Wavre transmitter

Basic data

Place:

Wavre

Province:

Walloon Brabant Province

Region:

Wallonia

Country:

Belgium

Altitude :

105 m OP

Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '34.1 " N , 4 ° 35' 2.8" E

Use:

Telecommunication system , radio transmitter

Accessibility:

Transmission system not accessible to the public

Owner :

RTBF

Data on the transmission system

Number of towers / masts:

3

Height of the towers / masts :

250 m , 232 m, 90 m

Wavebands :

AM stations , FM stations

Radio :

AM broadcast , VHF broadcast

Send types:

DVB-T , DAB , mobile radio , directional radio

Further data

Building material masts:

steel

Position map

Wavre transmitter

The Wavre transmitter is a radio and television broadcasting facility in the Belgian city of Wavre , in the Walloon Region . It is operated by the Belgian broadcaster RTBF .

Via the transmitter

analog test image of the Wavre transmitter

In Wavre, the Belgian radio broadcasts on medium and ultra-short waves.

A 250-meter-high, braced steel framework mast, insulated from earth, serves as the transmitting antenna for the medium wave frequency 621 kHz (until 2008 also 540 kHz, both medium wave frequencies used the same mast at that time). The broadcast of RTBF on 621 kHz will be discontinued at the end of 2018. ^[obsolete] Then the transmission mast for the medium wave will be demolished.

The two frequencies 540 kHz for the Dutch-speaking and 621 kHz for the French-speaking service reached large parts of Central and Western Europe. In particular, the part of the country that was in a different language could be supplied.

There is also a 90 meter high reserve transmission mast for medium wave. Several directional antennas and a curtain antenna existed for short-wave radiation, which has since been abandoned. A 232 meter high freestanding steel lattice tower with two conspicuous cross-shaped cantilevers serves to broadcast the radio and television programs. Such a construction is very rare. There are other comparable towers in Hrodna and Vitebsk in Belarus. On October 13, 1983, the 315 meter high television mast in Wavre was destroyed by a storm.

On the night of May 24th to 25th, 2014, an arson attack was carried out on the 232-meter-high transmission tower for VHF, DAB and DVB-T, with the cabling and a foot of the four-legged transmission tower being severely damaged. As a result, the three radio programs of the RTBF, La Première, VivaCité and Pure FM could no longer be received in many areas around the transmitter via VHF. On June 5, 2014, broadcasting could be resumed through a temporary arrangement consisting of a crane mast.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (VHF)

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
96.1	La Première	La_1ere_	6351	-	35	ND	H / V
97.3	Vivacité	VIVACITE	6352	Namur-Brabant Wallon	0.5	D (60–20 °)	V
101.1	Pure	__PURE__	6355	-	50	ND	H / V

Analog radio (MW)

Frequency [kHz]	program	Regionalization	ERP [kW]	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
621	RTBF International	-	300	ND	V

Digital radio ( DAB )

DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.

block	Programs	ERP (in kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Single frequency network (SFN)
12A VRT DAB (BEL10001)	DAB block of the VRT : VRT Radio 1 (160 kbps) VRT Radio 2 (160 kbps) VRT Klara (160 kbps) VRT Klara continuo (160 kbps) MNM (160 kbps) MNM hits (160 kbps) Studio Brussels (160 kbps) Sporza (128 kbps) nieuws + (48 kbps, mono)	1	ND	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw , Brustem, Meerhout, Overpelt, Wavre , Ronse, Millen, Bellegem, Attenrode, Veltem-Beisem, Oostvleteren, Genk, Egem , Gent, Oud-Turnhout, Schoten, Brussels, Nieuwkerken Waas, Antwerp, Oostende
12B RTBF DAB (BEL20001)	DAB block of the RTBF : La Première (160 kbit / s DAB) Vivacité (Brussels) (128 kbit / s DAB) Musiq3 (192 kbit / s DAB) Test Musiq3 + (64 kbit / s DAB +) Classic 21 (160 kbit / s DAB) Test Classic 21+ (64 kbit / s DAB +) Pure FM (160 kbit / s DAB) Test Pure FM + (64 kbit / s DAB +) BRF 1 (64 kbit / s DAB) BRF 2 (64 kbit / s DAB)	2	ND	Brussels, Flobecq, Comines, Wavre, Verviers, Tournai, Liège , Malmédy, Anderlues, Profondeville-Rivière, Bihain, Aye, Couvin, Bouillon, Léglise

Digital television ( DVB-T )

channel	Frequency (in MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (in kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
56	754	RTBF	la une la deux la trois Euronews / BRF Blickpunkt (6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.) Radio: La Première Radio: Vivacité Radio: Musiq3 Radio: Classic 21 Radio: Pure FM Radio: BRF 1	80	ND	H

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the broadcasting location was still used for analog television:

channel	Frequency (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
8th	196.25	la une	100	ND	H
28	527.25	la deux	500	ND	H
50	703.25	Be 1	500	ND	H

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ RTBF: Incendie du pylône de la RTBF: il s'agit bien d'un sabotage. May 25, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .
↑ BRF: RTBF transmission mast: fire goes back to arson. May 25, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .
↑ RTBF: antenna RTBF incendiée à Wavre: pylône de remplacement opérationnel. June 5, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .

[1] RTBF: Incendie du pylône de la RTBF: il s'agit bien d'un sabotage. May 25, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .

[2] BRF: RTBF transmission mast: fire goes back to arson. May 25, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .

[3] RTBF: antenna RTBF incendiée à Wavre: pylône de remplacement opérationnel. June 5, 2014, accessed July 12, 2014 .