Transmitter Hornisgrinde

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The Transmitter Hornisgrinde is a transmission facility for FM and TV on Hornisgrinde in Black Forest. It has two towers: a small steel framework tower, which belongs to Deutsche Telekom and which is used for directional services and for transmitting the programme of "Deutschlandfunk" on 106.3 MHz and a big concrete tower of the SWR (Südwestrundfunk = South West German Broadcasting Company), which was built between 1971 and 1972.

The latter tower is situated at 48°36′25″N, 8°12′9″E (city of Sasbachwalden) and has a height of 206 metres and is used to transmit all radio programmes of SWR, the program of Radio Regenbogen and the first TV program of ARD.

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