WTVR TV Tower

The WTVR TV Tower is 257 m (843 ft)[1] tall a free-standing lattice tower with a square cross section in Richmond, Virginia.

WTVR TV Tower
General information
StatusComplete
TypeSteel lattice television tower
LocationRichmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°33′59″N 77°28′34″W
Completed1953
Height257 m (843 ft)

History
WTVR tower looking directly up from its base

Upon completion in 1953, the tower became the tallest in the United States[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

The tower is used by multiple tenants, the primary two being WTVR-FM and WTVR-TV. Although the FM and TV stations still share the same WTVR call letters they are no longer affiliated with each other and are under different ownership. On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WTVR-FM, along with all of their sister stations in Richmond and Chattanooga, would be sold to Entercom due to that company's merger with CBS Radio.[5] The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.[6] The tower is considered part of the Richmond skyline and can be seen for several miles around. WTVR-TV's West Broad studios is located directly next to the tower. The station used a graphical version of the tower in its news opens for several years in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Stations

Television

TV stations that transmit from the WTVR Tower include the following;

CallsignVirtual ChannelPhysical ChannelAffiliationDigital channels
WTVR-TV6CBS23

Radio

FM stations that transmit from WTVR Tower include the following.[7]

CallsignFrequencyFormatOwner
WTVR98.1Adult contemporaryEntercom Communications
WCVE VPM News88.90NewsCommonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
NPR News88.90NewsNational Public Radio
BBC World Services88.90NewsBBC

See also

References
  1. "WTVR TV Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  2. "WTVR-TV Studio Transmitter, Richmond | 130636 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com.
  3. "The World's Tallest Buildings 1960". tudl0867.home.xs4all.nl.
  4. "Richmond | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com.
  5. "Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs To iHeartMedia For Richmond & Chattanooga - RadioInsight". radioinsight.com. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  7. "Radio stations in Richmond, Virginia". World Radio Map.
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