World Family of Radio Maria

World Family of Radio Maria is the name of the worldwide network of radio stations whose self-image is the preaching of the Catholic faith. Although the broadcasters do not officially belong to the Catholic Church, there is open cooperation between the sponsoring associations and the local dioceses. The national conservative and anti-Semitic Polish Radio Maryja is not a member of the broadcasting network.

history

The broadcasting network was created in Italy in 1998. It all began in 1983, when one of countless parish radios was built in a parish of the Archdiocese of Milan with the installation of a transmitting antenna on the church roof in the province of Como. Supported by Emanuele Ferrario (1930–2020), a former dairy owner who settled in the parish, a nationwide broadcasting network was established in the following years. The network now includes over 50 radio stations worldwide, including Radio Horeb (Germany), Radio Maria Austria , Radio Maria German-speaking Switzerland and Radio Maria (Italy) .

The German broadcaster Radio Maria, which later became part of the broadcasting network and was headed by Hubert Liebherr , has been a voting member of the today no longer active since 1990 with Marian groups such as the Catholic Scouts of Europe , the Servants of Jesus and Mary , the Engelwerk and the Marian priestly movement United Apostolate of Mary (VAM).

Sender of the network

Standard sorting: primary continent (America, Asia / Oceania, Africa, Europe), secondary language; further sorting can be set via the column headers, complex sorting first secondary, then primary sorting.

country	language	Station name	Start of transmission	Internet address	distribution	Church orientation and solidarity
United States	English	Radio Maria (United States) , Alexandria	May 25, 2000	www.radiomaria.us	MW and VHF in Louisiana , Mississippi , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Texas, and Wisconsin ; HD radio in Miami , Florida (soundtrack on KJMJ .)	Roman Catholic Church in the United States
Canada	French , English , Italian	Radio Maria (Canada)	May 5, 1995	www.radiomaria.ca	VHF via cooperation partners: Montréal 91.3, Toronto 100.7	Roman Catholic Church in Canada
United States	Italian	Radio Maria (United States)		nyi.radiomariausa.org	VHF via transmitters of the communications authorities in New York City , Chicago and Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Brazil	Portuguese	Radio Maria (Brazil)	May 13, 2006	www.radiomaria.net.br	FM 107.9 MHz in Brasilia	Roman Catholic Church in Brazil
Argentina	Spanish	Radio María Argentina	December 8, 1996	www.radiomaria.org.ar	Nationwide coverage with medium wave and VHF	Roman Catholic Church in Argentina
Bolivia	Spanish	Radio Maria (Bolivia)	December 12, 1999	www.radiomaria.org.bo	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia
Chile	Spanish	Radio Maria (Chile)	August 15, 1996	www.radiomaria.cl	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Chile
Costa Rica	Spanish	Radio Maria (Costa Rica)	September 12, 2004	www.radiomaria.cr	MW 610 kHz in the province of San José	Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica
Dominican Republic	Spanish	Radio Maria (Dominican Republic)	March 19, 2007	www.radiomaria.org.do	MW 1240 kHz	Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic
Ecuador	Spanish	Radio María (Ecuador)	October 7, 1998	www.radiomariaecuador.org	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Ecuador
El Salvador	Spanish	Radio Maria (El Salvador)	September 15, 2001	www.radiomaria.org.sv	MW: 810 kHz and FM 107.3 MHz in San Salvador	Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador
Guatemala	Spanish	Radio Maria (Guatemala)	September 8, 1997	www.radiomaria.org.gt	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Guatemala
Colombia	Spanish	Radio Maria (Colombia)	October 1, 1996	www.radiomariacol.org	Medium wave in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Colombia
Mexico	Spanish	Radio Maria (Mexico)	May 31, 2003	www.radiomariamexico.com	Several stations, main owner of the Mexican Society's Cultural Foundation	Roman Catholic Church in Mexico
Nicaragua	Spanish	Radio Maria (Nicaragua)	September 4, 2001	www.radiomaria.org.ni	VHF in larger cities, in Managua by the hour via cooperation partners	Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua
Panama	Spanish	Radio Maria (Panama)	August 5, 1998	www.radiomaria.org.pa	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Panama
Paraguay	Spanish	Radio Maria (Paraguay)	December 12, 2002	www.radiomaria.org.py	FM 107.3 MHz on Ascension	Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay
Peru	Spanish	Radio Maria (Peru)	May 13, 1995	www.radiomariaperu.org	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Peru
Uruguay	Spanish	Radio Maria (Uruguay)	May 31, 2005	www.radiomaria.org.uy	FM in larger cities, MW 1470 kHz in Melo	Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay
United States	Spanish	Radio Maria (United States)		www.radiomariausa.org http://mas.radiomariausa.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100806153836/http://nys.radiomariausa.org/ http://www.radiomariachicago.com/ http : //www.radiomariahouston.com/	VHF via transmitters of the communications authorities in Boston , New York City , Washington , Chicago and Houston	Roman Catholic Church in the United States
Venezuela	Spanish	Radio Maria (Venezuela)	November 1, 2004	www.radiomaria.org.ve	MW 1450 kHz in Caracas	Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela
Malawi	Chichewa	Radio Maria (Malawi)	08/24/1999	www.radiomaria.mw	VHF broadcast in the border area with Mozambique	Roman Catholic Church in Malawi
Liberia	English	Radio Maria (Liberia)	December 8, 2016		nationwide (predominantly)	Roman Catholic Church in Liberia
Kenya	English	Radio Maria (Kenya)	08/19/2008	www.radiomaria.co.ke	VHF 88.1 MHz in the diocese of Muranga	Roman Catholic Church in Kenya
Lesotho	presumably English	Radio Maria Lesotho	unknown (club: 12/2017)		presumably Web radio (for now)	Roman Catholic Church in Lesotho
Zambia	English	Radio Maria (Zambia)	06/21/1999	www.radiomaria.org.zm	VHF in larger cities, also border areas with Malawi and Mozambique	Roman Catholic Church in Zambia
Sierra Leone	English	Radio Maria (Sierra Leone)	01/01/2004	www.radiomaria.sl	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Sierra Leone
South Africa	English	Radio Veritas	??. ??. ????	www.radioveritas.co.za	FM network ; MW 576 kHz in Meyerton	Roman Catholic Church in South Africa
Tanzania	English and Swahili	Radio Maria (Tanzania)	04/26/1996	www.radiomaria.co.tz	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania
Uganda	English	Radio Maria (Uganda)	03/01/1996	www.radiomaria.ug	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Uganda
Burkina Faso	French	Radio Ave Maria	12/12/1993	www.radiomariaburkinafaso.org	91.6 MHz in Ouagadougou , 96.9 MHz in Koupéla	Roman Catholic Church in Burkina Faso
Burundi	French	Radio Maria (Burundi)	04/17/2004	www.radiomaria.bi	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Burundi
Democratic Republic of Congo	French , Lingala , Swahili	Radio Maria Congo	03/25/2009	www.radiomaria.cd	Bukavu, Goma, Kananga, Kinshasa, Matadi, Kisangani, Lubumbashi	Roman Catholic Church in the Congo
Ivory Coast	French	Radio Maria (Ivory Coast)	October 12, 2011	www.radiomaria.ci	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Ivory Coast
French Guinea	French	Radio Voce della Pace	12/19/2015	www.radiomaria.cd	Satellite, VHF in three metropolitan areas	Roman Catholic Church in the Republic of Guinea
Gabon	French	Radio Maria (Gabon)	04/07/2009	www.radiomariagabon.org	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Gabon
Congo	French	Radio Maria Congo	04/2006	www.radiomaria.cg	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in the Republic of the Congo
Madagascar	French	Radio Maria (Madagascar)	03/25/2015	www.radiomaria.mg		Roman Catholic Church in Madagascar
Rwanda	Kinyarwanda , as well as French (main language) and English	Radio Maria (Rwanda)	08/15/2004	www.radiomaria.rw	VHF almost nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda
Togo	French	Radio Maria (Togo)	03/19/1997	www.radiomaria.tg	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Togo
Central African Republic	French	Radio Maria Beafrica	10/31/2007	www.radiomariacentrafrique.org	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in the Central African Republic
Cameroon	French	Radio Maria Association (Association R. M. Cameroun)	05/10/2011	www.radiomaria.cm	web radio only	Roman Catholic Church in Cameroon
Mozambique	Portuguese	Radio Maria (Mozambique)	06/02/1995	www.radiomaria.org.mz	VHF in larger cities	Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique
Equatorial Guinea	Spanish	Radio Maria Guinea (Equatorial Guinea)	December 8, 2014	www.radiomaria.gq		Roman Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea
Arab League	Arabic	Radio Mariam	12/08/2015	www.radiomariam.org	Web radio for all Arabic-speaking Christian communities worldwide	Roman Catholic Church in China
People's Republic of China	Chinese languages	Radio Maria (Macau)	07/19/2015	www.radiomaria.mo		Roman Catholic Church in China
Jordan	Arabic	Radio Maria (Jordan)		www.radiomaria.ph		Roman Catholic Church in Jordan
India	English	Radio Maria (India)	30th of June 2013	radiomaria.org.in	VHF in Kerala	Roman Catholic Church in Jordan
Indonesia	Malay languages	Radio Maria (Indonesia)	December 8, 2008	www.radiomaria.co.id	VHF 104.2 FM in Medan , North Sumatra	Roman Catholic Church in Indonesia
Iraq	Aramaic languages	Radio Maria Erbil	2016		VHF in the Nineveh Plain	Roman Catholic Church in Iraq
Israel	Hebrew	Radio Maria Nazareth	2018			Roman Catholic Church in Israel
Lebanon	French	Voice of Charity		www.voiceofcharity.org		Roman Catholic Church in Lebanon
Papua New Guinea	English	Radio Maria (Papua New Guinea)	12/08/2007	www.radiomariapng.org	VHF and shortwave nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea
Syria	Arabic	Radio Maria (Syria)				Roman Catholic Church in Syria
Albania	Albanian	Radio Maria (Albania)	07/03/2003	www.radiomaria.al	FM stations in major cities	Roman Catholic Church in Albania
Kosovo	Albanian	Radio Maria (Kosovo)	01/29/2013	www.radiomariakosove.org		Roman Catholic Church in Kosovo
Armenia	Armenian	Radio Maria (Armenia)	05.12.2011	www.radiomariam.am		Roman Catholic Church in Armenia
Austria , Liechtenstein	German	Radio Maria Austria	09/12/1998	www.radiomaria.at	FM partially; DVB-T2 via SimpliTV , satellite, DAB in the federal mux	Roman Catholic Church in Austria , Roman Catholic Church in Liechtenstein
Italy	German	Radio Maria South Tyrol	07/16/1997	http://www.radiomaria.bz.it/	VHF in South Tyrol and Tyrol	Roman Catholic Church in Italy
Germany	German	Radio Horeb	December 8th, 1996	www.horeb.org	FM regionally; DAB in the federal mux	Roman Catholic Church in Germany
Switzerland	German	Radio Maria German-speaking Switzerland	09/08/2010	www.radiomaria.ch	DAB ( 2nd Mux nationwide )	Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland
Ireland	English	Radio Maria (Ireland)	05/13/2015	www.radiomaria.ie		Roman Catholic Church on the island of Ireland
France	French	Radio Maria (France)	05/07/1998	www.radiomaria.fr	FM in France and Monaco, DAB	Roman Catholic Church in France
Italy , Monaco , San Marino , Vatican City	Italian	Radio Maria (Italy)		radiomaria.it	FM coverage predominantly in Italy including the Vatican and Monaco, San Marino , parts of Switzerland and Austria and major Albanian cities; DAB and DVB-T coverage in areas in Italy.	Roman Catholic Church in Italy , Roman Catholic Church in San Marino , Roman Catholic Church in Monaco
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatian	Radio Maria Bosnia and Herzegovina	December 8, 2010	www.radiomarija.ba	VHF in Sarajevo and Banja Luka	Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia	Croatian	Radio Maria (Croatia)	02/22/1997	www.radiomarija.hr	VHF in Zagreb, Split and Virovitica	Roman Catholic Church in Croatia
Latvia	Latvian	Radio Maria Lettonia	12/08/2015	www.radiomaria.lv		Roman Catholic Church in Latvia
Lithuania	Lithuanian language	Radio Maria (Lithuania)	08/30/2004	www.marijosradijas.lt	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania
Malta	Maltese	Radio Maria (Malta)	05/31/1995	www.radjumarija.org	VHF island-wide	Roman Catholic Church in Malta
Macedonia	Macedonian	Radio Maria (Macedonia)	December 8, 2014	www.radiomaria.mk		Roman Catholic Church in Macedonia
Belgium	Dutch	Radio Maria (Belgium)	04/18/2011	www.radiomaria.be	FM and DAB mainly in Flanders	Roman Catholic Church in Belgium
Netherlands	Dutch	Radio Maria (Netherlands)	02/02/2008	http://www.radiomaria.nl/	DAB nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands
Romania	Romanian	Radio Maria Romania	03/25/2006	www.radiomaria.ro	VHF in Transylvania (Oradea, Zalau, Blaj and Baia Mare)	Roman Catholic Church in Romania
Russia	Russian	Radio Maria Russia	04/12/1997	www.radiomaria.ru	1053 kHz (medium wave) in St. Petersburg, VHF 92.6 in Vyborg	Roman Catholic Church in Russia
Belarus	Russian	Radio Maria (Belarus)	11/01/2016	www.radiomaria.by		Roman Catholic Church in Belarus
Serbia	Serbian	Radio Maria (Serbia)	12/13/2003	www.radiomarija.rs www.mariaradio.rs	VHF in individual cities, v. a. in Vojvodina and in the south and southeast	Roman Catholic Church in Serbia
Spain , Andorra	Spanish	Radio Maria (Spain)	01/24/1998	www.radiomaria.es	FM in Andorra and in larger cities, DAB almost everywhere	Roman Catholic Church in Spain
Ukraine	Ukrainian	Radio Maria Ucraina	06/01/2010	www.radiomaria.org.ua	VHF 69.68 FM (OIRT) in Kiev	Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine
Romania	Hungarian	Radio Maria Erdély	03/25/2006	www.mariaradio.ro	VHF in Transylvania (Oradea, Hargita and Tășnad)	Roman Catholic Church in Romania
Serbia	Hungarian	Radio Maria (Serbia)	12/13/2003	www.radiomarija.rs www.mariaradio.rs	VHF in individual cities, v. a. in Vojvodina and in the south and southeast	Roman Catholic Church in Serbia
Slovakia	Hungarian	Radio Maria (Slovakia)	05/20/2012	www.mariaradio.sk		Roman Catholic Church in Slovakia
Hungary	Hungarian	Radio Maria (Hungary)	01/15/2006	www.mariaradio.hu	VHF nationwide	Roman Catholic Church in Hungary

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heiner Boberski: In the realm of angels and demons. Published in: Heiner Boberski: Mighty - Male - Mysterious. Secret societies in Austria Ecowin Verlag , Salzburg 2005, ISBN 9783902404169
2. ↑ Content Providers , Croatian Post and Telecommunications Authority (Hakom)

Web links

• German homepage of the transmitter family's official website (multilingual)