KDUH-TV Mast Hemingford
The KDUH-TV Mast was a 599-meter-high (1,965 ft)[1] guyed mast built in 1969 for TV transmitting at Hemingford, Nebraska, in the US, at 42°10′21″N 103°13′59″W / 42.17250°N 103.23306°W. The tower broadcast KDUH-TV of Scottsbluff, a semi-satellite of Rapid City, South Dakota-based KOTA-TV.
The tower collapsed on September 24, 2002, during reconstruction work. Two tower workers, Lawrence A. Sukalec, 59, of Valier, Illinois, and Daniel E. Goff, 25, of Sesser, Illinois, were killed in the process, and three were injured on the ground.[1] The collapse occurred as strengthening measures were being taken so the 30+ year-old tower could accommodate the added weight of digital television transmission facilities. Investigations later found that the contractors neglected to stabilize the tower while original structural components were being replaced with stronger ones.[1]
KDUH-TV resumed full-power broadcasts one year later from the new Duhamel Broadcasting Tower Angora, near Angora, Nebraska.
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Investigation of the September 24, 2002, Collapse of the 1965-foot High KDUH-TV Antenna Tower in Hemingford, Nebraska" (PDF). Occupational Safety and Health Administration. March 2003. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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- "Listing 1026675". Antenna Structure Registration database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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