''maintower'' is the tabloid magazine of the Hessischer Rundfunk broadcast on

hr-fernsehen hr-fernsehen is the regional television channel of Hessischer Rundfunk for the state of Hesse, Germany. Overview The channel focuses on regional reporting. In addition to the afternoon programme ''hallo hessen'' and the weeknightly tabloid magaz ...

from Monday to Friday at 6:00 pm. The 25-minute programme covers

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topics with a focus on crime and accidents as well as other police and fire brigade missions in and around Hessen.

Production

Up until 2015 it was broadcast from the Main Tower in Frankfurt am Main (the "highest television studio in Europe"). Due to the studio's closure for cost reasons, in autumn 2015, the programme has been broadcast from Hessischer Rundfunk's television ''Studio 5'' in the Funkhaus am Dornbusch in

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using an elaborate virtual studio set with a computer-generated 3D skyline 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) *

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(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