Star Tower
Star Tower is a digital television and FM radio transmitting tower on Winton Road in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The three-legged lattice tower stands 956 feet (291.4 m) high. It was built for WSTR-TV, known as "Star64".[1][2] Its appearance is evocative of the Eiffel Tower.
An omnidirectional antenna[3] atop Star Tower transmits the signal of owner WSTR-TV,[4] while a number of FM radio stations, including WREW,[5] WGRR,[6] and WYGY[7] also broadcast from the tower. WRRM[8] has a backup antenna located on this tower, their primary is on the WXIX tower closer to the center of Cincinnati. [6]
The Landmark Tower Company, which built Star Tower using a Sikorsky S-64 helicopter, was responsible for several similar structures around the country, including the Mesquite Tower in Mesquite, Texas; the Hughes Memorial Tower in Washington, D.C.; and at a smaller scale, WPXR-TV's analog antenna on Poor Mountain in Virginia. A small version of the tower can be found atop the Energy Plaza skyscraper in downtown Dallas, used by TXU for its communications needs.
[edit] References
- ^ Listing 1014277 in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration database
- ^ Listing 1014132 in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration database
- ^ "WSTR Upgrades Power, Signal Strength". TVNewsCheck. 2009-09-24. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/09/24/daily.5/. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ Query the FCC's TV station database for WSTR
- ^ Query the FCC's FM station database for WREW
- ^ a b Query the FCC's FM station database for WGRR
- ^ Query the FCC's FM station database for WYGY
- ^ Query the FCC's FM station database for WRRM
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Coordinates: 39°12′01″N 84°31′22″W / 39.20028°N 84.52278°W
