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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Famous quotes containing the words radio and/or towers:
“The radio ... goes on early in the morning and is listened to at all hours of the day, until nine, ten and often eleven o’clock in the evening. This is certainly a sign that the grown-ups have infinite patience, but it also means that the power of absorption of their brains is pretty limited, with exceptions, of course—I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. One or two news bulletins would be ample per day! But the old geese, well—I’ve said my piece!”
—Anne Frank (1929–1945)
“Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is o’er the mountain-waves,
Her home is on the deep.”
—Thomas Campbell (1774–1844)