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Louvetot 1971

 

  
One of the last views of the transmitting centre in the 70's, taken from the village of Louvetot, facing the northeast. 



< The station of Louvetot after the war.



It has been re-roofed after the fire, but the building lost its superb bell tower, although this was partially rebuilt.







 2 February 1971: Louvetot radio station relays programmes from Paris, by underground cables 
Le buisson ardent 1990

   antenne 120 m

 Mast 120 m high replaces its predecessor (170 m) and broadcasts the national ORTF (France Inter and Inter varieties) on the wavelength of 214 m (1403 kHz) with a power of 20 kW. 
 

Louvetot vendu

 During 1974, the remaining transmitter is on standby but without wave bearer (for a hypothetical resurgence), then transmission ceases. In 1976 the antenna and the transmitter are destroyed.

  Le Buisson ardent
The "castle" is today the property of an evangelical church – “The Ardent Bush".  
 
However, the spiritual waves havn't replaced radio waves, which live on today: The local radio station, spread regionally, then internationally, allowing the village of Louvetot to preserve it’s title of "Norman village of waves".