WTVY-TV Tower

The WTVY-TV Tower is a very tall structure, measuring 1,849 feet (563 meters), located in Bethlehem, Florida. It was built in 1978 by WTVY channel 4, which was a CBS station in Dothan, Alabama. This tower is not only the tallest structure in Florida but also the highest point in the entire state, standing 1,983 feet (604 meters) above sea level.

Before this tall tower was built, WTVY used a shorter tower that was 1,209 feet (368.5 meters) high, located about 5 miles east of Dothan in the Webb community. That older tower still serves WTVY-FM today. The new, taller tower allows WTVY-TV to send out its signal in all directions for about 80 miles. This means many people in the Florida panhandle, parts of southern Alabama, and southwestern Georgia can watch their broadcasts.

Later, in 1988, another radio station called WDJR-FM placed its antenna about halfway up the tower, at the 1,500-foot (457-meter) mark. However, they had to move it because of weight problems, especially after the switch to digital TV and when WTVY added another antenna. In 2013, a new television station named WRGX, which is a sister station to WTVY and broadcasts NBC programs, also started using the tower at the same 1,500-foot level.