Padre Pio TV

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]

Distribution

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]

Programming

Religious services and devotional programs

A partial listing of Padre Pio TV schedule:

• Candles procession from the Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
• The Angelus from the Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto
• Holy Mass from the Church of Saint Mary of Graces (San Giovanni Rotondo)
• Rosary from the crypt of Church of Saint Mary of Graces (San Giovanni Rotondo)
• Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
• Dialogo

Patron saints

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]