be viewed online on the broadcaster's website. The program in German can be found on the German website. EWTN received the German broadcasting license from the State Agency for Media North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) in August 2016; so far it has been broadcast under a British license.
literature
- Raymond Arroyo: Mother Angelica. A nun makes television history . Media Maria Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-9811452-7-4 (Mother Angelica's biography)
Web links
- EWTN homepage (German)
- Homepage of EWTN (English)
- Child of divorce, female, Catholic - Mother Angelica's TV career
Individual evidence
- ↑ About EWTN | EWTN - Catholic TV . Website of the broadcaster (German-language program). Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ↑ See FERNSEHstartseite.de: www.fernsehstartseite.de/mektiven/6/7929/paepstliche-auszeichnung-fuer-mutter-angelica-gruenderin-des-fernsehsenders-ewtn/
- ↑ In the service of the Lord on the air , E. Hagenberg-Miliu, General-Anzeiger Bonn, January 9, 2017, p. 22
- ^ Child of divorce, female, Catholic: Mother Angelica's TV career. April 10, 2016, accessed December 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ EWTN.com - EWTN TO AIR 2ND EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEL GIBSON ON "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" . Broadcaster's website. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ↑ In the service of the Lord on the air , E. Hagenberg-Miliu, General-Anzeiger Bonn, January 9, 2017, p. 22 [1]
- ↑ EWTN Multimedia - Home . EWTN Global Catholic Television Network website. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ EWTN live stream | EWTN - Catholic TV . EWTN-TV gGmbH website. Retrieved July 15, 2012.