Émetteur de Haute-Goulaine, Broadcasting transmitter in Haute-Goulaine, France.
The Haute-Goulaine transmitter is a TDF broadcasting facility at La Louée, southeast of Nantes in Loire-Atlantique. It consists of two guyed lattice masts, 227 metres and 63 metres tall, standing on a site 50 metres above sea level. The taller mast carries television, FM radio and mobile transmissions, while the shorter one handles microwave links and other transmissions.
The station began broadcasting in 1957 as one of the first installations of its kind in western France. It established the region's modern radio and television infrastructure during the early expansion of mass media.
The mast took over from the original 200-metre pylon on 10 December 2003, and since September 2005 it has carried digital TNT broadcasts. Its height lets it reach almost all of Loire-Atlantique, part of Maine-et-Loire around Cholet and northern Vendée. In March 2007 Haute-Goulaine marked 50 years of radio and television on the site.
The site is visible from nearby roads but the facility itself is not open to the public. The best views are from the surrounding area southeast of Nantes, where the distinctive tower structures can be seen from a distance.
The original 200-metre mast, built by the Joseph Paris works of Nantes, was worn prematurely by the salt air of the nearby coast. It was replaced by a new TDF mast beside it, which took over on 10 December 2003; the old mast was then dismantled.
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