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Who set up the Vatican Radio in 1931?

   Alexander Graham Bell
   Guglielmo Marconi
   Samuel Morse
   Reginald Fessenden

Your answer was: Reginald Fessenden.


Answer: Vatican Radio was set up in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi. The Jesuit Order has been charged with the management of Vatican Radio since its inception. During World War II and the rise of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, Vatican Radio served as a source for news for the Allies as well as broadcasting pro-Allied propaganda.

Today its programs are offered in 47 languages and are sent out on shortwave, medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet. Programming is produced by over two hundred journalists located in 61 different countries. Vatican Radio produces more than 42,000 hours of simultaneous broadcasting covering international news, religious celebrations, in-depth programs, and music.

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75TH ANNIVERSARY OF VATICAN RADIO POSTCARDS

75th Anniversary of Vatican Radio
Pope Pius XI and Guglielmo Marconi
Pope Pius XII and Pope John XXIII

Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI

P161-P165 (2006)