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.[2] 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,[3][4] 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,[5] due to a shift to a UHF channel and a vastly smaller coverage area.[6]
WECT continued to utilize the former analog tower for electronic news-gathering purposes before donating the tower and 77-acre (31 ha) 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.[7] Proceeds from the sale of the land and the scrap metal of the tower will go to the foundation.[8]
wect, tower, wect, tower, 2175, 663m, tall, mast, used, antenna, broadcasting, including, broadcasting, analog, television, signal, wect, channel, built, 1969, situated, along, south, white, lake, colly, township, bladen, county, north, carolina, united, state. The WECT Tower was a 2175 ft 663m tall 1 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 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 2 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 3 4 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 5 due to a shift to a UHF channel and a vastly smaller coverage area 6 WECT continued to utilize the former analog tower for electronic news gathering purposes before donating the tower and 77 acre 31 ha 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 7 Proceeds from the sale of the land and the scrap metal of the tower will go to the foundation 8 See also editWECT List of masts List of tallest structures List of towers Table of mastsReferences edit ASR Registration 1006713 Federal Communications Commission Retrieved September 20 2019 WECT engineer says Big Switch took some improvisation Si Cantwell Wilmington Star News September 27 2008 WECT Big Switch Minute Answering your questions August 13 2008 WECT Airs DTV Instructional Video TVNEWSDAY Sep 22 2008 Early Digital TV Switch Has Flaw Viewers Could Lose Certain Channels on Permanent Basis Wall Street Journal September 17 2008 cited here FCC Looking For Lost Channels In Digital TV Switch September 16 2008 Demolition crews take down 2 000 ft TV tower WECT 20 September 2012 Retrieved 2012 09 20 Fayetteville Observer Steel from demolition of TV tower in Bladen County to help http greenberetfoundation org Green Beret Foundation September 21 2012 Archived from the original on November 1 2012 Retrieved September 22 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a External link in code class cs1 code title code help External links edit Listing 1006713 Antenna Structure Registration database U S Federal Communications Commission Skyscraper Page diagrams WECT TV6 Tower at Structurae 34 34 40 N 78 26 30 W 34 5778 N 78 4417 W 34 5778 78 4417 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WECT tower amp oldid 1209712866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
