WAstara Television Tower, is a steel 243.9 m (800 ft) tall Azerbaijani lattice television tower located in the city of Astara, on the southeastern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The tower is used for transmitting FM Radio and TV-broadcasting as well as being used as a mobile repeater.
WThe Blosenbergturm is a former radio transmission tower built for the German-language radio station DRS at Beromünster in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1937. It radiated at 531 kHz, the lowest officially allocated frequency in the European medium-wave band.
WCambridge Bay LORAN Tower was a 189 m (620 ft) tall free-standing lattice tower at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. It was built in 1947/48 for LORAN transmissions and was the tallest freestanding structure in Canada for several years. Later the tower was used as a non-directional beacon (NDB) and was often called the "CB" beacon after the morse code letters that it transmitted on 245 kHz, with an output power of 2000 watts. What appeared to be guy-wires on the tower were 'top loading' forming part of the antenna. The tower was four sided and the base 18 m (59 ft) per side or 324 m2 (3,490 sq ft).
WThe Channel 9 TV Tower also known as the Willoughby Tower or the TCN-9 TXA TV tower, is a free-standing lattice tower with square cross section. TCN, the Sydney flagship television station used by the Nine Network in Sydney, Australia has its broadcast transmitter located on this tower. The tower has a base width of 112 feet and 347 tons of steel were used in its construction.
WThe Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter, operated by John Logie Baird, from 1933.
WDaqing Radio and Television Tower is a free standing telecommunications tower built in 1989 in Daqing, China. The tower is 260 m (853 ft) tall. It is the highest steel broadcasting tower in China.
WDragon Tower, also known as Long Ta or Heilongjiang Tower, is a 336 m (1,102 ft) tall multi-purpose Chinese steel lattice television and observation tower. The Long Ta is used for television broadcasting; telecommunication, transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the province of Heilongjiang; for observation, providing a view of the surrounding areas of city. The tower has observation decks and buffet restaurants. It has a AAAA rating.
WThe Dudelange Radio Tower is a 285-meter high freestanding steel framework FM radio and television transmission tower, also called a lattice tower, with a triangular cross section located near Dudelange in Luxembourg. When completed in 1957 the Dudelange Radio Tower was the tallest structure in Luxembourg and the fourth tallest lattice tower in the world after the Tokyo, Eiffel and KCTV towers. It remains the tallest freestanding structure in Luxembourg today and the 5th tallest structure overall.
WThe Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
WFazilka TV Tower, often nicknamed the Fazilka Eiffel Tower, is a 304.8 m (1,000 ft) tall Indian lattice tower at Fazilka, Punjab, India, which is used for FM-/TV-broadcasting in the whole of Punjab. The tower is currently the forty-fourth in the world and the second tallest man-made structure in India.
WGrodno TV Tower, also known as the Hrodna TV Tower, is a 254 metre tall lattice tower at Grodno, Belarus, built in 1984 of a unique design. The upper section of the tower is guyed using four horizontal crossbars fixed on the main body of the tower extending out from it about two-thirds of the way up the tower. Only three other towers are known to have been built of a similar design all within a three year period. They are the Wavre Transmitter, the Astara TV Tower and the Vitebsk TV Tower, the Grodno TV Tower is the tallest of the four. The Wavre Transmitter is the only one of which was built outside of the Soviet Union.
WThe Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower located in Washington, D.C. at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft (232 m), it is the tallest structure of any kind within Washington, D.C., surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft (61 m) and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft (17 m). And the second tallest freestanding structure in the entire Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, after the 809-foot tall River Road Tower in Bethesda, MD.
WThe Junglinster Longwave Transmitter is a longwave broadcasting facility used by RTL near Junglinster, Luxembourg, which went into service in 1932. Its aerial consists of three free-standing steel-framework towers, which are ground fed radiators. These towers formed a directional aerial for the frequency 234 kHz and until 1980 were 250 metres high. Since 1980 their height has been 215 metres.
WKC-TV Tower is a 1,042-foot (318 m) transmission tower located at East 31st Street on Union Hill in Kansas City, Missouri.
WKherson TV Tower is a 199 m (653 ft) tall space framed Ukrainian truss communications tower that is made of steel. The building is uniquely built, having been built by using the cross bracing system. The tower is a truss TV tower, specifically, a Vierendeel truss tower, wherein a structure's members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings instead. The tower has an antenna that measures 199.95 m (656 ft) and a roof that measures 189.89 m (623 ft). The tower, possessing a total height of 200 m (656 ft), is also considered the tallest structure in the whole oblast (province) of Kherson'ka.
WKönigs Wusterhausen Central Tower was a 243 m (797 ft), free standing steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen, Germany. The tower, with its unique triangular cross section, was built from 1924 to 1925 and was to have a 40-meter high shortwave aerial on top which would have brought it to a height of 283 meters, but it was not allowed according to the Treaty of Versailles because it would then have had a greater height than the Eiffel Tower. The tower collapsed during the storm Quimburga on 13 November 1972.
WThe Kyiv TV Tower is a 385 m-high (1,263 ft) lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kyiv, Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting. It is the second tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world after the Tokyo Sky Tree. The tower in Oranzhereina Street is not open to the public.
WLafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux.
WLeipzig radio tower is a 191-meter, 627 foot tall lattice tower with a square cross section built in 2015 in Leipzig to broadcast digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2) and digital radio in the Zentrum-Südost district.
WMoscow Octod Tower is a 258 metres (846 ft) tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section, it is one of the tallest Hyperboloid structures in the world. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the broadcasting company "Octod". The company and tower are situated on the territory of the former "October radio center." The address is "Demyana Bednogo str. 24, Khoroshevo-Mnyovniki district," in the western part of Moscow.
WThe Mumbai Television Tower, also known as the Worli Doordarshan Tower, is the television tower owned by Doordarshan, the public-broadcaster located in the city of Mumbai in India. It stands at 300 metres and is the fourth-tallest man-made structure in the Indian subcontinent. The red and white tower is an open latticework structure. The tower, located at Worli, can be seen from most parts of South Mumbai.
WNAA was a major radio facility located at 701 Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. It was operated by the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1941. The station was originally constructed as the Navy's first high-powered transmitter for communicating with its bases across the U.S. and the Caribbean. During its years of operation NAA was best known for broadcasting daily time signals, however, it also provided a variety of additional services, using multiple transmitters operating on frequencies ranging from longwave to shortwave. The station also conducted extensive experimental work, including, in 1915, the Navy's first transatlantic transmission of speech.
WThe Net 25 tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by Net 25 a Philippine television network based out of Quezon City. Built in the year 2000, the tower stands 276.4 meters (907 ft) tall.
WShijiazhuang TV-tower is a 280-metre (920 ft) tall free standing lattice tower used for communication built in 1998 in the city of Shijiazhuang, China.
WThe Sottens Transmitter is the nationwide transmitter for French-speaking Switzerland. The transmitter is located at Sottens, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is run on 765 kHz with a power of 600 kilowatts and is easily receivable during the night throughout the whole of Europe. Since 1989 the aerial used has been a centre-fed dipole fixed on the outside of a 188-metre-high grounded freestanding steel framework tower. Before 1989 a 190-metre high self-radiating, free standing steel framework tower was used as a transmission aerial. The Sottens transmitter most recently broadcast the Option Musique radio programme from Radio Suisse Romande, up until 5 December 2010.
WStar Tower is a digital television and FM radio transmitting tower on Winton Road near North Bend Road in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio designed and built by the Landmark Tower Company. The three-legged lattice tower stands 954 feet (290.8 m) high. It is one of the tallest lattice towers in the world and the second tallest of the four that rise above 900 feet in Cincinnati, Ohio. Registered with FCC as Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) 1014132, the tower was built in 1991 for WSTR-TV, known as "Star64".
WThe Tashkent Television Tower is a 375-metre-high (1,230 ft) tower, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is the 12th tallest tower in the world. Construction started in 1978 and it began operation 6 years later, on 15 January 1985. It was the 4th tallest tower in the world from 1985 to 1991. Moreover, the decision of construction Tashkent Tower or TV-Tower of Uzbekistan was decided in 1971 in 1 September in order to spread the TV and radio signals to all over the Uzbekistan. It is of a vertical cantilever structure, and is constructed out of steel. Its architectural design is a product of the Terxiev, Tsarucov & Semashko firm.
WTokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft).
WThe Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 meters (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
WTorre Maria Helena Mendes de Barros Saad, Torre da TV Bandeirantes, or Torre da Band is a 212-meter-high (696 ft) lattice tower near Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil.
WTower of Power is a 777 ft (236.8 m), 100,000 watt TPO communications tower of GMA Network located in Tandang Sora, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. It serves as a transmitter facility for GMA's flagship stations: the main channel's DZBB-TV 7, GMA News TV's DWDB-TV 27, and Barangay FM's DWLS 97.1 MHz.
WThe Turner Broadcasting tower was a 314.3-meter (1,031 ft) free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia. It was located next to the Downtown Connector between Spring, West Peachtree, 10th and 12th Streets in Midtown. The tower had a triangular cross-section and was built on the site of a previous four-sided broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5 and to serve WJRJ-TV which was founded by Rice Broadcasting Inc. which was owned by a local Atlanta entrepreneur, Jack M. Rice, Jr. It is the tallest freestanding structure to ever be voluntarily demolished.
WVitebsk Television Tower, also known as Viciebsk, Vitsebsk or Vitsyebsk TV Tower, is a 244 m (801 ft) tall steel Belarusian lattice television tower that is located in the city of Vitebsk, in Belarus, thus the name. Having been built in 1983 as a unique, multi-purpose television tower, the Vitebsk TV Tower is utilized for transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the city.
WThe Wavre radio transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the mediumwave transmissions it uses a grounded 250-metre-high guyed mast. Furthermore, there is a backup mast for medium wave transmissions, which is 90 metres high. For shortwave broadcasting several directional antennas and a curtain antenna are used. The towers are two of the tallest structures in Belgium.
WThe WBNS TV Tower is a 839 ft (256 m) tall free-standing lattice tower with a triangular cross section formerly used by WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio.
WThe WCPO TV Tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and used by WCPO-TV, WEBN, WUBE-FM, WVXU, WBQC-LD, and previously WOTH-CD. Built in 1965 it is the oldest of the Cincinnati's large freestanding radio towers. The tower stands 276 m (906 ft) tall, one of four in the city that rise above 900 feet (270 m) in height and is amongst the tallest lattice towers in the world.
WThe WHDH-TV tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WHDH in Newton, Massachusetts built in 1960. The tower stands 323.8 m (1,062 ft) tall and would have been the third tallest freestand tower in the world at the time of its construction after Tokyo Tower and the Eiffel Tower. It is currently the second tallest free-standing lattice tower in the United States after the WITI TV Tower in Milwaukee and the 11th tallest in the world.
WThe WITI TV Tower is a lattice communications tower located in Shorewood, Wisconsin, which transmits the signal of several television and radio stations in the Milwaukee area, including its namesake, Fox owned-and-operated station WITI, along with cellular and wireless communications. The structure is owned by WITI's parent company, Fox Television Stations. The 1,081 feet (329 m) tower was for several years the tallest free-standing tower in the United States, and for a short time after its inauguration, was the tallest free-standing tower in the world until the usurped Tokyo Tower added additional height to reclaim its title, the only freestanding structure in the world that was taller than either at the time was the Empire State building.
WThe WKRQ Tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WKRQ and WKRC-TV as well as several other radio stations located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tower was built in the early 1960s a period when numerous tall free standing steel lattice towers were being built across the United States including the WCPO TV Tower, the Turner Broadcasting Tower, the WHDH-TV Tower and the WITI TV Tower. The tower stands 294.6 m (967 ft) tall and WKRC's nickname in the 1960s was "Tall 12", a reference to the station's tower which was the tallest in Cincinnati at the time.
WThe WLWT TV Tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WLWT located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1978, it replaced the original 570-foot tall WLWT tower 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, one of four that rise above 900 feet in the city and is among the tallest lattice towers in the world.
WThe WTVR TV Tower is 257 m (843 ft) tall a free-standing lattice tower with a square cross section in Richmond, Virginia. Upon completion in 1953, the tower became the tallest in the United States 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. It was a substantive increase from previous tallest towers of any type built in the United States, the NSS Annapolis. It remains to this day the tallest structure in Richmond.
WYakutsk Television Tower, also known as RTPC Jakutsk and/or RTPTS Yakutsk, is a steel 242-metre-tall (794 ft) lattice television tower in the city of Yakutsk, Russia.
WYerevan TV Tower is a 311.7-metre (1,023 ft) high lattice tower built in 1977 on Nork Hill near downtown Yerevan, Armenia. It is the tallest structure in the Caucasus, second-tallest tower in West Asia, eighth-tallest free-standing steel-truss tower and thirtieth-tallest tower in the world.
WZhuzhou Television Tower is a 293-metre (961-foot) tall free standing telecommunications tower in Zhuzhou, China. It is the ninth tallest tower in China, and the second tallest steel tower. It features a revolving restaurant and open-air observation deck. It broadcasts five television and two radio channels.