The Olympic Tower (

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: ) in the Olympic Park,

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has an overall height of and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of there is an observation platform as well as an exhibition commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Tower. Previously in that space was a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968, the tower has registered over 43 million visitors (as of 2018). At a height of there is a

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, which seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower also serves as a broadcast tower, and has one

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maintenance elevator with a speed of , as well as two visitor lifts with a speed of which have a capacity of about 30 people per car. The travel time is about 30 seconds. The tower is open daily from 09:00 to 24:00. There is a concept of making Virtual Reality weather timelapse service from Olympiaturm. In case it were implemented, it would become the first tower worldwide with such function.

Gallery

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List of channels

The following radio and television stations broadcast from the Olympiaturm.

Analogue FM radio

*89

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: Radio 2Day *92.4 MHz:

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/ Radio Lora/Radio Feierwerk/Münchner Kirchenradio/CRM/Radio München *93.3 MHz: Energy München *95.5 MHz: 95,5 Charivari *96.3 MHz: Gong 96.3 *101.3 MHz:

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*107.2 MHz: Klassik Radio

Digital radio (DAB)/Digital mobile television (DMB)

*Block 11D: 222.064 MHz (DAB) **

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** Nova Radio **Digital Classix/Radio Opera **Fantasy Bayern **Gong Mobil **Radio DeLuxe **

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**Bayern 2 plus **

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(DMB) *Block 12D: 229.072 MHz (DAB) ** Bayern 2 plus ** Bayern 4 Klassik **

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Bayern plus BR Schlager (until 20 January 2021 ''Bayern plus'') is a German, public radio station owned and operated by the Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based ...

** On3radio ** BR Traffic News ** Rock Antenne **

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Digital television (DVB-T)

*UHF 26: 514 MHz **

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Mobile 3.0 test *UHF 34: 578 MHz -

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** VOX *UHF 35: 586 MHz -

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KI.KA KiKA (contraction of ''Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF'' ARD and ZDF">ARD_(broadcaster).html" ;"title="he Children's Channel of ARD (broadcaster)">ARD and ZDF]) is a German free-to-air television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is man ...

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*UHF 48: 690 MHz -

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ProSieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...

** Sat.1 ** kabel eins ** N24 *UHF 52: 722 MHz: Mixed private channels **

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** münchen.tv **

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*UHF 54: 738 MHz - ARD national programming **

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*UHF 56: 754 MHz - ARD/BR regional programming (South

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** SWR Fernsehen (

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) **Das Erste (BR) -

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Ham radio and television

*Callsign DB0EL ** UHF FM relay: 439.275 MHz (International

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Network #7385) ** SHF FM relay: 1298.2 MHz ** APRS

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: 144.8 MHz *Callsign DB0TVM **

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relay: 439.975 MHz **

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relay: 10194 and 24120 MHz

References

External links

tum.de: Olympiapark
(a student project of the tum/dept Architecture) *
Interactive 360degrees view from the tower
{{Visitor attractions in Munich Towers completed in 1968 Observation towers in Bavaria Communication towers in Germany Buildings and structures in Munich Tourist attractions in Munich Towers with revolving restaurants 1968 establishments in West Germany