Star Tower

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The Star Tower is a 956 foot (291.4 m) high transmitting tower for TV and FM in Cincinnati, Ohio at 39°12′01″N, 84°31′22″W. It was built for WSTR-TV, then known as "Star 64", which still broadcasts from the tower^[1] a non-directional antenna for its analog signal, and a directional antenna pointing northwest for digital.^[2] It was built in 1991 using a helicopter. Similar structures designed by the same firm exist in Mesquite, Texas (Mesquite Municipal Communications Facility) and the Washington, D.C. area (WDCW, Hughes Memorial Tower), and at a smaller scale on Poor Mountain, Virginia (WPXR). Radio stations that broadcast from the tower include WAKW-FM, WAQZ-FM, and WGRR-FM. WRRM-FM has backup facilities at the site.

[edit] References

1. ^ Tower ASR Registration (2)
2. ^ WSTR licenses, FCC

[edit] External links

• Photos of the Star Tower
• KEOM tower
• WPXR tower
• Star Tower in the Structurae database
• Listing 1014277 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
• Listing 1014132 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database