FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo is a mast located on Harmaakallio hill near Latokaski, Espoo, Finland. Its current height is 326 metres (1,070 ft).
FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo
When the mast was first built in 1971, its height was 303 metres (994'). Its height was increased to 326 metres (1070') in 1988, when the station was expanded, and the present mast was erected. It shares the title of third highest structure in Finland, after the Tiirismaa (in Hollola), and Haapavesi radio and TV masts. The radio mast in Kiiminki has the same height.[1]
Controversy with regard to Soviet-occupied Estonia in the 1980sedit
The Helsinki-Espoo FM- and TV-mast originally used American technology, and since it also transmitted, unintentionally however, the Finnish TV broadcasts to TV sets in northern Estonia, there was a suspicion in the Soviet-occupied Estonia, and more specifically, within the Estonian Communist Party, that Americans had something to do with this FM- and TV-mast, and that it was in their interests that Finnish television broadcasts could be seen in Estonia, and that they had perhaps funded the mast. However, Sakari Kiuru, who functioned as the CEO of the Finnish state broadcasting corporation Yle during 1980–1989, stated to the Yle TV-news in February 2011, that this transmitter did not use excessive power and that the Americans had nothing to do with it: “We really needed this mast, we had to reach the interior of the country and long distances to the west and the east. It is located near the shoreline, there’s nothing more to it, and the talk that the Americans would have funded it … they had nothing to do with it, the mast was funded from the Yle budget.” Yrjö Länsipuro, who worked as the Yle correspondent in Moscow during 1981–1978, said in the same broadcast on 24 February 2011, that as far as he could recall, the Soviet Union tried to influence Yle concerning the use of the Espoo TV-mast, but the Finns had a clear answer to them: “This is what technology is like, we can’t do anything about it.”[2]
Besides American TV series such as Dynasty and Finnish TV commercials, the Soviet authorities were annoyed at the Eurovision Song Contest being seen in Estonia. In a 2011 documentary on the song contest, an anonymous Estonian commentator said the following: “The Eurovision fan club in Estonia was secret, because Estonia was not part of the Eurovision network, the Soviet Union did not buy into Eurovision at all, so they watched Eurovision on Finnish television. It almost represented a symbol of resistance of the Soviet regime, it was almost like a window on the West. And they would have secret ‘Eurovision parties’, and it was very much seen as an illicit thing.”[3]
Another curious episode took place in 1984, when the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympic Games that were held in Los Angeles. Many people from the Moscow elite travelled to Tallinn in order to see the games from the Finnish television, as they were not broadcast in the Soviet Union. The most popular place for them to stay was Hotel Viru.[4]
Radio transmissions of the Helsinki-Espoo Mastedit
Station
Frequency for “Main Programme” (now Yle Radio 1)
Transmission power for “Main Programme”
Frequency for “Parallel Programme”
Transmission power for “Parallel Programme”
Frequency for “Swedish Language Programme”
Transmission power for “Swedish Language Programme” (now Yle Vega)
^An anonymous Estonian commentator in The Secret History of Eurovision, SBS Television documentary (Australia), broadcast by Yle in Finland on 30 April 2011.
^Film director Taru Mäkelä in an interview with Yle TV News, broadcast on Feb. 18, 2013.
^ abcDecree of Finnish Ministry of Traffic and Communication on changing the decree on the general plan of the use of radio frequencies, § 4 and 5, Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén, 23 June 2010, Helsinki.
External linksedit
"Location of the FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo on the map". Google Maps. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
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FM and TV mast Helsinki Espoo is a mast located on Harmaakallio hill near Latokaski Espoo Finland Its current height is 326 metres 1 070 ft FM and TV mast Helsinki EspooWhen the mast was first built in 1971 its height was 303 metres 994 Its height was increased to 326 metres 1070 in 1988 when the station was expanded and the present mast was erected It shares the title of third highest structure in Finland after the Tiirismaa in Hollola and Haapavesi radio and TV masts The radio mast in Kiiminki has the same height 1 Contents 1 Controversy with regard to Soviet occupied Estonia in the 1980s 2 Radio transmissions of the Helsinki Espoo Mast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksControversy with regard to Soviet occupied Estonia in the 1980s editThe Helsinki Espoo FM and TV mast originally used American technology and since it also transmitted unintentionally however the Finnish TV broadcasts to TV sets in northern Estonia there was a suspicion in the Soviet occupied Estonia and more specifically within the Estonian Communist Party that Americans had something to do with this FM and TV mast and that it was in their interests that Finnish television broadcasts could be seen in Estonia and that they had perhaps funded the mast However Sakari Kiuru who functioned as the CEO of the Finnish state broadcasting corporation Yle during 1980 1989 stated to the Yle TV news in February 2011 that this transmitter did not use excessive power and that the Americans had nothing to do with it We really needed this mast we had to reach the interior of the country and long distances to the west and the east It is located near the shoreline there s nothing more to it and the talk that the Americans would have funded it they had nothing to do with it the mast was funded from the Yle budget Yrjo Lansipuro who worked as the Yle correspondent in Moscow during 1981 1978 said in the same broadcast on 24 February 2011 that as far as he could recall the Soviet Union tried to influence Yle concerning the use of the Espoo TV mast but the Finns had a clear answer to them This is what technology is like we can t do anything about it 2 Besides American TV series such as Dynasty and Finnish TV commercials the Soviet authorities were annoyed at the Eurovision Song Contest being seen in Estonia In a 2011 documentary on the song contest an anonymous Estonian commentator said the following The Eurovision fan club in Estonia was secret because Estonia was not part of the Eurovision network the Soviet Union did not buy into Eurovision at all so they watched Eurovision on Finnish television It almost represented a symbol of resistance of the Soviet regime it was almost like a window on the West And they would have secret Eurovision parties and it was very much seen as an illicit thing 3 Another curious episode took place in 1984 when the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympic Games that were held in Los Angeles Many people from the Moscow elite travelled to Tallinn in order to see the games from the Finnish television as they were not broadcast in the Soviet Union The most popular place for them to stay was Hotel Viru 4 Radio transmissions of the Helsinki Espoo Mast editStation Frequency for Main Programme now Yle Radio 1 Transmission power for Main Programme Frequency for Parallel Programme Transmission power for Parallel Programme Frequency for Swedish Language Programme Transmission power for Swedish Language Programme now Yle Vega Frequency for Local programme Transmission power for Local programme Height of mast Elevation of the locationEspoo 94 0 MHzStereophonic sound 91 9 MHzStereophonic sound 1 June 1982 5 106 2 MHz 1 August 2010 6 92 5 MHz 1 August 2010 6 96 2 MHz Regional licensed 1 August 2010 6 60 000 W 91 9 MHz Stereophonic sound 94 0 MHz Stereophonic sound 1 June 1982 5 60 000 W 98 8 MHz Stereophonic sound 60 000 W 90 3 MHz Monophonic sound and 97 5 MHz Monophonic sound 1 June 1982 5 10 000 W with a directional antenna 303 metres 994 1971 326 metres 1070 1988 1 44 m 144 See also editList of tallest structures in FinlandReferences edit a b Digita Oy press release 20 March 2002 Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 Retrieved 24 February 2011 TV News Yle TV1 24 February 2010 20 30 An anonymous Estonian commentator in The Secret History of Eurovision SBS Television documentary Australia broadcast by Yle in Finland on 30 April 2011 Film director Taru Makela in an interview with Yle TV News broadcast on Feb 18 2013 a b c Yle distribution technique 1 June 1982 a b c Decree of Finnish Ministry of Traffic and Communication on changing the decree on the general plan of the use of radio frequencies 4 and 5 Minister of Communications Suvi Linden 23 June 2010 Helsinki External links edit Location of the FM and TV mast Helsinki Espoo on the map Google Maps Retrieved 25 February 2011 60 10 39 N 24 38 24 E 60 17750 N 24 64000 E 60 17750 24 64000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FM and TV mast Helsinki Espoo amp oldid 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