Since 1972, the transmission facility in Beidweiler has been used to broadcast RTL's French-language radio programming to France via longwave radio.
The longwave transmitter was switched off three years ago, and on Friday afternoon, the 290-metre-high masts will finally be brought down.
At around 3pm, the steel cables holding the masts upright were severed using explosives. RTL livestreamed the demolition.
More information about the demolition and the history of RTL's transmission masts can be found in our article:
