Famous TV and Radio Towers Around the World

The towers and masts that carry radio and television, from the steel lattices of the early wireless age to the concrete giants of the digital switchover. The test for a place here is simple: the structure has to have been built for broadcasting or still carry transmitters today, so observation towers with no broadcast role are left out. The photos run in order of completion, which makes it easy to watch the engineering change from riveted iron to guyed steel masts, then to reinforced concrete shafts with restaurants and viewing decks wrapped around the antennas. Heights are to the antenna tip unless a caption says otherwise.