Star Tower

Star Tower is a digital television and FM radio transmitting tower on Winton Road near North Bend Road in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio designed and built by the Landmark Tower Company. The three-legged lattice tower stands 954 feet (290.8 m) high. It is one of the tallest lattice towers in the world and the second tallest of the four that rise above 900 feet in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The tower is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, though the company owns an additional tower in Mount Auburn for its main station in the area, CBS affiliate WKRC-TV (next to WSTR and WKRC's studios).

Star Tower
Star Tower is located in the United States
Star Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeSteel lattice television tower
LocationCincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates39°12′01″N 84°31′22″W
Completed1991
Height290.8 m (954 ft)

History

In 1988, Hoker Broadcasting Company, then owner of WOFX-FM and WSTR-TV ("Star 64"), purchased a site in College Hill from a developer who had planned to build self-storage lockers. It was registered with FCC as Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) 1014132.[2][3] The following year, nearby residents sued to stop the project out of concern that the tower would be an eyesore. Hoker settled with the group in 1991, agreeing to restrictions on how the land surrounding the tower could be developed. Landmark Tower Company completed the tower in October 1991. At the time, it was the tallest tower in Cincinnati and the tallest of its kind in the world. It increased WSTR's transmitting power by 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2) and added 1 million potential viewers.[2][4]

Stations

An omnidirectional antenna[5] atop Star Tower continues to transmit WSTR-TV,[6] while a number of FM radio stations, including WREW,[7] WGRR,[8] and WYGY[9] also broadcast from the tower. WRRM[10] has a backup antenna located on this tower; their primary is on the WXIX tower closer to the center of Cincinnati.[8]

Television

TV stations that transmit from Star Tower include the following:

CallsignVirtual ChannelPhysical ChannelAffiliation
WSTR-TV6418MyNetworkTV

Radio

FM stations that transmit from Star Tower Tower include the following:

CallsignFrequencyFormatOwner
WREW94.9Adult ContemporaryHubbard Broadcasting
WYGY97.3CountryHubbard Broadcasting
WRRM98.5Adult ContemporaryCumulus Media
WGRR103.5Classic HitsCumulus Media

See also

References
  1. "Cincinnati | EMPORIS". Archived from the original on 2016-05-07.
  2. "Listing 1014277". Antenna Structure Registration database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Listing 1014132". Antenna Structure Registration database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. Kemme, Steve (August 30, 1991). "High-rise tower going up despite neighbors' protests". The Cincinnati Enquirer (East ed.). p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "WSTR Upgrades Power, Signal Strength". TVNewsCheck. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  6. Facility details for Facility ID 11204 (WSTR-TV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  7. WREW in the FCC FM station database
  8. WGRR in the FCC FM station database
  9. WYGY in the FCC FM station database
  10. WRRM in the FCC FM station database
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