KVLY-TV mast
| KVLY-TV mast | |
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KVLY-TV mast
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| General information | |
| Type | TV transmission tower |
| Location | Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47°20′32″N 97°17′21″W / 47.34222°N 97.28917°WCoordinates: 47°20′32″N 97°17′21″W / 47.34222°N 97.28917°W |
| Completed | August 13, 1963 |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Height | 628.8 m (2,063 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Hamilton Directors |
| Main contractor | Kline Iron and Steel |
The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a 2,063 ft (628.8 m) tall television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota, United States, used by Fargo station KVLY-TV channel 11. Completed in 1963, it was the tallest structure in the world until succeeded by the Warsaw radio mast in 1974; that mast collapsed in 1991, making the KVLY-TV mast again the tallest structure in the world until the Burj Khalifa overtook it in 2010. It remains the fourth-tallest structure in the world (since the construction of the Tokyo Skytree and the Shanghai Tower), the tallest structure in the western hemisphere, and the tallest radio mast in the world.
The mast is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Blanchard, North Dakota, halfway between Fargo and Grand Forks. It became the tallest artificial structure, and the first man-made structure to exceed 2,000 feet (610 m) in height, upon the completion of its construction on August 13, 1963.
The tower was built by Hamilton Erection Company of York, South Carolina and Kline Iron and Steel, and took thirty days to complete, at a cost of US$500,000 (worth $3,911,413 today).
Owned by Gray Television of Atlanta, Georgia, the tower broadcasts at 356 kW on channel 44 for television station KVLY-TV (channel 11 PSIP, an NBC/CBS affiliate) which is based in Fargo. The tower provides a broadcast area of roughly 9,700 sq mi (25,000 km2) which is a radius of about 55.6 miles (89.5 km).
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