KCTV Tower
|
KCTV Tower
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Kansas City | |||
| State: | Missouri | |||
| Country: | United States | |||
| Altitude : | 306 m | |||
| Coordinates: 39 ° 4 ′ 14.5 " N , 94 ° 34 ′ 57.5" W. | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1956 | |||
| Building material : | steel | |||
| Operating time: | since 1956 | |||
| Total height : | 317.6 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send type: | NTSC | |||
| Position map | ||||
|
||||
The KCTV Tower is a 317.6 meter high freestanding steel lattice tower in Kansas City ( Missouri ) for broadcasting television and radio programs in the VHF range. The tower was built in 1956 and its height exceeds the Eiffel Tower by 60 centimeters. It is one of the tallest free-standing steel lattice towers in the world.
The tower is owned by the private television broadcaster KCTV and is right next to its studios on 31st Street in 125 East Kansas City. KCTV is the regional partner of CBS in Kansas City and now broadcasts its programs digitally (digital channel 24.3, HDTV 1080i). The striking transmission tower has long served as a trademark in the transmitter's logo.
history
The historic station KCMO-TV began in 1955 with the construction of the then highest free-standing steel tower (without guy lines) in the USA. In February 1956 the first signal was emitted by antennas on the tower. Construction costs were $ 420,000; 600 tons of steel and 26,000 screws were used. The vertical cantilever construction is 24.38 m wide at the base.
The tower is an integral part of the Kansas City cityscape and part of the city's history. In 1972 two activists climbed to the top of the tower to protest the Vietnam War . They hardened on the structure for 14 hours. The otherwise illuminated tower remained dark during the 1973 oil crisis in order to urge the city's citizens to save energy. In the 1980s, there were serious considerations to redesign the tower to look like a gigantic saxophone to commemorate the legacy of jazz in Kansas. After the attacks on September 1, 2001, the light sources on the tower were changed to red, white and blue - the national colors of the USA.
Falling icicles repeatedly damaged buildings in the vicinity of the KCTV tower.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Stations for Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ^ KCTV Broadcast Tower, Kansas City | 121894 | EMPORIS. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Will the KCTV5 tower ever light up the KC skyline again? We answer your KC Q. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ^ KCTV Tower (Kansas City, 1956). Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Will the KCTV5 tower ever light up the KC skyline again? We answer your KC Q. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .