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KCTV Broadcast Tower

KCTV Tower is a 1,042-foot high freestanding steel lattice tower located at East 31st Street on Union Hill in , United States. It was built in 1956 for KCMO-TV, which has been broadcast from the mast since its completion.
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Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: communications tower in Kansas City, US
  • Also known as: “KCMO TV Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National World War I Museum and Memorial and Kansas City Union Station.

Park
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The is located in , United States. Opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial, it was designated by the United States Congress in 2004 as the country's official and dedicated to World War I.

Railway station
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is a union station that opened in 1914, serving , and the . It replaced a small Union Depot built in 1878. is situated 1 mile north of KCTV Broadcast Tower.

Historic building
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The in is a two-story Tapestry Brick building designed by prominent Kansas City architect Nelle E. Peters in 1922. is situated 3,500 feet east of KCTV Broadcast Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hospital Hill and Westport.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood is located between 22nd Street to 25th Street and Gillham Road to Troost Avenue.

Suburb
Photo: Iknowthegoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in . In the early 19th century, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal missionary Reverend Isaac McCoy, who brought his son John Calvin McCoy as surveyor, and his son-in-law Reverend Johnston Lykins who bought the land.

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is a major metropolitan area that spreads across the border of and . It is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists.

KCTV Broadcast Tower

Latitude
39.07068° or 39° 4′ 15″ north
Longitude
-94.58262° or 94° 34′ 57″ west
Elevation
1,004 feet (306 metres)
Open location code
86F73CC8+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1349416892
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q104902931
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“KCTV Broadcast Tower” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “KCTV-toren”
  • Dutch: “KCTV-Tower”
  • German: “KCTV-Tower”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ludo’s and Buttonwood Artspace And Framing.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “KCTV Broadcast Tower”. Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.