Dudelange Radio Tower

Steel lattice television tower in Dudelange

Dudelange Radio Tower

General information
Status| Complete, Rebuilt
Type| Steel lattice television tower
Location| Dudelange
Coordinates| 49°27′48″N 6°05′45″E﻿ / ﻿49.46333°N 6.09583°E﻿ / 49.46333; 6.09583
Completed| 1957
Height| 285 m (935 ft)

The Dudelange Radio Tower is a 285-meter (935 ft) high[1] freestanding steel framework FM radio and television transmission tower, also called a lattice tower, with a triangular cross section located near Dudelange in Luxembourg. When completed in 1957 the Dudelange Radio Tower was the tallest structure in Luxembourg and the fourth tallest lattice tower in the world after the Tokyo, Eiffel and KCTV towers. It remains the tallest freestanding structure in Luxembourg today and the 5th tallest structure overall in the country.[2]

## Plane Crash

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On 31 July 1981, a Belgian (Mirage IIIE) military aircraft crashed into the tower at mid-height, tearing down the upper section of the tower. The pilot did not survive the crash, additionally debris from the tower also fell on a nearby house and tragically killed two broadcast engineers who lived there. The tower was reconstructed the following year.[3]

Dudelange tower immediately post accident

## Stations

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### Radio

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FM stations that transmit from the Dudelange Radio Tower include the following[4]

Callsign/Name | Frequency | Format | Owner

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RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg | 88.90 |  |
RTL Radio | 93.30 |  |
Radio 100.7 | 100.70 |  |

## See also

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* Lattice tower
* List of tallest freestanding steel structures
* List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers
* List of tallest structures in Luxembourg
* List of famous transmission sites

## References

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1. ^ "Tour Hertzienne de Dudelange Dudelange Radio Tower, Dudelange". SkyscraperPage.com. 1981-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
2. ^ "Diagrams". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
3. ^ "Dudelange Radio Tower, Dudelange | 1224468". Emporis. 1981-07-31. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-02.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. ^ "Radiostatiounen zu Lëtzebuerg / Radio stations in Luxembourg". radiomap.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dudelange transmitter.

* Dudelange Transmitter at Structurae
* Diagram of Dudelange Radio Tower
* Images of Dudelange Radio Tower

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* Structurae

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