The Olympic Tower (

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: ) in the Olympic Park,

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has an overall height of and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of there is an observation platform as well as an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Tower. Previously in that space was a small rock-and-roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968, the tower has registered over 43 million visitors (as of 2018). At a height of there is a

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, which seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower also serves as a broadcast tower, and has one

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maintenance elevator with a speed of , as well as two visitor lifts with a speed of which have a capacity of about 30 people per car. The travel time is about 30 seconds. The tower is open daily from 09:00 to 24:00. There is a concept of making virtual reality weather timelapse service from Olympiaturm. In case it were implemented, it would become the first tower worldwide with such function.

Gallery

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List of channels

The following radio and television stations broadcast from the Olympiaturm.

Analogue FM radio

*89

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: Radio 2Day *92.4 MHz: Radio Horeb/ Radio Lora/Radio Feierwerk/Münchner Kirchenradio/CRM/Radio München *93.3 MHz: Energy München *95.5 MHz: 95,5 Charivari *96.3 MHz: Gong 96.3 *101.3 MHz: Antenne Bayern *107.2 MHz: Klassik Radio

Digital radio (DAB)/Digital mobile television (DMB)

*Block 11D: 222.064 MHz (DAB) **

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** Nova Radio **Digital Classix/Radio Opera **Fantasy Bayern **Gong Mobil **Radio DeLuxe ** Bayern 1 **Bayern 2 plus ** Bayern 3 **

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(DMB) *Block 12D: 229.072 MHz (DAB) ** Bayern 2 plus ** Bayern 4 Klassik ** B5 plus ** Bayern plus ** On3radio ** BR Traffic News ** Rock Antenne **

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Digital television (DVB-T)

*UHF 26: 514 MHz **

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Mobile 3.0 test *UHF 34: 578 MHz -

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** RTL Television **

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** Super RTL ** VOX *UHF 35: 586 MHz -

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** ZDFinfokanal ** KI.KA/

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*UHF 48: 690 MHz - ProSiebenSat.1 Media **

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** Sat.1 ** kabel eins ** N24 *UHF 52: 722 MHz: Mixed private channels **

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** münchen.tv ** HSE24 *UHF 54: 738 MHz - ARD national programming **

( BR) **

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** Phoenix ** EinsPlus *UHF 56: 754 MHz - ARD/BR regional programming (South

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) **

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(

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/ Old Bavaria) ** BR-alpha ** SWR Fernsehen (

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) **Das Erste (BR) -

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Ham radio and television

*Callsign DB0EL **

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FM relay: 439.275 MHz (International Echolink Network #7385) ** SHF FM relay: 1298.2 MHz ** APRS digipeater: 144.8 MHz *Callsign DB0TVM ** D-Star relay: 439.975 MHz **

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relay: 10194 and 24120 MHz

References

External links

tum.de: Olympiapark
(a student project of the tum/dept Architecture) * {{Portal bar, Germany, Architecture Towers completed in 1968 Observation towers in Bavaria Communication towers in Germany Buildings and structures in Munich Tourist attractions in Munich Towers with revolving restaurants 1968 establishments in West Germany