Hearst-Argyle Tower is the common name for the guyed tower used for TV broadcasting at Walnut Grove, California

Walnut Grove, California

Walnut Grove is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, USA at 38°15′52"N 121°29′25.6"W. From 1985 to 2002 Hearst-Argyle Television owned the tower and site, and they remain a tenant, but in May 2002 ownership was transferred to Richland Towers.

The tower is 2000 ft or 609.6 m high and was finished in 1985. Close to it there are two masts of similar height, the KXTV/KOVR Tower

KXTV/KOVR Tower

The KXTV/KOVR tower is a guyed communication tower in Walnut Grove, California, United States that rises to 2,049 feet in height. Built in 2000, it is the tallest structure in California, the 4th tallest guyed mast in the world , and the 6th tallest structure to ever have existed if the destroyed...

 and the Channel 40 Tower

KTXL

KTXL, channel 40, is a Fox Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station in Sacramento, California, owned by the Tribune Company. Its studios and offices are located in South Sacramento, and its transmitter is near Walnut Grove, California.-History:...

.

Current Tenants

• KCRA Ch. 3 (analog primary)

• KMAX
  KMAX-TV
  KMAX-TV, channel 31, is the CW affiliate serving the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, California broadcast area. The station is owned by CBS Television Stations along with the local CBS station, KOVR; the two stations are two of the 3 English network O&Os in the market, along with Ion Television...
  
  Ch. 31 (analog)
• KMAX Ch. 21 (digital)

• KQCA Ch. 46 (digital)

• KSPX Ch. 48 (digital)

See also

• List of masts, Table of masts
• Tallest structures in the U.S.
• List of the world's tallest structures

External links

• http://www.richlandtowers.com/OpenHouse/OpenHouseDisplay.asp?p1=11&p9=I&Cat=119
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7098
• http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051111.html