Tallest Tower ? ?

[TheRover]

What is the Tallest Radio Tower in the US ?

By Tallest, I mean, from the ground up, and not the highest, by elevation, or by merely being on top of a building or a mountain.

 

[SML]

At the moment, I think the KVLY-TV mast, just north of Fargo, North Dakota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVLY-TV_mast

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Wonder what the tallest tower east of the Mississippi River is? WAVE TV 3 in Louisville attempted to build a 2000' tower at LaGrange,KY close to 20 years ago. The FAA wouldn't allow 2000', but they did accept something (from memory) just shy of 1800'. WAVE DT is not using the tower, so when the analog went off last year, the tower lost it's only broadcast tenant. Is there a taller tower east of the Mississippi?

 

[fybush]

Several of them, in fact. There are three "2,000-foot class" towers in North Carolina, two in South Carolina, one in south Georgia, one in Wisconsin and one in Alabama.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_United_States

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Heck, we even have a 2000 foot tower in Oklahoma west of OKC... I don't think they are that uncommon anymore.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

I don't know, but it's a beauty. I've sat in front of it and drooled. But what do you do with it? Huge tax write off I suppose.

 

[davideduardo]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

I don't know, but it's a beauty. I've sat in front of it and drooled. But what do you do with it? Huge tax write off I suppose.

All expenses necessary to run a business are "tax write offs" as they are deductable from gross income to arrive at the taxable profits.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Another tall mast is WPSD Paducah. The 1626 foot guyed structure is located in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_Eyebrow,_Kentucky

 

[over38]

The Senior Road Tower near Houston has to be up there too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Road_Tower

1968 feet

 

[w9wi]

Another tall mast is WPSD Paducah. The 1626 foot guyed structure is located in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky.

The one in Western Kentucky.

(there are *two* Monkey's Eyebrows in Kentucky, the other one not too far from Lexington)

(I'd feel sorry for the monkey if he has only one eyebrow...)

 

[TheDingo]

Two of the tallest towers I've seen in AL belong to WAFF 48 in Huntsville estimated around 1470 ft, and WYDE-FM in Cullman, with a antenna HAAT of 1346 ft. I find it amazing that WAFF has such a huge stick, yet their DT signal is pathetic, I have difficulty pulling it in even with an outdoor antenna, just 20 miles north of Huntsville.

Here's a page from the tower site of the week archives, on Huntsville, including the massive stick of WAFF: http://www.fybush.com/site-020612.html

 

[TheRover]

I recently looked up the height of some towers near me. I was impressed with how tall they were. But antennasearch.com indicated the towers were only 500 feet in height.

So, these towers that are 2, 3, even 4 times the height .... That would be something to see ! ! !

2,000 feet is higher than most all but the tallest skyscrapers in the world!!

 

[schmave]

I recently looked up the height of some towers near me. I was impressed with how tall they were. But antennasearch.com indicated the towers were only 500 feet in height.

So, these towers that are 2, 3, even 4 times the height .... That would be something to see ! ! !

2,000 feet is higher than most all but the tallest skyscrapers in the world!!

If you know exactly where you're looking, you easily can see the Missouri City towers in Houston from 20 miles, especially on a clear night. It's quite a sight.

 

[eskipper411]

Era Broadcasting Tower, which holds KMPX and 93.7 KNOR. That's a 2000 footer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberman_Broadcasting_Tower_Era

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Era Broadcasting Tower, which holds KMPX and 93.7 KNOR. That's a 2000 footer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberman_Broadcasting_Tower_Era

That's especially impressive as it's primary role is FM and there aren't a load of stations sharing the expense of it.

 

[pianoplayer88key]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

How about using it as a Franklin antenna for 560 kHz (wavelength 1757.6 feet) or 570 kHz (1726.76 feet)?
From what I understand, a Franklin antenna is a center-fed full-wavelength tower without a ground plane. An example is discussed in this article about KFBK on fybush.com.


A Franklin antenna for 540 kHz (lowest regular broadcast frequency typically in use on the AM band - there are TISs on 530 but they aren't going to be using antennas taller than 15 meters) would be 555.56 meters (1822.7 feet) tall. Now... what I think would be impressive... would be a self-supporting Franklin mast for a longwave station on 153 kHz - it would be 1960.784 meters (6433 feet, or about 1.22 miles) tall!

 

[KyDXIn]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

I don't know, but it's a beauty. I've sat in front of it and drooled. But what do you do with it? Huge tax write off I suppose.

Why doesn't WAVE use this tower for its DT signal? I think I know why but would like to hear from the experts...

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

I don't know, but it's a beauty. I've sat in front of it and drooled. But what do you do with it? Huge tax write off I suppose.

Why doesn't WAVE use this tower for its DT signal? I think I know why but would like to hear from the experts...

Nope...they're using the old WAVE analog tower on the Knobs.

 

[KyDXIn]

Here is a rundown from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world

The WAVE tower was twenty years too late. It did improve coverage but by 1990 cable was off and running. What do you do with a 1739 foot tall guy mast?

I don't know, but it's a beauty. I've sat in front of it and drooled. But what do you do with it? Huge tax write off I suppose.

Why doesn't WAVE use this tower for its DT signal? I think I know why but would like to hear from the experts...

Nope...they're using the old WAVE analog tower on the Knobs.

BUT WHY aren't they using this one?