# Star Tower

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

## History

In 1988, Hoker Broadcasting Company, then owner of [WOFX-FM](/source/WOFX-FM) and [WSTR-TV](/source/WSTR-TV) ("Star 64"), purchased a site in College Hill from a developer who had planned to build [self-storage](/source/Self-storage) lockers. It was registered with [FCC](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Omnidirectional_antenna)[5] atop Star Tower continues to transmit WSTR-TV,[6] while a number of FM radio stations, including [WREW](/source/WREW),[7] [WGRR](/source/WGRR),[8] and [WYGY](/source/WYGY)[9] also broadcast from the tower. [WRRM](/source/WRRM)[10] has a backup antenna located on this tower; their primary is on the [WXIX](/source/WXIX) tower closer to the center of Cincinnati.[8]

### Television

TV stations that transmit from Star Tower include the following:

Callsign Virtual Channel Physical Channel Affiliation WSTR-TV 64 18 MyNetworkTV

### Radio

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

Callsign Frequency Format Owner WREW 94.9 Adult Contemporary Hubbard Broadcasting WYGY 97.3 Country Hubbard Broadcasting WRRM 98.5 Adult Contemporary Cumulus Media WGRR 103.5 Classic Hits Cumulus Media

## See also

- [Lattice tower](/source/Lattice_tower)
- [List of tallest freestanding steel structures](/source/List_of_tallest_freestanding_steel_structures)
- [List of famous transmission sites](/source/List_of_famous_transmission_sites)

## References

1. ["Cincinnati | EMPORIS"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160507115544/http://www.emporis.com/city/101314/cincinnati-oh-usa/status/all-buildings). Archived from [the original](https://www.emporis.com/city/101314/cincinnati-oh-usa/status/all-buildings) on 2016-05-07.

1. Kemme, Steve (August 30, 1991). ["High-rise tower going up despite neighbors' protests"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106746658/). *[The Cincinnati Enquirer](/source/The_Cincinnati_Enquirer)*. East ed. p. E7. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["WSTR Upgrades Power, Signal Strength"](http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/09/24/daily.5/). *TVNewsCheck*. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-27.

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