Kamzík TV Tower
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Koliba
Koliba is the name of a locality in Bratislava, Slovakia, which is situated on the foothills of the Little Carpathians. It administratively belongs to the Nové Mesto borough and is part of the Bratislava Forest Park....
area of Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, the capital of Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. It sits 433 m AMSL on the Kamzík hill, part of the Little Carpathians
Little Carpathians
The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto nad Váhom, a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated south of Devín Gate in...
, overlooking much of the city. The tower lies within the territory of the Bratislava Forest Park. It was constructed in 1975, replacing the old transmission tower. The tower was constructed according to the project of architects Stanislav Májek, Jakub Tomašák, Juraj Kozák, Milan Jurica and Ján Privitzer.
The tower has an observation deck and the revolving "VEŽA" restaurant at 70 m, was open to visitors. The restaurant was approximately 68 m from the base of the tower, 506 m AMSL. In conditions of good visibility, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, and, of course, Slovakia, are visible from the tower.
The VEŽA restaurant ceased operation in May 2010 due to a lack of customers, and all its operations including the restaurant chefs and staff have now moved to the 'West Restaurant' at the 'Best Western West Hotel' about 100m down the tower approach road. The VEŽA restaurant's website is however still active and the phone lines divert through to the Best Western Hotel. It is not clear if the VEŽA establishment will reopen under a new guise or left to be derelict.
In 2011 new restaurant called Altitude was openned with a slightly improved interior with a new Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant is divided into a observation cafe bar Brasseria and main section with rotating tables to provide 360 panoramatic view.
FM
| Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency... [MHz] |
Programm | ERP |
|---|---|---|
| 89.3 | Rádio FM | 10.00 kW |
| 93.8 | Rádio Lumen | 5.60 kW |
| 94.3 | Fun Radio | 90.00 kW |
| 96.6 | Rádio Slovensko Slovenský rozhlas Slovenský rozhlas is Slovakia's national public-service radio broadcaster. The publicly funded company has its headquarters in Bratislava, capital of the Slovak Republic, housed in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid... |
100.00 kW |
| 99.3 | Rádio Regina Slovenský rozhlas Slovenský rozhlas is Slovakia's national public-service radio broadcaster. The publicly funded company has its headquarters in Bratislava, capital of the Slovak Republic, housed in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid... |
10.00 kW |
| 101.8 | Rádio Viva | 89.00 kW |
| 104.4 | Rádio Devín Slovenský rozhlas Slovenský rozhlas is Slovakia's national public-service radio broadcaster. The publicly funded company has its headquarters in Bratislava, capital of the Slovak Republic, housed in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid... |
5.00 kW |
| 104.8 | Europa 2 | 50.00 kW |
| 106.6 | Jemné Melódie | 10.00 kW |
| 107.6 | Rádio Expres Rádio Expres Rádio Expres is a Slovak radio that broadcasts from Bratislava, Slovak Republic. It was launched in 2000. It is the most listened radio in Slovakia.... |
10.00 kW |
TV
| Channel Number | Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency... [MHz] |
Programm | Antenna Height | ERP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jednotka Jednotka Jednotka is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by Slovenská televízia.... STV |
150 m | 140 kW | |
| 27 | Dvojka Dvojka Dvojka is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by Slovenská televízia.... STV |
190 m | 500 kW | |
| 31 | Jednotka Jednotka Jednotka is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by Slovenská televízia.... STV |
168 m | 360 kW | |
| 44 | Markíza Markíza Markíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network... |
190 m | 571 kW | |
| 50 | TV JOJ TV JOJ -About TV JOJ:It was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor of the TV Global, which was broadcasting since March 2000. TV Joj was built by former head of Czech Republic channel TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, when he was at war with TV Nova’s U.S. investor Central European Media Enterprises... |
137 m | 4 kW |
External links
- Kamzík TV Tower restaurant
- Kamzík TV Tower at skyscraperpage.com
- Kamzík TV Tower images at flickr
- http://www.solideurope.sk/TV_stanice.htm
- http://www.radia.sk/vysielace/4_bratislava-kamzik.html