https://kurzwellenradio.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/junglinster-radio-towers-to-be-demolished/
“Not publicly accessible”, says the Wikipedia-German datasheet, but a youngster disagreed and climbed one of the three towers anyway, in April 2025, Luxemburg’s newspaper “Das Wort” noted on Wednesday, citing the incident as a reason as to why Radio Tele Luxemburg (RTL), the site’s owner, may have considered the landmark a mere problem and wanted to get rid of it.
As a rule, locals like plans like RTL’s – see Moosbrunn, where the Austrian Radio transmitter site didn’t command a great fan community (the interested visitors usually came from far away). In Junglinster, the local government granted permission to blow the upper sections of the towers up, and to demolish the lower legs by less spectacular means. The local government had few other options than to grant permission, writes “Das Wort”. The demolishment won’t begin before October, it appears.
If it is up to RTL, the owner of the area, the site would become a residential area, Luxemburg’s “L’Essentiel” wrote in October last year – plus industrial real estate or business parks (Gewerbeflächen). That wouldn’t necessarily hurt Junglinster. The question to decide – civic participation looked set at the time – is if you prefer green meadows, or new buildings and new people in your neighborhood.
I’m not sure about this, but broadcasts by Radio Onda, Radio Gloria and Radio Slovakia currently seem to come from Junglinster, on 6140 kHz shortwave (as of today, Radio Slovakia’s German service is still there). Those would probably come to an end, too.”
Franz Bleeker, Germany via Alexander Miatlikov to WOR iog (2026-07-25)