WLWT TV Tower
WLWT TV Tower | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Steel lattice television tower |
Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°07′27″N 84°31′18″W / 39.12417°N 84.52167°WCoordinates: 39°07′27″N 84°31′18″W / 39.12417°N 84.52167°W |
Completed | 1978 |
Height | 289.6 m (950 ft) |
The WLWT TV Tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WLWT located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1978,[1] it replaced the original 570-foot tall WLWT tower[2][3] built in 1948 at the same site on Chickasaw Street, in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati. The new tower stands 289.6 m (950 ft) tall,[4] one of four that rise above 900 feet in the city and is among the tallest lattice towers in the world.
Stations[]
Television[]
TV stations that transmit from WLWT TV Tower include the following:
Callsign | Virtual Channel | Physical Channel | Affiliation | Digital channels |
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WLWT-TV | 5 | 5 | NBC | 20 |
WCET-TV | 48 | 17 | PBS | 48 |
WPTO-TV |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio on May 4, 1978 · Page 25". Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 25, 2012). "Site of the Week 5/25/2012: More Cincinnati, 2010".
- ^ "Faded Signals". Faded Signals.
- ^ "Registration data". www.fccinfo.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
Categories:
- Lattice towers
- Towers in Ohio
- Buildings and structures in Cincinnati
- Towers completed in 1978
- Radio masts and towers in the United States
- Ohio building and structure stubs