Émetteur de Tramoyes, Radio transmitter in Tramoyes, France
The Émetteur de Tramoyes was a medium-wave radio transmitter built in 1934 at Tramoyes in the Ain department. Its antenna mast reached 224 metres, making it the tallest structure in Ain and one of the tallest in France. Broadcasting stopped on 3 January 2016, and the mast was brought down by controlled demolition on 15 December 2023.
Built in 1934, the Tramoyes medium-wave transmitter broadcast France Info on 603 kHz at 300 kW, covering much of the Rhône-Saône corridor. Its 224-metre antenna was among France's tallest structures and the highest in Ain. Transmissions stopped on 3 January 2016, and the mast was brought down by controlled demolition on 15 December 2023 at 13:07.
From 1934 the station broadcast France Info's programme on 603 kHz at 300 kW, covering much of the Rhône-Saône corridor. Its 224-metre mast was the tallest structure in the Ain department. Broadcasting stopped on 3 January 2016, and on 15 December 2023 at 13:07 the mast was brought down by controlled explosion.
The mast stood in open countryside at Tramoyes in the Ain, in the Rhône-Saône corridor it once covered with a 300 kW signal on 603 kHz. It was brought down by controlled demolition on 15 December 2023 at 13:07, so nothing remains to visit; the site is best identified from the surrounding fields and roads.
The mast was 224 metres tall, making it the highest structure in the Ain department and one of the tallest in France. On 15 December 2023 at 13:07 it was brought down by controlled demolition, ending nearly ninety years of broadcasting from Tramoyes.
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