Televisietoren Smilde - Hoogersmilde, NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Boon
N 52° 54.162 E 006° 24.185
32U E 325344 N 5864604
[NL] De televisietoren Smilde is een zendmast voor radio- en televisie-uitzendingen en (mobiele) telecommunicatie. [EN] The Smilde television tower is a transmission tower for radio and television broadcasts and (mobile) telecommunications.
Waymark Code: WM13RR3
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/11/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
Views: 14

[NL]
De Cellnextoren of Televisietoren Smilde is een toren met zendmast voor radio- en televisie-uitzendingen en (mobiele) telecommunicatie. De televisiezender werd op 24 november 1959 in gebruik genomen en de toren werd op 10 mei 1960 geopend door de Drentse commissaris van de Koningin Jaap Cramer. De constructie van gewapend beton en staal is met 303 meter de hoogste in Noord-Nederland.
De circa 85 meter hoge betonnen toren heeft een binnendiameter van ruim 10 meter, een wanddikte van 30 centimeter en telt 21 verdiepingen. In het bovenste deel van de betonnen toren bevinden zich de ruimten waarin de radio- en televisie zendapparatuur is opgesteld.

Op vrijdag 15 juli 2011 brak brand uit op 180 meter hoogte in de stalen zendmast die daarna instortte. Op 1 mei 2012 werd met behulp van een helikopter het eerste nieuwe mastdeel herplaatst.

[EN]
The Cellnextoren or Television Tower Smilde is a tower with a transmission mast for radio and television broadcasts and (mobile) telecommunications. The television channel was put into use on November 24, 1959 and the tower was opened on May 10, 1960 by the Queen's Commissioner from Drenthe, Jaap Cramer. The reinforced concrete and steel construction is the highest in the Northern Netherlands at 303 meters.
The approximately 85 meters high concrete tower has an inner diameter of over 10 meters, a wall thickness of 30 centimeters and has 21 floors. The rooms in which the radio and television transmission equipment are set up are located in the upper part of the concrete tower.

On Friday, July 15, 2011, a fire broke out at a height of 180 meters in the steel transmission tower, which then collapsed. On May 1, 2012, the first new mast section was replaced by helicopter.
Call signs/Frequencies/Channels/Broadcaster:
- Radio Broadcasts (FM and DAB+): NPO Radio 1 91.8Mhz NPO Radio 2 88.0Mhz NPO 3FM 88.6Mhz NPO Radio 4 94.8Mhz Omrop Fryslân Radio 92.5Mhz Radio Drenthe 90.8Mhz Radio 538 102.2Mhz Radio Veronica 103.2Mhz BNR Nieuwsradio 89.6Mhz Sublime 90.5Mhz Sky Radio 101.0Mhz Qmusic 100.4Mhz SLAM! 99.6Mhz RadioNL 104.2Mhz - UHF television (digitenne) - KPN beam antenna - Mobile telephone providers - Datacenter


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