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WKRQ-FM Tower
The WKRQ Tower as seen in relation to the Cincinnati Skyline, it is the lattice tower on the left hand side of the image directly behind the Carew Tower. The lattice tower further to the left is the WCPO TV Tower
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Steel lattice television tower
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°06′59″N 84°30′07″W / 39.11639°N 84.50194°W / 39.11639; -84.50194
Completed	early 1960s
Height	294.6 m (967 ft)

The WKRQ Tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WKRQ and WKRC-TV as well as several other radio stations located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tower was built in the early 1960s a period when numerous tall free standing steel lattice towers were being built across the United States including the WCPO TV Tower, the Turner Broadcasting Tower, the WHDH-TV Tower and the WITI TV Tower. The tower stands 294.6 m (967 ft) tall and WKRC's nickname in the 1960s was "Tall 12", a reference to the station's tower which is the tallest in Cincinnati.

The WKRQ Tower remains the tallest freestanding structure in Cincinnati to this day and one of four that rise above 900 feet in the city.

Stations

Radio

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

Television

TV stations that transmit from WKRQ Tower include the following:

See also

• Lattice tower
• List of tallest freestanding steel structures

References

1. "FCCInfo Structure Registration Results".
2. Friedman, Jim (2007). Cincinnati Television. Arcadia. ISBN 9780738551692.
3. "Urban database" (PDF). uc.edu. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
4. "ASR Registration 1019014".
5. "Cincinnati". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "Radio stations in Cincinnati, OH". worldradiomap.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

• Lattice towers
• Towers completed in the 1960s
• Radio masts and towers in Ohio
• Buildings and structures in Cincinnati