Borisova Gradina TV Tower
The old TV tower Sofia, rare TV Tower Borissova gradina, a 106 meters high, and Bulgaria's first TV tower in Sofia City Park Borissova gradina is located at 595 meters above sea level. From the tower of 1959, the Bulgarian National Television ( BNT ) was broadcast for the first time.
History
The tower was planned and designed by Luben Podponew, the engineer and the technician Georgi A. Wojnow Kopkanow. The foundation stone was laid in December 1958, was officially opened in the tower after only 11 months of construction on December 26, 1959. The tower was the first TV tower in Bulgaria and also the first building of the Bulgarian National Television, which then in November 1962 in the building in the road Todor Straschimirow (now ul Tulowo ) moved. In the first years of its existence the Bulgarian National Television beamed all its shipments from this tower, from the Studio 1 (area 80 square meters) on the 4th floor. From the TV Tower, the first FM broadcasts of Radio Sofia for the Sofia region began: the first program (horizon ), the second program ( Hristo Botev ) and the third program ( Orpheus ) in stereo.
On November 1, 1959 already was the first, not yet official, broadcasting from the new TV tower. On November 6, 1959, the television broadcast direct transfer of the football game between Levski Sofia and Rapid Bucharest, then a Soviet feature film has been sent.
On November 7, 1959 transfer of the rallies on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 from Moscow and from Sofia followed the course of September 9 (now Square Alexander I Battenberg ). The official opening of the institution of the Bulgarian television, but was only on December 26, 1959. Tape opening was cut through by the then Deputy Prime Minister Walko Chervenkov.
Following the broadcast of the National television In 1959 In 1962, the first national radio program, followed by a second station in 1965 and a third in 1971. In January 1972 we replaced the technique in accordance with the International Organization of Radio Diffusion et de Télévision for BNT broadcasting color television to enable. The second State TV Efir 2 was sent from Sofia TV Tower from 1975.
Since then, the TV tower built in 1985 Kopitoto has taken over these tasks near Sofia to Vitosha mountain range, represents the old TV Tower is an historic landmark and only used for microwave links.
The current owner of the tower is the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company ( BBT ) ( Bulg Българска телекомуникационна компания; БТК ).
Description
The old TV tower Sofia is located at the junction of the road Pejo Jaworow with Dragan Tsankov Boulevard within the large, densely wooded city parks Borissova gradina. The building with a square base is made from red bricks and is traversed in the longitudinal and transverse direction of light concrete elements. In the middle of the narrow window walls are arranged between the concrete bars. The TV Tower has a floor area of 144 square meters, is 14 stories high and tapers at the last two levels, because the corners are recessed. On the roof of the tower carries three aerial platforms one above the other on a circular plan. The platforms accommodate more directional antennas today. It includes an antenna structure from the tower. At the base of an outbuilding is grown.