Rivne TV Tower

Colour photo of Rivne TV Tower surrounded by trees
Rivne TV Tower

Rivne TV Tower is a steel-guyed television tower, located near the city of Rivne, Ukraine. The construction of TV tower was completed in 1967. It was built in the village of Antopil, approximately 15 km from the city of Rivne, in order not to interfere with the Rivne airport.

In the early 1990s, there were three powerful television transmitters and four broadcasts, two of which worked in stereo mode. On 2 March 1992 the local TV channel the 10th channel was released. In November 1996, the first in the region commercial radio station Radio Track started broadcasting.

TV tower provides coverage of broadcasting over 80 percent of the population of Rivne Oblast.[1]

As a result of missile attack by Russian troops on 14 March 2022, the tower was damaged and an administrative room was destroyed. As a result of attack, 21 people were killed and nine injured.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "ОГО". ogo.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  2. ^ "Атака на телевежу Рівненщини: підтверджено вже 20 загиблих, можливо, є шанси врятувати ще одну людину, - голова ОВА". LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  3. ^ "Удар по телевежі на Рівненщині: кількість загиблих зросла до 19". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  4. ^ "Number of victims of missile strike on Rivne's TV tower grown to 19, removal of rubble continues – local authorities". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  5. ^ "Russian rocket hits TV tower in central Ukrainian city, say authorities". CNN. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ^ https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/03/14/10981_tv_tower_rivne_region_damaged.html