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The WECT Tower was a -tall 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, USA. 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. 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.〔(WECT engineer says Big Switch took some improvisation, Si Cantwell, Wilmington Star-News, September 27, 2008 )〕 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,〔(WECT - Big Switch Minute: Answering your questions, August 13, 2008 )〕〔(WECT Airs DTV Instructional Video, TVNEWSDAY, Sep 22, 2008 )〕 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,〔(Early Digital-TV Switch Has Flaw: Viewers Could Lose Certain Channels on Permanent Basis, Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008 ), cited (here ).〕 due to a shift to a UHF channel and a vastly smaller coverage area.〔(FCC Looking For Lost Channels In Digital TV Switch, September 16, 2008 )〕 WECT continued to utilize the former analog tower for electronic news-gathering purposes before donating the tower and site to the (Green Beret Foundation ) in 2011. On September 20, 2012, the tower was demolished to be scrapped.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demolition crews take down 2,000 ft. TV tower )〕 Proceeds from the sale of the land and the scrap metal of the tower will go to the foundation.〔(Fayetteville Observer: "Steel from demolition of TV tower in Bladen County to help [http://greenberetfoundation.org/ Green Beret Foundation]", September 21, 2012. )〕 ==See also== *WECT *List of masts *List of towers, Table of masts 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WECT tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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