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KVLY-TV mast compared to the tallest buildings in the world. KXJB-TV has since been renamed KRDK-TV. The mast is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Blanchard, North Dakota, halfway between Fargo and Grand Forks. It became the tallest artificial structure, and the first man-made structure to exceed 2,000 feet (610 m) in height, upon the completion ...
The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough, England (grid reference. There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva, and a 98.45 m (323.0 ft) tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT.
Three new television masts for the Midlands were announced in August 1967, including Waltham. Ridge Hill would be near Ledbury. It was due to open March 1968, later moved to open in June 1968, [1] [2] and finally opened on 30 July 1968. [3] BBC went colour from 11 September 1972, the 34th mast to go colour. [4] ITV went colour from 26 February ...
The station was the main 405-line ITV transmitter for the Midlands from 1956 to 1985. It has a 305.2 metres (1,001 ft) tall guyed mast.. The site was announced by the ITA in March 1955, to be 700 ft on Gentleshaw Hill, and to start broadcasting in December 1955.
A mast radiator or mast antenna is a radio tower or mast in which the whole structure is an antenna. Mast antennas are the transmitting antennas typical for long or medium wave broadcasting. Structurally, the only difference is that some mast radiators require the mast base to be insulated from the ground.
The base of the station is 1,719 ft (524 m) above sea level and the mast another 750 ft (228 m) on top of that. This gives a maximum aerial height of 2,467 ft (752 m) which is one of the highest in the UK. The mast weighs 140 tons and is held up by 5 sets of stay levels.
The tower's current official name, The Arqiva Tower, [4] is shown on a sign beside the offices at the base of the tower, but it is commonly known just as "Emley Moor Mast". [ 1 ] In 2021, the antenna was replaced, to accommodate frequency changes for mobile phone use, by a shorter antenna of 36 ft (11 m) but the structure still remains the ...
Waltham on the Wolds transmitter, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. The Waltham transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Melton Mowbray. It sits inside the Waltham civil parish near Stonesby, in the district of Melton, Leicestershire, UK.