The FM- and TV-mast Katowice / Kosztowy (RTCN Katowice / Kosztowy) is a 355 metre tall guyed mast

Radio masts and towers

Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...

 for FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 and TV situated at Mysłowice - near Kosztowy

Kosztowy

Kosztowy is a quarter of the city of Mysłowice in the Silesian Voivodship of Poland. The formerly independent municipality is approximately 4 km south the city centre of Mysłowice, close of the neighbouring city of Imielin...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 (Geographical Coordinates: 50°11'20", 19°07'06" E 50°11′20"N 19°07′06"E).). It replaced the TVP Katowice Mast which was dismantled in the 1970s.

The TVP Katowice Mast which it replaced was a 225 metre-high guyed steel framework mast with triangular cross section near Katowice, Poland. It was not the transmission site for the medium-wave frequency 1080 kHz. This frequency is transmitted by the transmitter Koszęcin

Transmitter Koszecin

Transmitter Koszęcin is a facility for mediumwave and FM broadcasting near Koszecin, Poland . It was opened in 1977. It has two guyed masts: the first one is 110 metres high, is grounded, and carries antennas for FM broadcasting ; the second is 138m high...

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The FM- and TV-mast Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

 / Kosztowy is since the collapse of the Warsaw radio mast

Warsaw radio mast

The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August 1991. It is the second tallest land-based structure ever built, being surpassed as tallest by the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010....

the second tallest structure in Poland. It was inaugurated on June 23, 1976.

TV-Programmes

Program	Frequency	Channel Number	Transmission Power
TVP1 Telewizja Polska S.A.	191,25 MHz	8	200 kW
TVP2 Telewizja Polska S.A.	471,25 MHz	21	450 kW
TVN TVN S.A.	559,25 MHz	32	30 kW
POLSAT Telewizja Polsat S.A.	679,25 MHz	47	100 kW
TVP3 Katowice Telewizja Polska S.A. Oddział w Katowicach	783,25 MHz	60	100 kW

FM-Radio programmes

Program	Frequency	Transmission Power
Złote Przeboje Karolina 91,2 FM Karolina Sp. z o.o	91,20 MHz	2 kW
RMF FM Radio Muzyka Fakty Sp. z o.o.	93 MHz	60 kW
94,5 Roxy FM Regionalne Przedsiębiorstwo Związkowe Sp. z o.o.	94,50 MHz	0,50 kW
Radio WAWA WAWA S.A.	95,50 MHz	0,25 kW
TOK FM - Pierwsze Radio Informacyjne INFORADIO Sp. z o.o.	97,40 MHz	0,10 kW
PR1 Polskie Radio S.A.	97,90 MHz	60 kW
Radio Rezonans Rozgłośnia Radiowa "REZONANS" Sp. z o.o.	99,10 MHz	0,30 kW
PR3 Polskie Radio S.A.	99,70 MHz	60 kW
Radio Katowice Polskie Radio - Regionalna Rozgłośnia w Katowicach "Radio Katowice" S.A.	102,20 MHz	60 kW
Radio Maryja Prowincja Warszawska Zgromadzenia O.O. Redemptorystów	103,70 MHz	3 kW
PR4 Polskie Radio S.A.	105,60 MHz	60 kW
Radio eM Radio eM sp. z o.o.	107,60 MHz	60 kW

External links

• http://www.ukf.pl/index.php?topic=48.0
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b40689
• http://www.katowice.tvp.pl/historia.asp
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7056
• http://new.radiopolska.pl/forum/index.php?showtopic=2799
• http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=5