WECT tower

Template:Short description Template:Use American English The WECT Tower was a 2,000 ft (609.6m)-tall<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> mast used as antenna for TV-broadcasting, including broadcasting the analog television signal of WECT channel 6. It was built in 1969 and was situated along NC 53 south of White Lake in Colly Township in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. Before demolition, WECT Tower was, along with several other masts, the seventh tallest man-made structure ever created; and was not only the tallest structure in North Carolina, but also the tallest in the United States east of the Mississippi River.Template:Citation needed

On September 8, 2008, WECT ceased regular transmission of their analog signal from the Bladen County tower, relying instead on its newer digital transmitter in Winnabow.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the switch, the analog signal remained on air until the end of September as a "Nightlight", broadcasting an instructional video explaining installation of converters and UHF antennas,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>WECT Airs DTV Instructional Video, TVNEWSDAY, Sep 22, 2008</ref> but many who were able to receive WECT's former VHF analog signal would no longer be able to receive the station at all digitally,<ref>Early Digital-TV Switch Has Flaw: Viewers Could Lose Certain Channels on Permanent Basis, Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008, cited here Template:Webarchive.</ref> due to a shift to a UHF channel and a vastly smaller coverage area.<ref>FCC Looking For Lost Channels In Digital TV Switch, September 16, 2008</ref>

WECT continued to utilize the former analog tower for electronic news-gathering purposes before donating the tower and Template:Convert site to the Green Beret Foundation in 2011. On September 20, 2012 at 12:47 PM, the tower was demolished with explosives to be scrapped.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Proceeds from the sale of the land and the scrap metal of the tower will go to the foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• WECT
• List of masts
• List of tallest structures
• List of towers, Table of masts

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