Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas (also known as aerials) for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures. Similar structures include electricity pylons and towers for wind turbines.
Masts are usually named after the broadcasting organisations that use them, or after a nearby city or town.
The Warsaw Radio Mast was the world's tallest supported structure on land, but it collapsed on August 8, 1991, leaving the KVLY/KTHI-TV mast as the tallest.
In the case of a mast radiator or radiating tower, the whole mast or tower is itself the transmitting antenna.
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