We talk with a man who used to spend his lunch breaks watching our original 500 foot tower behind our station in Eau Claire get built, back in 1953.

When our WEAU broadcast tower fell it wasn't just an emotional day for us, the tower has guided generations of people in the Fairchild area.

We are back transmitting with our 2,000 foot WEAU broadcast tower.

It has been a long journey with a lot of hard work and cooperation with our competitors but Wednesday the switch on our new WEAU broadcast tower was ceremoniously flipped.

At long last, the rebuilt WEAU tower could begin broadcasting its UHF signal by the beginning of the new year.

the WEAU transmission tower is now at 1792 feet.

The new WEAU transmission tower now stands at 1612 feet.

Winds are slowing the progression upward of the new WEAU transmission tower.

WEAU's transmission tower reached 1342 feet on Thursday.

This week steel will reach the halfway point, despite some weather issues.

A day many have been anticipating, especially WEAU, has arrived! The first part of our new transmission tower now reaches toward the sky.

NEW photos from Tower Construction

We will stop transmitting on 18.3 on August 1, so viewers should re-scan televisions and converter boxes to continue receiving our signal.

Harris Broadcast Communications and WQOW-TV assist in putting station back on the air

Images of the tower, after it collapsed.

WAXX 104.5 has announced its plans for the future following the collapse of the tower in Fairchild that it shared with WEAU.

Our tower has been around since 1966 and many of you are posting fond memories to our facebook page and right here on weau.com. Many people living in the area say during the last few decades our tower has literally served as a beacon of light for them.