Moscow Octod Tower

Coordinates: 55°46′53″N 37°29′23″E / 55.78139°N 37.48972°E / 55.78139; 37.48972
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Moscow Octod Tower
Moscow Octod Tower is located in Russia
Moscow Octod Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeSteel lattice television tower
LocationMoscow
Coordinates55°46′53″N 37°29′23″E / 55.78139°N 37.48972°E / 55.78139; 37.48972
Completed2006
Height258 m (846 ft)

Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metres (846 ft) tall[1][2] lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section, it is one of the tallest Hyperboloid structures in the world. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the broadcasting company "Octod". The company and tower are situated on the territory of the former "October radio center." The address is "Demyana Bednogo str. 24, Khoroshevo-Mnyovniki district," in the western part of Moscow.

Components were made completely of steel at a machine-building plant in Syzran. The lower sections of the Moscow Octod Tower were assembled using a crane; the top was lowered by helicopter Mil Mi-26TM.

Moscow Tower
View from inside

Stations[edit]

Radio[edit]

FM stations that transmit from the Moscow Octod Tower include the following:[3]

Callsign/Name Frequency Format Owner
Radio Cottage 92.40
Radio East FM 94.00
Radio Spring FM 94.40
Radio Taxi FM 96.40
New Radio 98.40
Radio Silver Rain 100.10
Our radio 101.70
Radio beacon 103.40
Radio 7 on seven hills 104.70
Radio Book 105.00
Capital FM 105.30
Love radio 106.60

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Octode Moscow, Moscow | 1226945". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ "Octode Moscow, Moscow". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ "Радиостанции в Москве, Россия / Radio stations in Moscow, Russia". Radiomap.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 9 December 2023.

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