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Channel 9 TV Tower

Coordinates: 33°48′42″S 151°11′45″E / 33.81167°S 151.19583°E / -33.81167; 151.19583
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Channel 9 TV Tower
Channel 9 TV Tower is located in Australia
Channel 9 TV Tower
General information
StatusDemolished in 2021
TypeSteel lattice television tower
LocationSydney
Coordinates33°48′42″S 151°11′45″E / 33.81167°S 151.19583°E / -33.81167; 151.19583
Completed1965
OwnerNine Entertainment
Height233 m (765 ft)

The Channel 9 TV Tower also known as the Willoughby Tower or the TCN-9 TXA TV Tower, was a free-standing lattice tower located in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby at 6 Artarmon Road. It was built adjacent to its studios as the broadcast tower for TCN 9, the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network. The tower had a square cross section with a base width of 112 feet. 347 tons of steel were used in its construction.[1]

Completed in 1965, the tower stood 233 m (765 ft) tall and was the tallest free-standing lattice tower in Australia.[2] The tower was the tallest structure in Sydney until the Sydney Tower was completed in 1981. Demolition of the tower commenced in April 2021 after TCN 9 relocated to North Sydney with work completed in November 2021.[3]

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