Pyongyang TV Tower

Pyongyang TV Tower
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 평양TV타워
Hancha 平壤TV타워
McCune–Reischauer P'yŏngyang TV T'awŏ
Revised Romanization Pyeongyang TV Tawo

Pyongyang TV Tower is a free-standing concrete TV tower with an observation deck and a panorama restaurant at a height of 150 metres in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built in April 1967 for enhancing the broadcasting area, which was very poor at the time, and because of the start of color TV broadcasts. Currently it's mostly used for touristic purposes.[1]

About the building

The Pyongyang TV Tower is heavily based on the design of the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, which was built at the same time. There are broadcast antennas at the height of 34.5, 65, 67.5 and 85 meters, located at circular structures. An observation deck can be found at 94 meters high. At the end, a 50 meter-tall broadcast antenna is located.

See also

References

  1. ^ KCNA, (January 31, 2005). "Sightseeing from the broadcasting tower of Pyongyang". Korea Is One. http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1407. Retrieved 20 December 2011.