A weather beacon is a

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that indicates the local

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in a

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of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or

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accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to

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s. The beacons are most commonly owned by

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companies and television stations and are part of advertising and

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programs. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation. In addition to displaying weather forecasts, some weather beacons have been used to signal victory or defeat for a professional sports home team.

History

Precursors

In 1898 on the orders of U.S. President

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s were installed along the coast of the United States. In 1936, the ''Weather Girl'' sculptures were installed in City Hall Square in

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. In 1938,

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designed a

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billboard with a weather forecast display at

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Weather beacons

The first attempt to create a weather beacon as a form of advertising was from Douglas Leigh, who, in 1941, arranged a lighting scheme for the

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to display a weather forecast code with a decoder to be packaged with Coca-Cola bottles. The plan was never implemented because of the

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later that year. Leigh resurrected his idea in

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in October 1949 with the Northwestern National Bank Weatherball. In Australia, the

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insurance company installed weather beacons atop its buildings in 1957 and 1958. Weather beacons were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s.

Similar devices

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* ''Harbinger'' at The Met Condos, Toronto, is a colored beacon on the roof that indicates the current

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. *

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List of weather beacons

Australia

* New South Wales ** St. George Co-operative Building Society,

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(16 March 1973 − ????) ** MLC Building, 105 North Miller Street,

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(31 December 1957 − ????) **

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, Sydney * Queensland **

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Building (MLC Building), 239 George Street,

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(1976 – 6pm, 26 November 2007) ** Old MLC Building, 243 Edward Street, Brisbane (28 July 1958 – ????; non-functioning) * South Australia ** MLC Building (now Beacon House),

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(June 1958 – December 1979) * Victoria ** Carlton & United Brewery, Abbotsford (May 1958 − ????) **

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(formerly MLC), 303 Collins Street, Melbourne (1973 – ????; non-functioning) ** 888 Collins Street, Melbourne (2016 − present) * Western Australia ** MLC Building (now Kingsgate Apartments), 171

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(October 1957 – ????; dismantled)

Austria

* Wetterleuchtturm,

Ringturm Ringturm (Ring Tower) is a prominent skyscraper in Vienna, Austria, and is the headquarters of the Vienna Insurance Group. It was built from 1953 to 1955 after a design by Erich Boltenstern at the Schottenring (Vienna), Schottenring. The tower is ...

, Vienna

Belgium

* '' Who's afraid of Red, Green and Blue: Weather Tower'', Dexia Tower, Brussels (22 October 2007 – 22 December 2007)

Canada

* Capilano Brewery, 1550 Burrard Street,

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(1953 − ????) * White Rose weather beacon, 570 Portage Avenue,

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(25 June 1964 − ????) *

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* Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ontario (9 August 1951 – present) * Canada Life, 505

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Ouest,

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, Quebec (12 April 1956 – January 1976) * The Plains Hotel,

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(???? − 2011)

Denmark

* '' vejrpigen'' (''Weather Girl''), Richshuset,

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(1936 − present) * ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Havneholmen, Copenhagen Havneholmen () is a mixed-use development located on reclaimed land off Kalvebod Brygge in the harbor of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just east of the shopping centre Fisketorvet from which it is separated by a narrow canal, although it is ...

(2009 − present)

Finland

Näsinneula tower Näsinneula (; ) is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970–1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski. It is the tallest free-standing structure in Finland and at present the tallest observati ...

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

Germany

* Wettersäule

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Japan

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, Osaka

Norway

* ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Sweden

* ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

* Light Towers Project (Coventry Point, Mercia House, Hillman House),

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* Castlemilk Lighting Project,

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* Empire Square Tower,

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United States

* Arizona **

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, Phoenix (1960 − February 1969 on The Arizona Bank; March 1969 − ????; dismantled) * California ** Mattei Building (formerly Guarantee Savings),

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(1965 – 1994) ** ABC10 Weather Tower,

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(24 August 2001 – 2014; non-functioning) ** One Rincon Hill South Tower,

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(8 December 2008 – present) * Colorado ** National Farmers Union, 1575 Sherman Street,

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(1956 − 1970; dismantled) * Florida ** Mercantile National Bank, 420 Lincoln Road,

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(23 February 1957 − ????; dismantled) ** American Federal Savings and Loan Association weather ball, Fidelity Storage building, 53 W. Jackson St.,

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(1963 – 1974; dismantled) ** First Federal Savings & Loan, Fourth Street and Central Avenue,

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(1953 – 6 April 1970; dismantled) * Illinois ** Weather Bell, Bell Federal Savings (now

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), 79 West Monroe Street,

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(???? − present) *** Bell Federal Savings branch office, 180 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago (???? − 1996; dismantled) **

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Thermometer,

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, Chicago (1964 – 1978; dismantled) **

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weather beacon, State Bank Center, 50 West Douglas Street,

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(1974 − ????; dismantled) * Iowa **

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(1960 − 1973, 1988 − 2012; non-functioning) ** American Trust Tower,

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(1975 − present) **

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Weather Ball, Terra Centre,

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(1995–present) ** KVTV/KCAU-TV Weather Ball, Badgerow Building, Sioux City (1961–1973) ** National Bank of Waterloo, 315 East Fifth Street,

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(???? − ????; dismantled) * Kentucky **

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Weather Lights, Cincinnati

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, Covington ** ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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, Lexington (2016 − present) * Louisiana ** Falstaff Brewery Weather Ball, 2601 Gravier St,

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(1 August 1952 – 7 December 1978; 2008 – present) * Massachusetts **

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(15 March 1950 – present) * Michigan ** Citizens Bank (currently

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) Weatherball,

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(30 October 1956 – present) ** 13 Weatherball,

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(August 1967 – 1987 as

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; 2003 – present) * Minnesota ** KCCO Weatherball, 8th Ave E & Hawthorne St., Alexandria (???? − March 2006) **

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Weather Beacon, 331 W. Superior Street,

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** Northwestern National Bank Weatherball,

(7 October 1949 – 25 November 1982; dismantled) *** Nicollet Island/East Bank branch office, 430 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) *** Riverside branch office, 401 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 3006

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, Minneapolis (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 111 E. 3rd Street, Hastings (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 206 E. Hickory Street, Mankato (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 109 N. 1st Street, Montevideo (dismantled) *** Rochester branch office, 15 2nd Street, SW, Rochester (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 360 Robert Street N, Saint Paul (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 24 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids (15 September 1961 − ????; dismantled) **

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Weather Watcher,

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, Minneapolis (29 November 2013 − present) * Missouri ** Business Men's Assurance Company (BMA) weather beacon, 215 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City (dismantled) **

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(1970s − 2001) ** Terra Cotta Lofts (formerly occupied by the Missouri State Life Insurance Company and later the

General American Life Insurance Company MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), better known as MetLife, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, w ...

), 1501 Locust Street,

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

(1956 – 1979; non-functioning) **State Bank of Wellston, Wellston (1954 − 16 May 2014; dismantled) * Montana ** Midland Bank (now US Bank Tower), 303 N. Broadway,

Billings Billings is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billin ...

(dismantled) ** Union Bank (now Wells Fargo) Weatherball, 350 N. Last Chance Gulch,

Helena Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer * Saint Helena (disambiguation), this includes places Places Greece * Helena ...

(1959 − ????; dismantled) * Nebraska **

KMTV KMTV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has studios on Mockingbird Drive in southwest Omaha, and its transmitter is located on a "tower ...

Weather Tower, N. 72nd Street,

Omaha Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...

(non-functioning) * New Mexico ** KOBeacon,

KOB The kob (''Kobus kob'') is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along ...

Sandia Crest Sandia Crest, also known locally as Sandia Peak or simply as the Crest, is a mountain ridge that, at , is the highpoint of the Sandia–Manzano Mountains, and is located in the Sandia Mountains of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United State ...

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernal ...

(???? − 26 December 1966; non-functioning) * New York **

1740 Broadway 1740 Broadway (formerly the MONY Building or Mutual of New York Building) is a 26-story building on the east side of Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, between 55th Street (Manhattan), 55th and 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th Streets, in the Midtown ...

(formerly

MONY The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (also known as Mutual of New York or MONY) was the oldest continuous writer of insurance policies in the United States. Incorporated in 1842, it was headquartered at 1740 Broadway, before becoming a ...

(non-functioning) ** AXA Towers (MONY) Weatherstar,

Syracuse Syracuse most commonly refers to: * Syracuse, Sicily, Italy; in the province of Syracuse * Syracuse, New York, USA; in the Syracuse metropolitan area Syracuse may also refer to: Places * Syracuse railway station (disambiguation) Italy * Provi ...

* North Dakota ** KFYR, Provident Life building, Bismarck (1954 − present) * Ohio ** 12 WKRC Weather Beacon,

Chiquita Chiquita Brands International S.à.r.l. (), formerly known as United Fruit Co., is a Swiss company producing and distributing bananas and other produce. The company operates under subsidiary brand names, including the flagship Chiquita bran ...

Center,

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

(1987 – 1990s?) **

WKYC WKYC (channel 3) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. Its studios are located on Tom Beres Way (a section of Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland named after the station's lo ...

Weather Beacon,

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

(???? − present) * Oklahoma **

Liberty National Bank and Trust Bank One Corporation was an American bank founded in 1968 and at its peak the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2 ...

, Ramsey Tower/City Place,

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat ...

(6 April 1958 − ????; dismantled) ** National Bank of Tulsa Weather Teller,

320 South Boston Building The 320 South Boston Building (formerly known as the National Bank of Tulsa Building) is a 22-story skyscraper located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was originally constructed at the corner of Third Street and Boston Avenue as a ten-story he ...

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

(1 May 1967 −1973) * Oregon ** Standard Insurance Plaza, 1100 SW 6th Avenue,

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...

(1964 − present) ** ''

Weather Machine ''Weather Machine'' is a lumino kinetic bronze sculpture and columnar machine that serves as a weather beacon, displaying a weather prediction each day at noon. Designed and constructed by Omen Design Group Inc., the approximately sculpture ...

'',

Pioneer Courthouse Square Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, is a public space occupying a full city block in the center of Downtown Portland, downtown Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1984, the square is bound ...

, Portland (24 August 1988 − present) * Pennsylvania **

WJAC-TV WJAC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown– Altoona– State College market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which pro ...

Weather Beacon

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Metropolitan statistical area ...

(1963 – present) ** Handy Flame,

Equitable Gas EQT Corporation is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline transport. It is headquartered in EQT Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EQT is the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin with 19.802 ...

, 420 Boulevard of the Allies,

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

(12 March 1956 − 31 December 1972; dismantled) **

KDKA-TV KDKA-TV (channel 2), branded CBS Pittsburgh, is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations division alongside WPKD-TV (channel 19), a ...

Weather Beacon,

Gulf Tower The Gulf Tower is a 44-story, Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the city and is named for the Gulf Oil, Gulf Oil Corporation. Built as the headquar ...

, Pittsburgh (1955 – present)(Updated in 2012) **

WTAE-TV WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signe ...

Weather Cone,

Carnegie Science Center The Carnegie Science Center, soon to be The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center, is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Chateau neighborhood. It is located across the street from Acrisure ...

, Pittsburgh (2000 – present) **

Berks County Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. The ...

Courthouse, 633 Court Street,

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifacete ...

(???? − 1995) * South Dakota **

KELO-TV KELO-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus (as an owned-and-operated station). The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios o ...

weatherball, Sherman Hotel,

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

(dismantled) ** KDLO-TV weatherball, Marvin Hughitt Hotel, 375 Dakota S.,

Huron Huron may refer to: Native American ethnography * Huron people, who have been called Wyandotte, Wyandot, Wendat and Quendat * Huron language, an Iroquoian language * Huron-Wendat Nation, or Huron-Wendat First Nation, or Nation Huronne-Wendat * N ...

(6 April 1960 − ????; dismantled) ** First National Bank,

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

** KELO weatherball, 100 North Phillips Avenue,

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 117th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into northern Lincoln County. The population was 192 ...

(dismantled) ** National Bank of South Dakota (now

US Bank U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American multinational financial services firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota and incorporated in Delaware. It is the List of largest banks in the United States, 5th-largest ban ...

), 141 N. Main Avenue, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** East Branch, East 10th & Omaha, Sioux Falls (dismantled) *** South Branch, 33rd & Minnesota, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** Sunset Branch, West 41st & Louise Avenue (dismantled) ** KDLO weatherball tower, 421 9th Av SE, Watertown (dismantled) **

KXLG KXLG (99.1 FM) is a radio station serving the Watertown, South Dakota area (licensed to serve Milbank, South Dakota). The station is owned by TMRG Broadcasting, LLC. It airs soft adult contemporary music to fill time between local business adver ...

Weatherball, 835 Jensen Avenue, Watertown (22 May 2014 − present) * Tennessee ** Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Maclellan Building, 721 Broad Street,

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

(12 January 1952 – ????; dismantled) **

Life & Casualty Tower The Life & Casualty Tower (also known as the L & C Tower) is a skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee located at 401 Church Street. It stands 152.5 meters (409 ft) and has 30 floors. It was designed by Edwin A. Keeble, with structural engineer ...

Nashville Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

(non-functioning) * Texas ** WNL Weather Tower, Western National Life Insurance, 205 SE 10th Avenue, Amarillo (dismantled) ** Mercantile Weather Tower,

Mercantile National Bank Building The Mercantile National Bank Building (known colloquially as The Merc) is a 31-story, skyscraper at 1800 Main Street in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the former home of the Mercantile National Bank, which later bec ...

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

(1958–1993; 12 February 2008 – present) **

Blue Flame Building The Blue Flame Building or the El Paso Natural Gas Company Building is a skyscraper in El Paso, Texas. It was briefly the tallest building in El Paso upon its completion in 1954. The building housed the El Paso Natural Gas, El Paso Natural Gas Com ...

, 100 North Stanton Street,

El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

(26 March 1955 – ????; 27 July 2021 – present) ** Texas National Bank/

Conoco Conoco ( ), formerly known as Continental Oil, is an American Petroleum industry, petroleum brand that is operating under the current ownership of the Phillips 66 Company since 2012 and is headquartered in the Westchase, Houston, Westchase neigh ...

Weather Eye, Travis Tower, 1300 Main Street,

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

(17 October 1955 – 1964; removed September 1970) ** Alamo National Bank weather spire (now Drury Plaza Hotel), 105 S. St. Mary's Street,

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

(non-functioning) * Utah ** Ford's Finance & Insurance, 2627 Washington Boulevard,

Ogden Ogden may refer to: Places Canada *Ogden, Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta *Ogden, Quebec, a small municipality in the Eastern Townships * Ogdensville, British Columbia or Ogden City, alternate names for gold rush-era Seymour Arm, British Columbia *Og ...

(???? − ????; dismantled) **

KSL-TV KSL-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the flagship television property of locally based Bonneville International, the for-profit broadcasting arm of the Church of Jesus C ...

5 Eyewitness Weather Tower, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City (1999 − present) ** KTVX Weather Ball, 2175 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City (???? − present) ** Walker Center, 175 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City (1953 – 1982; 2008 – present) * Virginia ** Newmarket Shopping Center, Newport News, Virginia, Newport News (1953 − ????; dismantled) * Wisconsin ** Weather Beacon, H. C. Prange Co., 301 N. Washington Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay (26 September 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather Flame, Wisconsin Gas Building, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee (1956 – 1973, 1985 − present) ** Oshkosh National Bank, 300 N. Main Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh (9 May 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather 9, WAOW, 1908 Grand Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau (1965 − present)

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