In the following there are lists of sites of notable
radio transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...
s. During the early history of radio many countries had only a few high power
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
s, operated either by the government or large corporations, which broadcast to the population or to other countries. Because of the large number of transmission sites, this list is not complete. Outside of Europe senders and repeater stations are emphatically presented from international services.
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Europe
Austria
Belarus
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Molodecno (VLF)
Belgium
* Schoten (FM, TV
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Transmitter Wavre, Wavre (MW, SW shut down) FM DAB TV)
*Overijse (MW closed)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Mostre transmitter (MW)
Bulgaria
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Kaliakra (MW)
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Vakarel (LW, MW)
Croatia
*Grbre transmitter (MW)
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Deanovec transmitter (MW, KW)
Czech Republic
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Liblice (LW closed 1.1.2021)
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Liblice (MW closed)
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Topolná (LW dismantled)
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Mělník-Chloumek (MW closed)
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Dobrochov (MW closed)
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Jested (FM)
Denmark
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Kalundborg
Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022),[Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...](_blank)
(LW, SW, shut down)
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Pori transmitter (LW, SW shut down)
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Pasilan linkkitorni
Pasilan linkkitorni, also known as Yle Transmission Tower, is a high TV tower in Pasila, Helsinki. Pasilan linkkitorni was built in 1983 and has at a height of rooms with technical equipment. It is the tallest freestanding tower in the Gre ...
(DVB-T)
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Anjalankoski Radio and TV-Mast (FM, DVB-T)
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Eurajoki TV Mast (DVB-T)
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FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo
FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo is a mast located on Harmaakallio hill near Latokaski, Espoo, Finland. Its current height is .
When the mast was first built in 1971, its height was 303 metres (994'). Its height was increased to 326 metres (1070') ...
(FM, DVB-T)
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Haapavesi TV Mast
Haapavesi TV Mast is a mast in Haapavesi, Finland. It has a height of .
See also
*List of tallest structures in Finland
A list of the tallest structures in Finland. This list contains all types of structures.
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Finland
Fin ...
(DVB-T)
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Hollola TV Mast (DVB-T)
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Kuopio Radio and TV Mast (FM, DVB-T)
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Lapua Radio and TV-Mast (FM, DVB-T)
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Oulu TV Mast (DVB-T)
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Pihtipudas TV Mast (DVB-T)
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Smedsböle Radio Mast (FM)
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Teisko TV-mast (DVB-T)
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Tervola Radio and TV-Mast (FM, DVB-T)
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Turku radio and television station (FM, DVB-T)
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Jyväskylä TV-mast (DVB-T)
France
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Allouis
Allouis () is a commune in the Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography
An area of lakes, woods and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated in the valley of the river Yèvre, some northwest of ...
(LW, SW)
*Le Blanc (VLF)
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Issoudun (SW)
*Paris-
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Locally nicknamed ...
(FM, TV)
*Lyon-
Metallic tower of Fourvière
The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower, which predates it by three years. With a height of 85.9 metres (2 ...
(FM, TV)
*Sélestat (MW shut down)
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HWU transmitter (LW, SW)
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Col de la Madone transmitter (LW, SW)
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Lafayette transmitter (VLF)
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Limeux transmitting station
The Limeux transmitting station () (mast 1) and () (mast 2) is a facility for FM radio and television and mobile phone transmissions located near Abbeville, Somme, France. It has a tall guyed mast for FM radio and analogue and digital television ...
(FM, TV)
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TV Mast Niort-Maisonnay
The TV Mast Niort-Maisonnay is a guyed mast for TV transmission in Maisonnay, near Niort, France. Built in 1978, it is one of the tallest structures in France, taller than Eiffel Tower.
See also
* List of tallest structures in the world
...
(TV)
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Transmitter Le Mans-Mayet (FM, TV)
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Realtor transmitter (MW)
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Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc (MW)
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Pic de Nore transmitter (FM, TV)
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
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Mediumwave transmitter Bremen
The Mediumwave Transmitter Bremen was the mediumwave broadcasting facility of Radio Bremen situated at Bremen-Oberneuland, Germany. It operated at 936 Hertz, kHz, with a transmitter output power of 50 Watt, kW. The transmitter at Bremen-Oberneuland ...
(MW, shut down)
Hamburg
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Hamburg-Billstedt ( FM, TV)
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Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
The Heinrich Hertz Tower (german: Heinrich-Hertz-Turm) is a landmark radio telecommunication tower in the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Designed by architect Fritz Trautwein, in co-operation with civil engineers Jörg Schlaich, Rudolf Bergermann an ...
(FM, TV)
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
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Heusweiler (MW, shut down)
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Longwave transmitter Europe 1 (LW,
Europe 1, shut down)
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Göttelborner Höhe (FM, TV)
Saxony-Anhalt
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Brocken
The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elb ...
(FM, TV)
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Burg (LW, MW, shut down)
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Dequede (FM, TV)
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Goliath transmitter
Goliath transmitter was a very low frequency (VLF) transmitter for communicating with submarines, built by Nazi Germany's '' Kriegsmarine'' navy near Kalbe an der Milde in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was in service from 1943 to 1945. It was ...
(VLF, dismantled)
Saxony
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Wiederau ( FM, TV)
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Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany, with 14,444 inhabitants (2020). It is situated 14 km west of Dresden centre. Kesselsdorf is one of its subdivisions.
Near Wilsdruff there is a facility for ...
(shut down)
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Dresdner Fernsehturm (FM, TV)
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Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster
The Deutschlandsender III was a 500 kilowatt longwave transmitter, erected in 1938/39 near Herzberg, Brandenburg in Germany. Used for the ''Deutschlandsender'' radio broadcasts, the guyed mast reaching a height of was the tallest construction in ...
(LW, demolished)
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
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Wachenbrunn (MW, shut down)
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Inselsberg (FM, TV)
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Bleßberg (FM, TV)
Greece
*Kavala (SW, MW, (
IBB))
*Rhodes (SW, (IBB))
Hungary
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Budapest-Lakihegy (MW)
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(MW)
*Kékes (TV)
Iceland
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Hellissandur (LW)
Ireland
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Cairn Hill (DVB-T, FM)
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Clarkstown (LW)
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Clermont Carn
Clermont Carn (), also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain that rises to in the Cooley Mountains of County Louth, Ireland. It is at the border with Northern Ireland, and is also the location of the Clermont Carn transmission site. The moun ...
(DVB-T,DAB, FM)
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Holywell Hill
The Holywell Hill transmission site is located on a 260 metre hill near Killea in County Donegal, Ireland, and is owned and operated by 2RN (formerly RTÉ NL).
The site which is close to the border with Northern Ireland has a 60 metre s ...
(DVB-T, FM)
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Kippure
Kippure () at , is the 56th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 72nd-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Coll ...
(DVB-T, DAB, FM)
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Maghera
Maghera (pronounced , ) is a small town at the foot of the Glenshane Pass in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Its population was 4,220 in the 2011 Census, increasing from 3,711 in the 2001 Census. It is situated within Mid-Ulster Distri ...
(DVB-T, FM)
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Mount Leinster
Mount Leinster ( ga, Stua Laighean) is a mountain in the Republic of Ireland. It straddles the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford, in the province of Leinster. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Leinster after Lugnaquilla , Mullagh ...
(DVB-T, FM)
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Mullaghanish
Mullaghanish ( ga, Mullach an Ois) is a 649 m high mountain in the Derrynasaggart range, located just northeast of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland.
Transmission site
This site is home to one of Telefís Éireann's original five main tel ...
(DVB-T, FM)
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Spur Hill (DVB-T,DAB, FM)
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Three Rock
Three Rock Mountain (; archaic: ''Sliabh Ruadh'') is a mountain in Co Dublin, Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The ...
(DVB-T,DAB, FM)
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Truskmore
Truskmore () is a mountain with a height of on the border of County Sligo and County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the highest summit in the Dartry Mountains and the highest in Sligo. It is in the middle of a plateau whose edges are marked by hig ...
(DVB-T, FM)
Italy
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Santa Palomba (MW)
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Caltanissetta (LW, SW shut down)
*Santa Maria di Galeria (MW, SW,
Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio ( it, Radio Vaticana; la, Statio Radiophonica Vaticana) is the official broadcasting service of Vatican City.
Established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, ...
)
Luxembourg
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Hosingen (FM)
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Junglinster
Junglinster ( lb, Jonglënster) is a commune in central Luxembourg, which draws its name from its principal town, Junglinster. It is one of six communes in the Luxembourg canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a nationa ...
(LW, SW)
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Beidweiler (LW)
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Marnach
Marnach () is a small town in the commune of Munshausen, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2007, the town has a population of 581. Near Marnach is the site of the transmitter of Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial ...
(MW)
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Dudelange (TV, FM)
Macedonia
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Ovce Pole (Skopje transmitter, MW)
Malta
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Delimara Transmitter (MW, KW, shutdown)
Monaco
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Roumoules (LW, MW, SW)
Netherlands
*Lopik (2 sites:
MW,
FM, TV)
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Flevoland
Flevoland () is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the countr ...
(MW)
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Smilde (FM, TV)
Norway
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Kvitsøy
Kvitsøy is an island municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. At only , it is the smallest municipality in Norway by area and one of the smallest by population. Kvitsøy is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative cen ...
(MW, SW shut down)
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Ingøy
Ingøy or Inga is a small fishing village on the island of Ingøya in Måsøy Municipality, Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on the northern coast of the island of Ingøya, facing the open Arctic Ocean. The village of Ingøy l ...
(LW shut down)
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Vigra (MW shut down)
* Helgeland (VLF)
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Noviken VLF Transmitter (VLF)
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Tyholttårnet (DAB)
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Tryvannstårnet (FM)
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Skavlen Transmitter (DAB, DVB-T)
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Høiåsmasten (DAB, DVB-T)
Poland
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Raszyn
Raszyn is a village in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of an administrative district called Gmina Raszyn. It lies approximately east of Pruszków and south-west of Warsaw. The village has a p ...
(LW)
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Konstantynow (LW, shut down)
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Solec Kujawski
Solec Kujawski (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Schulitz) is a town in north-central Poland with 15,505 inhabitants, located in Bydgoszcz County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is situated within the historic region of Kuyavia, around ...
(LW)
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Gliwice
Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capi ...
(MW, shut down)
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Przebędowo (MW, shut down)
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Wola Rasztowska (Warszawa III) (MW, shut down)
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Radom longwave transmitter
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Stolp radio transmitter (dismantled)
Portugal
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Muge (MW)
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Muro (FM, TV)
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Monsanto (Lisboa) (FM, TV)
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Monte da Virgem (Porto) (FM, TV)
Romania
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Brasov-Bod (LW)
Russia
*
Bolshakovo (MW) (
Voice of Russia
Voice of Russia ( rus, Голос России, r=Golos Rossii), commonly abbreviated VOR, was the Russian government's international radio broadcasting service from 1993 until 2014, when it was reorganised as Radio Sputnik. Its interval signal ...
)
*Krasnodar (SW) (Voice of Russia)
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Taldom (LW, SW)
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Krasny Bor (LW, MW, SW)
Serbia
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Stubline (MW, KW)
Slovakia
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Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...
(MW)
Slovenia
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Domžale (MW)
Sweden
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Motala (LW, shut down)
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Orlunda (LW, shut down)
* Ruda (VLF)
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Grimeton (VLF, FM, TV)
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Multrå (FM, TV)
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Hörby
Hörby () (old da, Hørby) is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019.
6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and ...
(SW, FM, TV)
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Sölvesborg
Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013.
Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred t ...
(MW shut down)
Switzerland
Spain
Turkey
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Büyükejder (TV, FM)
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Karadağ (TV, FM)
United Kingdom
Middle East
Syria
*Izza Radio Tower
Africa
Algeria
*
Tipaza Longwave Transmitter (LW)
*
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*Christine Beshar (1929–2018), American lawyer
*Peter Beshar, American lawyer
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