KOBR transmission mast
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KOBR transmission mast
KOBR TV Tower
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Cap skirt | |||
| State: | New Mexico | |||
| Country: | United States | |||
| Altitude : | 1364 m | |||
| Coordinates: 33 ° 22 ′ 31.2 " N , 103 ° 46 ′ 14.4" W. | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications mast | |||
| Mast data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1956 | |||
| Operating time: | since 1956 | |||
| Last conversion (mast) : | 1960 | |||
| Total height : | 490.7 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
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The KOBR transmission mast is a 490.7 meter high transmission mast near Caprock in the US state of New Mexico .
It was built in 1956 and was the tallest structure in the world until 1959 . In 1960 it was destroyed in a storm and then rebuilt.
Since the completion of the 560-meter-high KBIM transmission tower near Roswell in 1965, it has been the second tallest structure in New Mexico.