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The new OTRC building faces
Academician Korolev Avenue. Its first
five floors are occupied by services
for film production, television and
radio broadcasting. Two upper floors
house equipment. A conference room
with 150 seats, utility and service
rooms are located in the basement. A
three-storey annex adjoins the main
OTRC building. It contains a cafeteria
and a bar for personnel.
The OTRC building was the first of
its kind to be erected from precast
elements. Industrialised erection
techniques made it possible to complete
the construction in a very short
time.
The new broadcasting centre had
a trial run as early as the VII USSR
Summer Spartakiade.
High-quality Soviet-made materials
were used to finish the working rooms
and studios of the centre. Most comfortable
conditions were created in all
rooms for the personnel. Soundproof
and sound-absorbing walls
meet the most rigorous specifications.
The power supply for the OTRC is
guaranteed by four independent
power sources. Power stabilisers en-
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sure reliable operation of the equipment.
The building is equipped
with powerful air-conditioning units
and gaseous-agent fire-extinguishing
plants.
The personnel and matériel are
transported between floors by seven
freight and ten passenger lifts.
The OSC is shaped as a 14-storey
tower 62 metres tall. Aerials put up on
the roof received television and radio
signals fed over 50 relay circuits
by transmitters installed at the
Olympic venues and by mobile stations.
The tower contains switching
equipment that links together all the
television and radio broadcasting networks
of Moscow.
The OSC building was erected
from large precast concrete blocks.
Like the OTRC, it provides comfortable
working conditions for the personnel.
The OTRC and OSC buildings were
designed by Workshop 14 of the Mosproekt-1
Department in cooperation
with specialised design offices of appropriate
ministries and government
agencies.
OTVRC
First Floor Plan
Television programming
units
Television programming
complex
Master control room
Switching and routing
room
Central telecine unit
Video-recording unit
Television programme
routing control rooms