1900 tonnes and the basement is 1170 metres above the sea level. Broadcasting History Installation of the tower in 1977 allowed to receive a wide variety of programs from the Moscow Central television, as well as from other Soviet Union republics. In those years the average daily length of programs broadcast by Armenian television reached twelve hours, of which two-and-a-half hours in color, including four hours and thirty-five minutes of their own programming. Ninety-six percent of the population watched the first program. In 1978 it became possible to also receive the fourth channel of the Central television in Armenia In 1978 the programs watched were news (25%), music (23%), educational (13%), pre-adult entertainment (14.5%), political (9%) and military (6%), sport (4%), movies (3.5%) and others. By 1978, the number of TV sets reached 500 000, of which 100 000 were color. Armenian SSR was the second in the Soviet Union with the popularization of TV. The length of TV programs per day reached 19 hours. About 50% of the programs were in color and 70% were recorded. In the subsequent years Armenia became the first of the republics of the Soviet Union by the percentage of the TV audience and the volume of programs. See also Lattice tower List of tallest towers in the world List of tallest freestanding structures in the world List of tallest freestanding steel structures References External links Background info from the official site of Armenian Public Television Radiomap.eu/Am - Radio stations in Armenia Armenian TV Online Towers completed in 1977 Buildings and structures in Yerevan Radio masts and towers Towers built in the Soviet Union Towers in Armenia Lattice towers