Zagreb TV Tower is a 169 metre (563 ft) tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...

 on the summit of the 1035 metre (3450 ft) tall mountain Medvednica

Medvednica

Medvednica is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb and marking the southern border of the historic region of Zagorje. The highest peak, at 1,035 m, is Sljeme. Most of the area of Medvednica is a nature park , a type of preservation lesser than a national park...

 near Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

.

Zagreb TV Tower was built in 1973. It is not open for the public, although in a 75 metres (246.1 ft) level there is space for a foreseen tower restaurant.

On September 16, 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence

Croatian War of Independence

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

, the tower was a target of a Yugoslav army

Yugoslav Army

Aside from the Yugoslav People's Army, the terms Yugoslav Army, Army of Yugoslavia, or Military of Yugoslavia may refer to:* Yugoslav Partisans , the Yugoslav resistance army during World War II...

 air attack. The guided missile

Guided Missile

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 hit caused significant damage to the TV equipment and temporary interruption of the broadcast. It was repaired a few years later.

There are some speculations about the opening of the tower restaurant, as a part of the "Sljeme" project, which includes building of the new ski-tracks, and an extension of the cable car

Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion...

 line.

FM RADIO FM broadcasting FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...	ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...	RDS Radio Data System Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...	Broadcaster Broadcasting Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
88.1 MHz	10 kW	R-SLJEME	Hrvatski radio - Radio Sljeme Croatian Radiotelevision Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
89.7 MHz	4.68 kW	ANTENA	Antena Zagreb
92.1 MHz	120 kW	HRT-HR 1	Hrvatski radio - 1. program Croatian Radiotelevision Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
98.5 MHz	120 kW	HRT-HR 2	Hrvatski radio - 2. program Croatian Radiotelevision Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
101.0 MHz	120 kW	RADIO101	Radio 101 Radio 101 (Croatia) Radio 101 - Independent radio station, with alternative and latest music and breaking news in Croatia. It broadcasts from Zagreb and has a regional license for the City of Zagreb and the Zagreb County, an audience of about 1,200,000 people. It is one of the most popular radio stations in Zagreb...
103.5 MHz	120 kW	+ HKR +	Croatian Catholic Radio Croatian Catholic Radio Croatian Catholic Radio is a non-profit Croatian radio station with a state-wide concession. The founder and owner of the radio station if the Croatian Bishops' Conference. The station started broadcasting on May 17, 1997 when it was blessed by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić, then president of the...

DVB-T DVB-T DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...
Provider: OiV Odašiljači i veze Odašiljači i veze d.o.o. is a Croatian limited liability company , digital television and WiMAX operator born from the separation from Croatian Radiotelevision in 2001....
DVB-T MUX A
Frequency: 506000 kHz (CH25), Bandwidth: 8 MHz
Signal parameters: Modulation 64-QAM FEC 3/4 Guard interval 1/4
TSID: 54273 ONID: 8383
Id	SID	Video PID	Audio PID	PCR PID	Teletext PID	Aspect Ratio	Resolution	Chroma Format	Video Bitrate / Framerate / Format	Audio Bitrate / Sample Rate / Format
HTV1	1	101	102	101	103	4:3	720 x 576i	4:2:0	5,500 Mbps / 25 fps / MPEG-2	256 Kbps / 48 kHz / MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
HTV2	2	201	202	201	203
RTL TV RTL Televizija RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....	3	301	302	301	303	16:9
NOVA TV Nova TV Nova TV is a Croatian commercial television network launched in November 2000. It was the first commercial television network with national concession in this country and since 2004 it is fully owned by the Central European Media Enterprises.- Overview :...	4	401	402	401	403	4:3
DVB-T MUX B
Frequency: 690000 kHz (CH48), Bandwidth: 8 MHz
Signal parameters: Modulation 64-QAM FEC 3/4 Guard interval 1/4
TSID: 54274 ONID: 8383
Id	SID	Video PID	Audio PID	PCR PID	Teletext PID	Aspect Ratio	Resolution	Chroma Format	Video Bitrate / Framerate / Format	Audio Bitrate / Sample Rate / Format
HRT 3	21						720 x 576i	4:2:0	5,500 Mbps / 25 fps / MPEG-2	192 Kbps / 48 kHz / MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
HRT 4	22
RTL 2	23	2031	2032	2031	2033	16:9
Doma TV Doma TV -Airing currently:* Anna und die Liebe * En nombre del amor * Gipsy Heart * La usurpadora * Rosalinda * Teresa -Coming soon:...	24	2041	2042	2041	2043	combined (4:3 and 16:9)
DVB-T MUX D
Frequency: 642000 kHz (CH42), Bandwidth: 8 MHz
Signal parameters: Modulation 64-QAM FEC 5/6 Guard interval 1/4
TSID: 54276 ONID: 8383
Id	SID	Video PID	Audio PID	PCR PID	Teletext PID	Aspect Ratio	Resolution	Chroma Format	Video Bitrate / Framerate / Format	Audio Bitrate / Sample Rate / Format
JABUKA TV Jabuka TV Jabuka TV , formerly Otvorena televizija , is a TV station in Zagreb, Croatia....	4401	4411	4412	4411	4413	4:3	704 x 576i	4:2:0	3,700 Mbps / 25 fps / MPEG-2	192 Kbps / 48 kHz / MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
NeT NET NET or Net may refer to:* Net , fibers woven in a grid-like structure* Net , any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections* New Jersey Nets, a basketball team...	4402	4421	4422	4421	4423	combined (4:3 and 16:9)	720 x 576i
Sportska televizija Sportska televizija Sports Television is specialized sports programme owned by Croatian Olympic Committee. It was launched, on national level, on April 4, 2011, and it is first TV channel launched by one national olympic committee....	14001	4011	4012	4011	4013	16:9	720 x 576i		4,100 Mbps / 25 fps / MPEG-2
KN	14002	4021	4022	4021	4023	combined (4:3 and 16:9)
CMC Croatian Music Channel Croatian Music Channel, most commonly referred to only as CMC is a Croatian television channel broadcasting Croatian music and music of Croatian production.It is available in cable television, DVB-T and satellite television....	14003	4031	4032	4031	4033	combined (4:3 and 16:9)

External links

Radiotelevizijski toranj "Sljeme" (A detailed description with schematics) Zagreb TV Tower information