For those of you outside the metro Little Rock area, it may come as news to you that the KATV(ABC affiliate) channel 7's 2000 foot tower collapsed as tower crews were doing maintenance on the guy wires. KATV's tower is at Redfield, AR same town where the KAAY 3 tower directional array is located. (down the road a piece) Most of the TV stations in Little Rock have their towers on a mountain near Little Rock. KATV is actually licensed to Pine Bluff/Little Rock and used to maintain a small studio in Pine Bluff. That was long ago closed and most people including those in Pine Bluff, have forgotten the Pine Bluff part of the license.
I learned about it from Issac Wingfield who lives in California. Here in Alma, AR, Little Rock might as well be in another state. We ignore Little Rock and they ignore us, even though it is the state capitol.
(message to WAND-TV Decatur, IL: Go out and check the guy wires and don't stand under the tower. WAND with Lin Carl as manager, built a tower over 2000 feet and I moved from KAAY to WAND to be an area salesman.
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