''maintower'' is the

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of the

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broadcast on

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from Monday to Friday at 6:00 pm. The 25-minute programme covers tabloid topics with a focus on

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and

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as well as other

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and

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missions in and around

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Production

Up until 2015 it was broadcast from the

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(the "highest television studio in Europe"). Due to the studio's closure for cost reasons, in autumn 2015, the programme has been broadcast from

's television ''Studio 5'' in the Funkhaus am Dornbusch in Frankfurt-Nordend using an elaborate virtual studio set with a computer-generated 3D

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of Frankfurt.

Spin-offs

maintower weekend

In addition to the main edition (Monday-Friday), there is the Saturday edition called maintower weekend, in which a half-hour review of the week's topics is given.

maintower kriminalreport

maintower kriminalreport started in 2016. This programme replaced the previous ''kriminalreport hessen'' and reports on unsolved criminal cases and asks viewers to help clarify them. A police officer is usually also a guest in the studio to present details of the cases in conversation with the moderator. The programme is moderated by Robert Hübner.

Presenters

*Kirsten Rademacher (2001-2008) *Georg Holzach (2001-2008) *Hendrike Brenninkmeyer *Petra Neftel (2012–present) *Susann Atwell (2009–present) *

Sonya Kraus Sonya Kraus (born 22 June 1973) is a German television presenter and former model. Biography Aged 4, Kraus started ballet school which eventually led her to music school in Frankfurt. She ended her ballet career in 1987 when she grew too tal ...

(2017–present) *Peter Alexander Rothkranz (2001–present)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2001 German television series debuts 2010s German television series German-language television shows 2001 establishments in Germany Hessischer Rundfunk