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Located 3.5 miles northeast of Galesburg, North Dakota (at 47° 15' 45" N, 97° 20' 27" W), it was completed in 1966, to replace the station's previous mast, a 1,085-foot tower 15 miles northeast of Valley City, North Dakota which was sold to KOVC , an FM radio station.
The tower has fallen and been rebuilt twice. The first collapse occurred at 9:08 A.M. February 14, 1968 when the rotor of a Marine helicopter severed some guy wires (all four aboard the helicopter were killed in the mishap). The television station was off the air for eight days, finally resuming broadcasts from their previous (KOVC) tower. A replacement mast of the same height as the one destroyed was completed in four and a half months.
The second tower fell during an ice storm which hit the area on April 6, 1997, subjecting it to wind gusts of 70mph and causing at least four inches of ice to accumulate on the structure, resulting in the structure's failure at 6:09 P.M.. Cable programming was resumed by 8:34 and broadcasts by 3 P.M. the following afternoon through coordination with other affiliates; a 735-foot (224m) temporary tower was completed and resumed broadcasts by July 10. This tower still stands next to the full-height mast.
Work began on replacement of the full-height tower with a more durably-built structure on April 1, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, and had reached the tower's previous height by July 30July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. Events 1608 At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shot two Iroquois chiefs to death. This was to set the tone for Fren. That day members of the construction crew affixed a four-foot flagpole to the top of the tower, making the structure's height effectively 2064', or one foot higher than the KVLY mast (the flagpole was later removed). Broadcasting for Channel 4 was switched to the new mast on August 15August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. Events 778 The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed 1517 First European connection with China seven Portuguese armed vessels le.
The antenna transmits at 97.7 kWPower kilowatt (symbol: kW is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. See also Orders of magnitude (power) Entertainment Kilowatt is a name of a recording by a Jazz performer, Kazumi Watanabe. See Kilowatt (album) Units of power. for CBS affiliate KXJB -TV of Valley City; the station and tower are owned by Catamount Broadcasting of FargoFargo is a city located in Cass County in the US state of North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 90,599. It is the county seat of Cass County 6. It is also the largest city in North Dakota. General Information The United S.
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