15 juli 2011:
A fire caused a partial collapse of a 300 m communications mast in northern Netherlands on Friday, knocking out television and radio stations.
The fire at the television mast in Hoogersmilde in the Drenthe province, about 160 km northeast of Amsterdam, broke out around 2:00 pm and then at about 3:45 pm the upper part of the mast collapsed.
A 200-metre-high metal mast collapsed on top of a 100-metre concrete tower after the fire broke out.
"Nobody is believed to have been injured," officials told, adding that the area suffered severe communication problems with the tower used as a major broadcast hub for television, radio and telephone communications.
No radio and TV
Several regional and national broadcasters are also effected by the fire and the collapse of the tower. They can not broadcast over the air. In the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel in the areas of no reception of public radio stations Radio 1, Radio 2, 3FM and Radio 4.
Sky Radio, Radio Veronica, BNR, Slam! FM, Q-music and 100%NL among commercial radio stations from the air in the north of the country. The transmitters Netherlands 1, 2 and 3 are not on television to receive digital. This was a spokesman for station manager Broadcast Partners just announced. The damage is significant according to the company.
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