The Kitzbüheler Horn Transmitter (german: Sender Kitzbüheler Horn) is a

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made of reinforced concrete on the summit of the

Kitzbüheler Horn The Kitzbüheler Horn (also spelt Kitzbühler Horn) is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol, Austria, whose western flank lies near the smart ski resort of Kitzbühel. With a height of it only just misses being a 'two-thousander'. At the ...

near Kitzbühel in

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. The Kitzbühler Horn Transmitter does not have a cylindrical shaft. It broadcasts TV and

VHF Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter. Frequencies immediately below VH ...

radio programmes. The tower was taken into service on 12 December 1969 as a combined radio and television transmission facility for the

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after a difficult two-year-long construction period, preceded by lengthy and intensive negotiations with local authorities and land owners. To facilitate the switchover to

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, the analogue channels

ORF 1 ORF 1 (''ORF eins'') is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was the first television channel in Austria, started in 1955. ORF 1 is one of four public TV channels in Austria. It is funded by a mixture of advertising revenue and ...

(Channel 5, 3 kW) and ORF 2 - Tirol (Channel 24, 30 kW) were switched off on 22 October 2007.

Frequencies and programmes

Analogue radio (VHF)

Digital television (DVB-T)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitzbuheler Horn Transmitter Buildings and structures in Tyrol (state) Radio technology Kitzbühel