Allouis longwave transmitter

It broadcast the France Inter public radio station from October 1952[1] until 31 December 2016.

This used a special cage aerial, mounted on a 308 m (1,010 ft) high earthed mast.

The radio channel France Inter announced during 2016 that the channel would discontinue transmitting on the 162 kHz frequency on 31 December 2016, seeking cost savings of approximately 6 million Euros per year.

The transmission of the ALS162 time signal was and will be continued after this date, as this time signal is critical for over 300,000 devices, which are deployed within French enterprises and state entities, like the French railways SNCF, the electricity distributor ENEDIS, airports, hospitals, municipalities, et cetera.

[7][8] The transmitter is owned by TéléDiffusion de France and the dissemination of the Metropolitan French national legal time to the public is a joint responsibility of ANFR (state body for radio frequencies), the trade body France Horlogerie and the LNE-SYRTE and LNE-LTFB time laboratories.