WRAL HDTV Mast

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The WRAL TV Mast is a 1,999 foot (609.5 m) high guy-wired radio mast for TV and FM-broadcasting near Auburn, North Carolina, USA at 35°40'35.1"N and 78°32'07.2"W. The WRAL HDTV mast weighs 723 tons and the guys weigh 258 tons. The WRAL TV mast has three platforms for aerials of directive radio and it is used by 3 TV and 2 FM-broadcasting companies. It was built in 1989 as replacement for two masts of the same height, which collapsed during a blizzard.

Near WRAL TV Mast, there are two further extremely high radio masts, the WTVD Tower and the WNCN Tower.

[edit] See also

• List of masts, Table of masts
• List of radio stations
• Tallest structures in the U.S.
• List of the world's tallest structures

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• http://www.fybush.com/site-030807.html
• http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0015903
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b528
• http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=111811
• http://www.terraserver-usa.com/GetImageArea.ashx?t=1&s=11&lon=-78.535333&lat=35.676389&w=600&h=400