| Country |  Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Italy (via digital terrestrial television) Europe and the Mediterranean region (via satellite television) Worldwide (via internet) |
| Headquarters | Via De Nunzio 13, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG) Italy |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Capuchin Friars of the Religious Province of Sant’Angelo |
| History | |
| Launched | 2003 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.padrepio.tv |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| LIVE Stream | Live TV Stream |
Padre Pio TV,[1] formerly known as Tele Radio Padre Pio,[2] is a Catholic television channel belonging to the Capuchin Friars of San Giovanni Rotondo, a city in the province of Foggia, Italy, the place where lived and died the saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina to whom the TV channel is dedicated.[3]
Padre Pio TV programming is broadcast on digital terrestrial television systems to the entire national territory of Italy on channel position 145. Padre Pio TV is available to free-to-air satellite television viewers in Europe and the Mediterranean area via Eutelsat Hot Bird 13C @ 13,0° Est Trasponder 158, in the frequency of 11,662 MHz, Trasponder 158, DVB-S2 8PSK, Vertical pole, 27,500 Ms / s, 3/4, with the name Padre Pio TV. It also broadcasts on a radio broadcasting system to the outskirts of the province of Foggia.
Internet users can view the channel through the website padrepio.tv, or with applications for iOS or Android mobile devices.[4]
A partial listing of Padre Pio TV schedule:
Saint Mary of Graces is considered the co-patroness of Padre Pio TV. The patron saint of this Italian Catholic channel is Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
The Italian singer and TV host Raffaella Carrà, a devotee of Padre Pio, was considered the channel's godmother.[5][6][7]
