Ostankino Tower
At the time of its completion it was one of the ten tallest freestanding structure in the world behind only the Ostankino Tower, Empire State building, Tokyo Tower, WITI TV Tower, Eiffel Tower, WHDH-TV tower, Chrysler building and the KCTV Broadcast Tower. The construction of tower was financed by GE, which also provided the original channel 17 transmitter. The tower was completed in 1967 and the first broadcast from the tower came on September 1, 1967, under the WJRJ-TV call letters, operating on UHF channel 17. The towers height gave Channel 17 a strong signal boost which greatly helped UHF broadcasts as this era featured low-sensitivity tuners and lousy antennas.