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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 KVLY-TV mast is the tallest structure in the United States, at 2,063 ft (629 m) tall Galesville, Wisconsin WKBT-DT tower. This is a list of the tallest structures in the US that are at least 350 meters, ordered by height. Most are guyed masts used for FM- and TV-broadcasting:
The KRDK-TV mast is a television transmitting tower in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. At 2,060 ft (630 m), it is currently the tallest structure in the United States , the second-tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere and the seventh-tallest structure in the world.
It was the tallest structure in the world at the time it was built, and it was the first structure to surpass the Empire State Building in height. The tower featured multiple levels of double guy wires to protect it against severe wind storms. During 1956 KOBR-TV Tower in Caprock, New Mexico, became the world's tallest structure. The tower was ...
The second-tallest structure in Nevada is the Moapa Entravision Tower at Moapa, a 426.7 m (1,400 ft) tall guyed TV mast at Moapa erected in 2008, the third-tallest is the 401 m (1,316 ft) tall Moapa Kemp Tower at Moapa, the fourth-tallest is Stratosphere Tower near downtown Las Vegas, which was erected in 1994–96 and reaches 1,149 ft (350 m ...
The towers were built as high guy-wired aerial masts for the transmission of TV programs. The original analog tower was built in 1976 near Salem, South Dakota, and was 477 meters (1,565 ft). [3] The digital tower was erected in 1998 near Rowena, South Dakota, and is 609.2 meters (1,999 ft), [1] making it one of the tallest structures in the world.
KTAL TV-FM Tower (also called Nexstar Broadcasting Tower Vivian) is a 1,558-foot-tall (475 m), 1,486 feet (453 m) without appurtenances, tall guyed mast used for TV transmission by KTAL-TV. It is located at the Old Atlanta Highway near Vivian, Louisiana , US at 32° 54'11.0" N and 94° 00'21.0" W.
Diversified Communications Tower is a 2000-foot guyed mast for TV transmission in Floydale, South Carolina, United States. Diversified Communications Tower was built in 1981 and is 609.6 meters high. The tower itself is 585.6 meters; [1] the antenna is 24 meters. It is one of the tallest structures in the United States.