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WTVR tower looking directly up from its base. Upon completion in 1953, the tower became the tallest in the United States [2] and the second tallest lattice tower in the world after the Eiffel Tower and only surpassed in height by five buildings; the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, 70 Pine Street, 40 Wall Street & the GE Building. [3]
WTVR-TV's former transmitter is located behind the station's studio, and only WTVR-FM broadcasts from that tower today. It still remains as part of WTVR-TV's history. WTVR-TV is one of only a few stations in the country to have been affiliated with all three of the original major American television networks.
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The tower itself is of the same design as the 750-foot (228.6 m) transmission tower on which ABC affiliate KQTV upstate in St. Joseph (which, coincidentally, also began broadcasting on the date KCTV commenced operations, September 27, 1953) maintains its transmitter antenna and the 843-foot (256.9 m) WTVR TV Tower in Richmond, Virginia. Both of ...
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WTVR-FM operates at 50,000 watts, standard for most FM stations in the Richmond market. However, at 256 metres (840 ft), its tower is taller than the FM Class B limit of 150 meters. For much of its early history, WTVR-FM aired beautiful music, although by the 1980s, that mostly instrumental format was falling out of favor with younger listeners.
The top half of the tower collapsed, but the lower half supported by the lattice structure remains standing. Foshan TV Tower [24]? China Foshan 238 m 781 ft solid core supported by 8-sided lattice frame with 4 legs, 4-sided upper portion [56] Tower of Power: 1988 Philippines Quezon City 236.8 m 777 ft 4-sided Channel 9 TV Tower [57] 1965 ...
The tower's height was either later increased or a new tower was built in 1955–1956, [3] at which point it became the second tallest lattice tower in the United States after the WTVR TV Tower which had been built two years prior in 1953. The tower remains to this day the tallest free-standing structure in Columbus, Ohio and one of the tallest ...