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.
Internet users can view the channel through the website padrepio.tv, or with applications for iOS or Android mobile devices.
The Italian singer and TV host Raffaella Carrà, a devotee of Padre Pio, was considered the channel's godmother.