Kvitsøy Tower

The radio station Kvitsøy the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was built in the years 1981 and 1982 transmitter on the island Kvitsøy for the medium wave frequency 1314 kHz with 1,200 kilowatts. The Tower is a 117.5 meter high grounded steel truss structure carrying ropes for a cage aerial for medium wave on booms at the top and middle of the tower in 67.5 meters. The suspended to the lower booms antenna cables are attached to anchors on the ground constructions.

The shortwave plant sparked increasingly from the transmitter in Fredrikstad and was supplemented at the end of the 1980s, an additional transmitter system in the municipality Sveio north of Haugesund.

On 30 June 2006, the medium-wave transmitter was shut down without compensation. He wore a mixed program of the first two radio programs of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation as well as regular sea-weather forecasts. The station reached, due to its advantageous location, especially at night, large parts of Europe with high signal strength.

To 30 November 2011 was on the island only a short wave transmitter for the Romanian Foreign Service Radio Romania International and the Foreign Service of the Polish Radio in operation. It was broadcast in digital mode DRM.

On 30 May 2012, the 125 meter high shortwave transmission tower was blown up. In the coming days, the medium wave transmitter for the frequency to be blown up 1,314 kHz. Finally, the station Kvitsøy is finally history.