The Jülich shortwave transmitter, operated by Deutsche Telekom / T-Systems, was a part of the shortwave broadcasting facility at Jülich, Germany.

In 1956 WDR broadcaster established the first shortwave transmitter near Mersch, and in subsequent years this site was expanded. On 1 September 1961 this site was handed over to the Deutsche Bundespost (German Federal Post) to establish the German foreign broadcasting service, " Deutsche Welle". In time 10 transmitters of 100 kilowatts were installed. These were transmitting antennas with enormous dipole arrays between free-standing steel framework towers which were installed. Today these transmitters are rented predominantly to non-German broadcasting organisations. In the 1990s a mediumwave transmitter was installed on the site, using a long wire antenna which is spun at a tower on the transmitter site. It was intended to be used for transmission of the programmes of " Radio Viva" on 702 kHz, but it never went into regular service for this broadcaster. Since 6 December 2004, the mediumwave transmitter has been used to broadcast the programme of the German commercial broadcaster " TruckRadio" on 702 kHz.

In 2006, the British multi-millionaire Bob Edmiston from West Bromwich, acquired the entire transmitter. The car dealer and founder of the Christian missionary vision is regarded as creationist^{[ relevant?]} and had, amongst other things^{[ example needed]}, bought a radio transmitter in Darwin, Australia 6 years ago.

In January 2008 the broadcasting facility was sold by T-Systems to the religious broadcaster CVC / Christian Vision.

When the broadcasting had been discontinued a recreation area with camping and hotels was to be built there. ^{[1] [2]}

Meanwhile, all antennas have been removed.^{[ citation needed]}

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