Kettrichhof transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting at Kettrichhof, a village which is part of

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. It is located at an elevation of a.s.l. The antenna support is a guyed mast of latticed steel with a square cross section which was built in 1985 and was originally tall. When new antennas were added in 2007, the height of the mast was increased to . Reception of its signals is possible in an area spanning from the

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and

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and even in elevated locations on the

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. On 4 December 2007, the TV transmitter was switched over to

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, and

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transmissions from Kettrichhof started on 9 September 2015.

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