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KVLYTVmast
Coordinates:472032N971721W

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TheKVLYTVmast(formerlytheKTHITVmast)isa2,063ft(628.8
m)talltelevisiontransmittingmastinBlanchard,TraillCounty,North
KVLYTVmast
Dakota,UnitedStates,usedbyFargostationKVLYTVchannel11.
Completedin1963,itwasthetalleststructureintheworlduntil
succeededbytheWarsawradiomastin1974,whichcollapsedin1991,
againmakingtheKVLYTVmastthetalleststructureintheworlduntil
theBurjKhalifaovertookitin2010.Itremainsthefourthtallest
structureintheworld(sincetheconstructionoftheTokyoSkytreeand
theShanghaiTower),thetalleststructureinthewesternhemisphere,and
thetallestradiomastintheworld.

Contents
1 Location
2 Construction
3 Owners
4 Specifications
5 Federalrulechange
6 Images
7 Structuresofsimilarheight
8 Seealso KVLYTVmast
9 References Generalinformation
10 Externallinks
Type TVtransmissiontower
Location Blanchard,TraillCounty,
NorthDakota
Location
Coordinates 472032N971721W
Themastislocated3miles(4.8km)westofBlanchard,NorthDakota, Completed August13,1963
halfwaybetweenFargoandGrandForks.Itbecamethetallestartificial Owner GrayTelevision
structure,andthefirstmanmadestructuretoexceed2,000feet(610m)
inheight,uponthecompletionofitsconstructiononAugust13,1963. Height 628.8m(2,063ft)
Designandconstruction
Construction Architect HamiltonDirectors
Main KlineIronandSteel
ThetowerwasbuiltbyHamiltonErectionCompanyofYork,South
contractor
CarolinaandKlineIronandSteel,andtookthirtydaystocomplete,ata
costofUS$500,000(worth$3,911,413today).

Owners
OwnedbyGrayTelevisionofAtlanta,Georgia,thetowerbroadcastsat356kWonchannel44fortelevision
stationKVLYTV(channel11PSIP,anNBC/CBSaffiliate)whichisbasedinFargo.Thetowerprovidesa
broadcastareaofroughly9,700sqmi(25,000km2)whichisaradiusofabout55.6miles(89.5km).

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LocationofKVLYTVMast
Whenthemastwasbuiltthecall
lettersofthetelevisionstationfor
whichitwasbuiltwerechangedto
KTHI,the"HI"referringtothe
heightofthemast.Thetopis
reachablebyatwopersonservice
elevator(builtbyPark
ManufacturingofCharlotte,NC)or
ladder.

Specifications
Talleststructuresintheworld.(Note:
Thetowerconsistsoftwoparts:alatticetowerof1,950feet(590m)[1] KXJBTVhassincerecalledKRDK
toppedbyatransmittingarrayof113feet(34m).Thetotalheightofboth TV.)
is2,063ft(628.8m).Theantennaweighs9,000pounds(4.3tons
4,300kg),thelatticetowerweighs855,500pounds(388tons388,000kg),
givingatotalweightof864,500pounds(392tons392,100kg).Ittakesup160acres(0.65km2)oflandwithits
guyanchors.[2][3]Itsheightabovemeansealevelis3,038ft(926m).

Federalrulechange
Sometimeafteritscompletion,theFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)andFederalAviation
Administration(FAA)imposedapolicythatstates,"Althoughthereisnoabsoluteheightlimitforantennatowers,
bothagencieshaveestablishedarebuttablepresumptionagainststructuresover2,000feetabovegroundlevel."[4]
TheFCCandFAAmayapproveatallerstructurein"exceptionalcases."

Images

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KVLYtowerfromadistanceof Baseofthetower Aguywireanchor

aboutonemile(1.6km)

Detailofthetower,showingits Someoftheguywiresthat
networkofguywires supportthetower(with
Stockbridgedampers)

Structuresofsimilarheight
KRDKTVmast(2060ft627.8m)
KXTV/KOVRTower(2049ft624.5m)

Seealso
Listoftalleststructuresintheworld
ListoftalleststructuresintheUnitedStates

References
1."N.D.TVTowerNoLongerWorld'sTallest"(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122258
086).AllThingsConsidered.NPR.org.5January2010.Retrieved20111206.

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2."KVLYTVTower"(http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=123700).Emporis.
Retrieved20111206.
3."Info"(https://web.archive.org/web/20100806003230/http://valleynewslive.tv/info/info_tower.html).
Valleynewslive.com.Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://valleynewslive.tv/info/info_tower.html)onAugust6,
2010.
4."AntennaTowerLightingandMarkingRequirements"(http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/dtv/lighting.html).
FederalCommunicationsCommission.Retrieved20111206.

Externallinks
KVLYTower(https://structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000675)atStructurae
Towerwebpage(https://web.archive.org/web/20100806003230/http://valleynewslive.tv/info/info_tower.htm
l)atKVLYTV
"Listing1046244"(http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=608746).
AntennaStructureRegistrationdatabase.U.S.FederalCommunicationsCommission.
Listing(http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=471)ontheSkyscraperPage
DrawingsofKVLY/KTHITVMast(http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b471)fromtheSkyscraper
Page
KVLYandKXJBTowers(http://www.pbase.com/talshiarr/kvly)fromPBPhase.com
VideooftheKVLYTower,summer2009(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaWkOA6EXk)from
YouTube

Records

World'stalleststructure Succeededby
Precededby
2,063ft(628.8m) Warsawradio
WIMZFMTower
19631974 mast

Precededby Succeededby
Warsawradiomast 19912008 BurjKhalifa

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