WEWN is the shortwave radio outlet of the EWTN, a large Roman Catholic international broadcaster based in Irondale, Alabama.
[1] WEWN broadcasts from the city of Vandiver, Alabama, in the vicinity of the Birmingham metro area.
On March 30, 2008, EWTN ceased all shortwave transmissions to North America and expanded its English language coverage of WEWN to India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Spanish Language coverage was also expanded to Cuba, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
The station currently transmits English programming to Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, India on SW, and Spanish programming to South America, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, via satellite Galaxy 15 at 133°W.