The CBC Tower, also known as the WesTower Transmission Tower, was a guyed mast (now after its reconstruction) for FM and TV transmission located atop Mont-Carmel near Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. The tower was built in 1972 and it served for several decades as Quebec's primary CBC transmission point and also served several radio and television stations for the Trois-Rivières market. In 2001, the tower was destroyed in a tragic but bizarre set of circumstances when a single-prop plane crashed into the tower necessitating its demolition and reconstruction. At the time it was the tallest known explosives demolition of a structure in recorded history.
In July 2003 a new mast was built on the same spot using the same base. It broadcasts at over double the radiated power of the original - from 4,386 watts to 9,300 watts. The main tower height is the same as the original at . The antenna on the top was originally and is now a few feet shorter at .
See also
- List of masts