Helicopter replaces antenna on WSB-TV tower near BeltLine
The operation went off without a hitch, and now a brand-new, 7,200-pound antenna towers above the city. The new antenna is 50-feet long, so the tower now stands 915-feet tall.
www.wsbtv.comthe WSB-TV Tower is a 327.6-meter guyed mast in the Old Fourth Ward near Freedom Parkway and the Historic Fourth Ward Park skate park; built in 1950, and was at completion the tallest guyed mast tower in the U.S. when finished. Triangular in cross section, it transmits for WSB-TV and others and other frequencies. A 2019 helicopter-assisted replacement lifted the antenna. raising height to about 915 feet to enhance broadcast reach.