EWTN
Sign in to saveThe Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock and commercial-free Catholic programming. It is the largest Christian Catholic television network in the United States, and is purported to be "the world's largest religious media network", (and according to the network itself) reaching 425 million people in 160 countries, with 11 networks.
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- Eternal Word Television Network
- Television channel.logo
- EWTN Logo and Wordmark (2016).svg
- Television channel.image
- EWTN studio.jpg
- Television channel.caption
- EWTN's main studio in Irondale, Alabama
- Television channel.owner
- Eternal Word Television Network Inc. (a non-profit corporation)
- Television channel.founder
- Mother Angelica
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080i HDTV(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
- Television channel.country
- United States
- Television channel.language
- English
- Television channel.area
- Worldwide
- Television channel.headquarters
- Irondale, Alabama
- Television channel.terr_serv_1
- WEWN (Eternal Word Radio Network)
- Television channel.terr_chan_1
- Shortwave radio frequenciesAM/FM affiliates
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- LIVE Stream
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- Live TV Stream
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23 sectionsContents
- Development
- Other media
- Radio
- Newspapers
- ''National Catholic Register''
- Catholic News Agency
- News coverage
- Finance
- History of programming
- Views, criticism, Apostolic visitation
- World Youth Day (1993)
- Apostolic Visitation (2000)
- Conflict with Pope Francis
- Francis Mary Stone
- Gloria Purvis
- Viewership
- List of programs
- Branding
- List of broadcast television affiliates
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock and commercial-free Catholic programming. It is the largest Christian Catholic television network in the United States, and is purported to be "the world's largest religious media network", (and according to the network itself) reaching 425 million people in 160 countries, with 11 networks.
The network was originally founded by Mother Angelica , in 1980 and began broadcasting on 15 August 1981 from a garage studio at the Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale, Alabama, which Mother Angelica founded in 1962. She hosted her own show, Mother Angelica Live, until health issues led to her retirement in September 2001. As of 2017, Michael P. Warsaw, who is a consultant to the Vatican's Dicastery for Communications, leads EWTN.
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