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Munich-Stadelheim , November
wood lattice 75 m Storm Two towers snapped off 25 metres above ground
Germany 23, 1930
tower
Free standing
October 10,
Langenberg , Germany wood lattice 150 m Tornado Replaced by triangle antenna
1935
tower
21
Liechtenstein-
November Storm
Haberfeld transmitter
1938
Utbremen Radio Free standing
Tower, Bremen , 1939 wood lattice 90 m Lightning Replaced by steel tower
Germany tower
Radio Normandie
Transmitter, Tower November Free standing
113 m Storm [3]
West, Fécamp , 7, 1940 lattice tower
France
Guyed steel tube
Langenberg , Germany 1949 51 m Storm 2 masts of a triangle aerial
mast
Schwerin-
Möwenburgstrasse February Guyed steel
120 m Storm
transmitter, Schwerin , 10, 1949 lattice mast
Germany
Hamburg-Billwerder , December Guyed steel
198 m Storm Partial destruction of a guyed mast under construction
Germany 1949 lattice mast
November Guyed steel tube Aircraft Former Michigan Governor Kim Sigler . who was piloting the plane, and
Augusta, Michigan
30, 1953 mast collision three passengers were killed.
Nicosia , Cyprus 1955 Sabotage Destroyed by EOKA rebels
WOAI, Selma (San Guyed steel Aircraft
1957/1958 100 m http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/WOAI_San_Antonio_Texas
Antonio), USA lattice mast collision

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January, Guyed steel tube

Ochsenkopf , Germany 50 m Icing Replaced by concrete tower
1958 mast
KOBR-TV Tower ,
Guyed lattice
Caprock, New Mexico , 1960 490.7 m Storm Replaced by new mast of same height
steel mast
USA
LORAN-C transmitter
Carolina Beach, Tower buckled at 2/3 of height. Tower carried radials on its top although it
1961 Lattice Tower 190.5 m Storm
Carolina Beach, North was not designed for them.
Carolina, USA
Villebon-sur-Yvette , December Guyed steel
 ? Terrorism
France 10, 1961 lattice mast
LORAN-C transmitter
Guyed steel
Ejde, Ejde, Faroe 1962 190.5 m Material fault Slip of guy
lattice mast
Islands
KGW Tower, Portland, October 12, Guyed steel
~180 m Storm Columbus Day Storm
Oregon, USA 1962 lattice mast
Angissq LORAN-C
July 27, Guyed steel
transmitter, Angissq, 411.48 m Material fault Replaced by 704 ft (214 m) tall mast radiator
1964 lattice mast
Greenland
Yap LORAN-C Collapsed
Guyed steel
transmitter, Yap 1964 304.8 m during
lattice mast
Island, Micronesia construction
Iwo Jima LORAN-C Guyed steel Maintenance The collapsing mast also destroyed the transmitter building. 6 persons were
1965 411.48 m
transmitter, Japan lattice mast work killed.
Mast collapsed
SES8 Tower , Mount Guyed steel
1965 200 m during guy wire
Burr, South Australia, lattice mast
tension testing
KXJB-TV mast , North February Guyed steel Helicopter
627.89 m
Dakota, USA 14, 1966 lattice mast collision
WLBT Tower , March 3, Guyed steel
487.6 m F5 Tornado Replaced with 609.3 m tower which collapsed in 1997
Raymond, Mississippi 1966 lattice
XHI-TV Tower,
September Hurricane
Ciudad Obregón ,  ? 200 m Replaced with a temporary Antenna and moved to Yucuribampo Hill
28, 1966 Kristen
Mexico
WNBC-AM and
WCBS-AM tower, August 27, Guyed lattice Aircraft
161 m http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/WOAI_San_Antonio_Texas
High Island, New 1967 steel mast collision
York, USA
Storm: high
winds causing
Guyed tubular
Waltham mast , UK 1967 290 m oscillations in
steel mast
the mast
structure
KELO TV Tower , Airplane
June 24, Guyed steel
Rowena, South 609.6 m collision during
1968 lattice mast
Dakota, USA thunderstorm
Collapse due to
WAEO Tower , Starks, November Guyed steel
524.25 m plane collision
Wisconsin, USA 17, 1968 lattice mast
with guy wire
January 17,
Marnach , Luxembourg  ?  ?  ?
1969
Emley Moor , Great March 19, Guyed tubular
385 m Ice Replaced by 330.4 m free-standing concrete tower
Britain 1969 steel mast
Lightning
July 12, Guyed steel (Destruction of
Orlunda , Sweden 250 m
1970 lattice mast basement
insulator)
KOIN-TV Transmitter
February Guyed steel 304.8 m +
Towers, Portland, Icing Two towers collapsed
28, 1971 lattice mast 213.4 m
Oregon, USA
KSTP-TV and WCCO- Structural
September Guyed steel Seven technicians were killed while lifting the first of three large antenna
TV, Shoreview, 411 m failure during
7, 1971 lattice mast sections into place at the top of the tower.
Minnesota, USA construction

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Königswusterhausen , November Lattice steel

243 m Storm
Germany 15, 1972 tower
Collapsed
because of
removal of
Multi-station tower supporting antennas of TV stations WDBO-TV,
Bithlo (near Orlando ), June 8, Guyed Steel load-bearing
457.2 m WFTV, and WMFE-TV, and radio stations WDBO-FM and WDIZ-FM –
Florida 1973 Tower diagonals
two workers on tower killed
during FM
antenna
installation.
Collapsed
KCRG-TV Transmitter
October 4, Guyed Steel during Tower being modified prior to installtion of Iowa Public Television side
Tower near Walker, 598 m
1973 Tower modifications mounted antenna – five workers on tower site killed
Iowa
to tower.
TV Mast Brest - Roc'h February Guyed steel
218 m Terrorism A slightly higher tower (225 m) has been rebuilt since.
Trédudon 1974 lattice mast
KELO TV Tower ,
Guyed steel
Rowena, South 1975 609.6 m Blizzard
lattice mast
Dakota, USA
Sendemast SL3 , Burg
February Guyed steel
bei Magdeburg, 350 m Material fault
18, 1976 lattice mast
Germany
Pic de Nore transmitter ,December
Concrete tower  ? m Storm Storm tore pinnacle down
Pic de Nore , France 2, 1976
1709 feet HAAT. Erected November 17, 1964. Had elevator, RCA
Travelling Wave pylon antenna for Channel 12 (System M), land mobile
KSLA-TV Tower,
October 8, Guyed steel antennas, all lost. RCA contractor for erection, Stainless subcontractor. No
Mooringsport, LA, 521 m Undetermined
1977 lattice mast definitive cause ever found for collapse. Speculation of "galloping guy
USA
lines" (mechanical standing waves in one of the guys), causing stress-to-
failure in the guys due to rapidly alternating strain.
Ice. The strain
snapped 2-inch
March 26,
coupling bolts In August 1969. This tower was 1 of the 3 tallest structures in the Northern
WJJY TV Mast , Bluffs, 1978 Guyed steel
491 m (24 of them) Hemisphere and transmitter radiated the most powerful UHF-TV signal in
IL USA (Easter lattice mast
that joined the the world. TV channel 14 (470-476 MHz). 39°45′31″N 90°31′8″W
Sunday)
2nd and 3rd
sections.
Ice. Same ice
storm that
March 26, toppled WJJY.
WAND TV Tower, 1978 Guyed steel Upper section WAND and WJJY used the same RCA UHF antennas, mfg in 1969. TV
400.5 m
Decatur, IL USA (Easter lattice mast of antenna channel 17 (488-494 MHz)
Sunday) broke loose and
fell through the
guy wires.
Nebraska Education February Guyed steel
456.9 m Ice
Tower Angora, USA 1978 lattice mast
Zehlendorf bei May 21, Guyed steel Aircraft
352 m
Oranienburg, Germany 1978 lattice mast collision
CKVR Television
Aircraft
Tower, Barrie, 1978  ? 65.58 m
collision
Ontario, Canada
Vysílač Krašov,
Guyed mast of
Bezvěrov, 1979 305 m Icing Mast was predamaged
lattice steel
Czechoslovakia
Blåbärskullen
December Guyed mast of Pinnacle with broadcasting antennas fell down, height afterwards 274
transmitter, Sunne, 323 m Icing
27, 1979 lattice steel metres
Sweden
LORAN-C transmitter
October 8, Guyed mast of
Jan Mayen, Jan 190.5 m Icing Guys were improperly installed
1980 lattice steel
Mayen, Norway
Guy melted as
result of high
electric field

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Guyed mast of
Delimora Transmitter  ? 88 m strength, storm
lattice steel
at same time
made mast
collapse
Dudelange Radio July 31, Lattice steel Aircraft
285 m
Tower 1981 tower collision
WCIQ Tower, Mount
January Guyed steel
Cheaha, Alabama,  ? Ice storm
1982 lattice mast
USA
Total collapse during installation of 6-ton FM antenna on new 1800 ft.
tower. 5 technicians killed, 2 on the hoist riding the FM antenna up and 3
Senior Road Tower ,
Guyed steel Guy wire on the tower. Determined insufficient sized bolts on the makeshift lifting
Missouri City, Texas, 1982 569.8 m
lattice mast severed lug extension failed. The falling debris severed one of the tower's guy
USA
wires which caused the tower to whip back and forth and collapse. Video
here.
KANU tower, December Guyed steel Sabotage. Guy
184.4 m
Lawrence, KS, USA 11, 1982 lattice mast wires severed
CKX-TV Craig
Television Tower, 1983 Guyed mast 411.5 Icing
Canada
TV mast Wavre , October 13,
Guyed mast  ? Storm
Belgium 1983
KWWL, Rowley , November Guyed steel
610 m Ice
Iowa , USA 28, 1983 lattice mast
January 15, Guyed steel tube
Bielstein , Germany 298 m Ice
1985 mast
Caroline 558 and Radio
Monique mast, aboard November Lattice steel 92 m Tallest ever mast aboard any ship; replaced by horizontal wire antenna
Force 8 storm
MV Ross Revenge , off 25, 1987 tower approx between two shorter masts
English coast
Vännäs TV Tower ,
1987/88 Guyed mast 323 m Icing Replaced by 323 metres tall partially guyed tower
Vännäs , Sweden
KTVO-TV Tower, June 2, Guyed steel
609.6 m
Missouri, USA 1988 lattice mast
KGO (AM) towers,
October 17,
Newark, California,  ? 91 m Earthquake Three towers damaged
1989
USA
WRAL-TV & WPTF- 2 Guyed steel Unusually heavy ice concentrated at top predominantly on one side of
December,
TV towers, Auburn , tube framework 609.3 m Ice towers caused asymmetrical load. Dislodged essentially as one piece
1989
North Carolina, USA masts during rapid warming; sudden unloading caused dynamic failure.
RÚV long wave radio
February 3, Guyed steel
mast, Vatnsendahæð, Storm
1991 lattice mast
Reykjavik, Iceland
Freezing rain, accompanied at time with thunder, coated the city of Duluth
with as much as 6 inches of ice. The 850-foot WDIO-TV tower was
toppled as winds gusted to 40 mph, buffeting the heavily ice-covered
tower. The tower fell onto a nearby utility line which provided power to
WDIO-TV Duluth, March 23, Guyed steel Ice and high
259.1 m the remainder of Duluth’s television and FM radio stations, and all but one
Minnesota, USA 1991 triangular tower wind
AM radio station. Telephone and power lines snapped leaving Duluth and
many northeastern Minnesota communities without utility services for 24
hours. The DNR reported that four million pine trees were damaged or
destroyed. - NOAA NWS Duluth, MN
Warsaw radio mast ,
August 8, Guyed steel tube
Konstantynów , 648.38 m Maintenance Replacement by facility in Solec Kujawski
1991 framework mast
Poland
WCIX TV Tower
August 25, Hurricane
Homestead (Miami) Guyed steel tower 549 m Rebuilt by LeBlanc Tower of Canada
1992 Andrew
Florida
Guyed mast Hurricane
COMMSTA Miami 1992 91.44 m Collapse of 2 masts
(insulated) Andrew
Cape Race LORAN-C Fatigue failure of the eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on
February 2, Guyed steel
transmitter, Cape 411.48 m Material fault structural guy caused swing-in damage, which resulted in structural
1993 lattice mast
Race, Canada collapse

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LORAN-C transmitter
February Guyed steel
Kargaburan, 190.5 m Snowstorm Tower had construction faults
25, 1993 lattice mast
Kargaburan, Turkey
WCOV-TV Tower,
Montgomery, 1996  ? 242 m Tornado
Alabama, USA
September Guyed steel
Langenberg , Germany 160 m Maintenance
2, 1996 lattice mast
KXTX-TVTower,
October 12, Maintenance for 3 died when tower collapsed after gin pole ran off track and snapped a guy
Cedar Hill, Texas, Guyed steel tower 468 m
1996 DTV install wire
USA
Disney had previously erected a 60 ft. standby tower on site, already on a
Glenn Disney, HAAT Baraboo Bluff, enabling WOLX to swiftly transition broadcast
(currently) operations to 'on-air' status within 48 hours, saving the company possibly
WOLX-FM "Lightning
Disney Signals hundreds of downtime hours until a new and permanent tower was
Rod of the Midwest" December 4-face guyed steel 640 ft.
LLC, site constructed. multiple users - broadcast, 2-W radio, & MW - total collapse,
[known as], Baraboo, 31, 1996 lattice mast 195.1 m
supervisor on ice build up secondary fault, material fault, SIU metallurgist determined
Wisconsin, USA
site at time of metal fatigue in one guy anchor as primary fault; Transmitter building and
collapse adjacent engineer living quarters of site supervisor & family damaged, 5
occupants escaped physical injury
Grigoriopol transmitter , Guyed steel 350 m,
1997 Icing 2 masts collapsed [4]
Moldova lattice mast 250 m
KXJB-TV mast , North April 6, Guyed steel
627.89 m Ice
Dakota, USA 1997 lattice mast
KNOE-TV Tower, March 20, Guyed steel
606.25 m Maintenance One killed, 2 injured when workers failed to install temporary braces
Louisiana , USA 1997 lattice mast
WLBT Tower ,
October 23, Guyed steel
Raymond, Mississippi, 609.3 m Maintenance Three killed - temporary braces failed during HDTV antenna upgrade
1997 lattice
USA
WKY-AM-TVTower,
June 13,
Oklahoma City, Guyed mast 292.9 m Tornado
1998
Oklahoma, USA
Concrete tower Air raid (NATO
TV Tower Avala , April 30,
(with observation 202.87 m bombardment,
Serbia 1999
deck) Kosovo war)
WRMD-Tower , St.
April 25, Guyed steel
Petersburg, Florida, 197.8 m Helicopter crash 3 died when medical helicopter hit guy wire in clear weather and crashed
2000 lattice mast
USA
WNWI 1080-Towers,
Oak Lawn (Chicago), Guyed steel
July 9, 2000 61 m Sabotage Two towers collapsed
Illinois, lattice mast
USA[citation needed]
KXEO/KWWR-Tower , August 23, Guyed steel
122.8 m Storm
Mexico, MO, USA 2000 lattice mast
CBC Tower ,
April 22, Guyed steel Blown up after
Shawinigan, QC , 371 m
2001 lattice mast aircraft crash
Canada
Guyed steel
Angara transmitter ,
June 6, lattice mast Bad state of
Northern Mast, 205 m
2001 carrying a T- guys
Angara, Russia
antenna
One World Trade
Tower was destroyed as a result of a terrorist attack in which a commercial
Center broadcast September
Truses and Axis 526.3 m Terrorist attack airliner rammed into the side of the building causing it and the broadcast
tower, New York City, 11, 2001
tower to collapse under its own weight.
NY
Krasny Bor transmitter , November Guyed steel Helicopter
257.5 m
Russia 5, 2001 lattice mast collision
WKFT, North Carolina, March 14,
Guyed steel tower 503 m Airplane crash
USA 2002
KDUH/CH4 TV Mast ,
September Guyed steel
Hemingford, 599 m Maintenance Two workers killed, 3 injured on ground
24, 2002 lattice mast
Nebraska, USA
WVAH-TV Tower, February Guyed steel
473 m Ice

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West Virginia, USA 19, 2003 lattice mast

WPAY (AM)-Towert,
February Guyed steel
Portsmouth, Ohio, 200.9 m Ice
19, 2003 lattice mast
USA
WTNV-FM Tower,
May 4, Free-standing
Jackson, Tennessee, 176.7 m Tornado
2003 steel lattice tower
USA
WMBD Tower , Peoria, May 10, Free-standing
 ? Tornado Collapse of 3 towers
Illinois, USA 2003 steel lattice tower
Guyed steel Reconstruction
KETV TV Tower July, 2003 415.1 m
lattice mast work
Guyed steel Storm
WIFR TV tower July 5, 2003 222.8 m
lattice mast (derecho )
WAAY-TV- TV Mast,
September Guyed steel
Huntsville, Alabama, 305 m unknown 3 workers killed
4, 2003 lattice mast
USA
September Guyed steel Fallen at falling
Utrecht, Netherlands 45 m
8, 2003 lattice mast trees
WJDB Transmitter September Guyed steel Replacement tower constructed shortly thereafter. Also knocked Clarke
131 m Hurricane Ivan
Grove Hill, AL 16, 2004 lattice mast County, AL, Sheriff's Office off the air (KWO611)
WPMI-TV Tower ,
September Guyed steel
Robertsdale, Alabama , 518.16 m Storm Hurricane Ivan
16, 2004 lattice mast
USA
Peterborough , Great October 30, Guyed steel Fire (suspected Temporary replacement mast constructed shortly thereafter. New
163 m
Britain 2004 lattice mast vandalism) permanent mast entered full service in February 2006.
KFI Mast, La Mirada, December Guyed steel Aircraft
195.1 m
CA, USA 19, 2004 lattice mast collision
WLGA Transmitter
Tower (formerly
February Guyed steel
WSWS-TV 538.3 m Replacement tower completed September 15, 2005.
27, 2005 lattice mast
Transmitter Tower),
Cusseta, Georgia , USA
Nebraska Education
Tower Atlanta, November Guyed steel Aircraft
324.8 m All three aircraft occupants killed
Atlanta, Nebraska , 25, 2005 lattice mast collision
USA
1078 feet HAAT. Erected in 1981. No definitive cause ever found for
collapse. Speculation was that the collapse was directly or indirectly
related to the recent installation of their digital television antenna. The
KLTV-TV Mast, Tyler, February 3, Guyed steel collapse destroyed the tower, KLTV's analog and digital antennas, KLTV's
329 m Undetermined
TX (Red Springs, TX) 2006 lattice mast digital transmitter, and FM station KVNE's antenna. The analog
transmitter was undamaged, and within a few days was moved to KLTV's
backup tower in east Tyler. Interestingly, the collapse occurred the day
after Raycom Media officially took ownership of the station.
Torre VIP de Rádio &
August 23, Guyed steel
TV, São Bernardo do 174 m Maintenance 1 person was killed
2006 lattice mast
Campo, Brazil
March 1, Guyed steel
WACS-TV tower 329m EF3 tornado Americus, Georgia , was struck by the tornado a few minutes later
2007 lattice mast
WSKY-DT Tower ,
March 2, Guyed steel Guy wire Under construction. Also destroyed transmitter building. Was planned for a
Camden County, NC , 230.65 m
2007 lattice mast anchor failure height of 1,036 ft (315.77 m).[1]
USA
400-foot transmitter tower located on Averil Peak, NY completely
WCFE-DT , Clinton, April 18, Structural collapsed as a result of heavy amounts of ice and snow from the April
Guyed steel tower 135.9 m
County, NY, USA 2007 failure 2007 Nor'easter. Partially damaged the transmitter building at the base.
New tower erected and back in service Oct, 9 2007.
Browns Summit Crown
Castle Broadcasting May 29, Guyed steel Restoration
243.84 m
Tower, Browns 2007 lattice mast work
Summit, Texas, USA
WNEP-TV Tower ,
Penobscot Knob , December Guyed steel [2]
243.84 m Ice Also damaged transmitter building and doppler radar.
Mountaintop, PA , 16, 2007 lattice mast

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USA
WVIA-TV Tower,
Penobscot Knob , December Guyed steel [3]
Ice 300 ft. section lost from top of tower
Mountaintop, PA , 16, 2007 lattice mast
USA
KATV-TV Tower,
January 11, Guyed steel Restringing guy wires
Redfield , Jefferson 609.6 m Maintenance
2008 lattice mast http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0108/487185.html
County, USA
Emmis Television March 28, Guyed steel
326.4m Ice
Wichita Tower 2009 lattice mast
2QN Tower,
June 30, Guyed steel
Deniliquin , New South 102 m Storm Wind gust reportedly caused the mast to collapse during a severe storm
2009 lattice mast
Wales, Australia
September Guyed steel
KRKO Radio Towers  ? m Terrorism 2 masts
4, 2009 lattice mast
WLHR-FM Radio
January 30, Guyed steel
Tower Lavonia, GA, 86 m Sabotage Guyed wires cut
2010 lattice mast
USA
WEAU TV/Radio
March 22, Guyed steel
Tower Fairchild, WI, 609 m  ? Weather-related
2011 lattice mast
USA
Zendstation Smilde ,
Guyed steel tube
TV/Radio Tower, July 15, Tubular steel superstructure collapsed, new steel lattice superstructure
mast on concrete 303.5 m Fire
Hoogersmilde , The 2011 constructed (2012) on top of existing concrete base tower
tower
Netherlands
Longwave transmitter
Europe 1, 280 metres August 8th, Guyed steel
280 m  ? Pinnacle and upper sections fell down
mast, Felsberg-Berus , 2012 lattice mast
Germany
Boll Relay Transmitter,
November Collision with
Oberndorf-Boll, Lattice tower 30 m
2nd, 2012 truck [5]
Germany
Houston public safety
radio tower, 5850 September
Guyed 152 m Unknown
Teague Road, 20, 2013
Houston, TX, USA

By height [edit]

Name Pinnacle height Year Country Town Remarks

Gabin -Konstantynów , Collapsed on August 8, 1991, during guy
Warsaw Radio Mast 2121 ft 646.4 m 1972–1974 Poland
Masovian Voivodeship wire exchange, insulated against ground
WCIX/CH6 TV Mast 2000 ft 609.6 m 1992 U.S. Homestead, Florida Collapsed during Hurricane Andrew in 1992
KATV/CH7 TV Mast 2000 ft 609.6 m 2008 U.S. Redfield, Arkansas Collapsed during Maintenance in 2008
WEAU/CH13 NBC Collapsed during weather-related events
2000 ft 609.6 m 2011 U.S. Fairchild, WI
TV Tower[4] (ice), March 22, 2011
KHYS Tower [5] 1992 ft 607.2 m 1997 U.S. Devers, Texas Dismantled
Collapsed when workers failed to install
KNOE-TV Tower 1989 ft 606.25 m 1997 U.S. Monroe, Louisiana
temporary braces
KDUH/CH4 TV
1969 ft 599 m 1969 U.S. Hemingford, Nebraska Collapsed on September 24, 2003
Mast[6]
Capitol Broadcasting Broadway, North
1749 ft 533.1 m 1985 U.S. Dismantled
Tower Broadway[7] Carolina
Collapse due to plane collision with guy
WAEO Tower 1720 ft 524.25 m 1966 U.S. Starks, Wisconsin wire on November 17, 1968 (NTSB
incident CHI69A0053) [8]

Mooringsport,
KSLA-TV Tower 1709 ft 521 m 1977 U.S. Cause never identified
Louisiana
Also known as American Towers Tower
KDEB Tower [9] 1627 ft 496 m 1968 U.S. Fordland, Missouri
Fordland. Dismantled

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[10]
Collapsed during ice storm on March 26,
WJJY TV Mast 1611 ft 491 m U.S. Bluffs, Illinois
1978 (Easter Sunday)
DBA Tower [11] 1577 ft 482.2 m 1997 U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas Dismantled
Scott Depot, West
WVAH Tower [12] 1551 ft 473 m 1980 U.S. Destroyed on February 19, 2003
Virginia
Taymylyr CHAYKA- Demolished on September 24, 2009, by
1516 ft 462 m Russia Taymylyr
Mast explosives
Nebraska Education
1,499 ft 456.9 m 1966–1978 U.S. Angora, Nebraska Collapsed in February 1978
Tower Angora[13]
Pinnacle Towers
1501 ft 454.8 m 1981 U.S. La Feria, Texas Dismantled
Tower La Feria[14]
OMEGA transmitter France
1403 ft 428 m 1976 Chabrier, Réunion Demolished on April 14, 1999
Chabrier (Réunion )
KETV TV Tower 1329 ft 415.1 m 1966–2003 U.S. Omaha, Nebraska Collapsed
KSTP-TV /WCCO-TV 1350 ft 411.48 m 1971 U.S. Shoreview, MN Structural failure during construction
Angissq LORAN-C Denmark,
1350 ft 411.48 m 1963 Angissq Collapsed on July 27, 1964
transmitter (old mast) Greenland
Marcus Island
LORAN-C 1350 ft 411.48 m 1964 Japan Markus Island Dismantled in 1985
transmitter (old mast)
Iwo Jima LORAN-C Destroyed in 1965, afterwards rebuilt,
1350 ft 411.48 m 1963/1965 Japan Iwo Jima
transmitter rebuilt mast dismantled in 1993
Cape Race LORAN-C
1350 ft 411.48 m 1965 Canada Cape Race Collapsed on February 2, 1993
transmitter (old mast)
CKX-TV Craig
1350 ft 411.48 m 1973 Canada Souris, Manitoba Collapsed in an ice storm in 1983
Television Tower
American Tower
1349 ft 411.2 m  ? U.S. Newton, Massachusetts Dismantled
Newton
South Carolina
Green Pond, South
Educational TV 1329 ft 401.7 m 1975 U.S. Dismantled
Carolina
Tower[15]
WAND TV Tower Collapsed during ice storm on March 26,
1314 ft 400.5 m  ? U.S. Decatur, Illinois
Decatur 1978 (Easter Sunday)
KXAN TV Tower
1299 ft 395.9 m 1964 U.S. Austin, Texas Dismantled
(Old)[16]
Demolished on April 21, 1998 by
Forestport Tower 1280 ft 390.1 m 1950 U.S. Forestport, New York
explosives
Emley Moor , West
Emley Moor Mk. 2 1265 ft 385 m 1964 UK Destroyed on March 19, 1969
Yorkshire
CBC Tower 1217 ft 371 m 1972 Canada Shawinigan, Quebec Demolished after plane crash
Omega Tower Trelew 1201 ft 366 m 1976 Argentina Golfo Nuevo Demolished
365.8 m + 365.8 m high mast insulated against ground,
NSS Annapolis 1200 ft U.S. Annapolis, Maryland
243.8 m demolished
South Carolina
Educational TV 1194 ft 363.3 m 1975 U.S. Sumter, South Carolina Dismantled
tower Sumter
KPXE Tower [17] 1164 ft 354.8 m 1978 U.S. Kansas City, Missouri Dismantled
Sender Zehlendorf Zehlendorf bei
Destroyed on May 18, 1978, upon aircraft
(old longwave 1180 ft 351 m 1962 Germany Oranienburg,
collision
transmission mast) Brandenburg
Burg bei Magdeburg
East
Sendemast SL3 1149 ft 350 m 1968 (today in Saxony- Collapsed on February 18, 1976
Germany
Anhalt)
Grant Radio Tower
1123 ft 342.6 m 1987 U.S. Carrollton, Alabama Dismantled
Carrollton[18]
Deutschlandsender

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1108 ft 337 m 1939 Germany Herzberg Insulated against ground, dismantled

Herzberg/Elster
RFM TV Tower Fort
1098 ft 334.7 m 1988 U.S. Fort Worth, Texas Dismantled
Worth[19]
Gray Television
1080 ft 334.4 m 1993 U.S. Madison, Wisconsin Dismantled
Madison Tower[20]
Gray TV Tower
1080 ft 329.2 m 1962 U.S. Lorena, Texas Dismantled
Lorena[21]
Nebraska Education
1065 ft 324.8 m 1965 U.S. Atlanta, Nebraska Destroyed at aircraft collision
Tower Atlanta
Vysílač Krašov (old Czech
1058 ft 324 m 1959/60 near Bezvěrov Collapsed in 1979
mast) Republic
South Texas
Broadcasting Tower 1032 ft 319.7 m 1989 U.S. Loganville, Georgia Dismantled
Loganville[22]
Putlitzer Broadcasting
1149 ft 319 m 1965 U.S. Artesia, New Mexico Dismantled
Artesia Tower[23]
JCORP-Tower [24] 1149 ft 317.9 m 1978 U.S. Bartlett, Tennessee Dismantled
Pinnacle Tower
1149 ft 317.4 m 1989 U.S. Hollywood, Florida Dismantled
Hollywood[25]
University of North
Columbia, North
Carolina Columbia 1080 ft 317 m 1964 U.S. Dismantled
Carolina
Tower[26]
RTM Tower ~1040 ft ~317 m 1966 Malaysia Johor Bahru Dismantled in 2006
WPTV TV-Tower [27] 1149 ft 314.2 m 1963 U.S. Greenacres, Florida Dismantled
WAWS TV-Tower [28] 1149 ft 313,5 m 1980 U.S. Greenacres, Florida Dismantled
WorldCom Tower
1058 ft 313 m 1996 U.S. Petal, Mississippi Dismantled
Petal[29]
WVEC TV Tower [30] 1024 ft 312 m 1995 U.S. Suffolk, Virginia Dismantled
Paxon Tower
1023 ft 311.7 m 1984 U.S. Felsmere, Florida Dismantled
Felsmere[31]
Union Pacific
Railroad Tower 1021 ft 311.2 m 1987 U.S. Chicago, Illinois Dismantled
Chicago[32]
Nextel Onondaga
1149 ft 307 m 1994 U.S. Onondaga, Michigan Dismantled
Tower[33]
Transmitter Kojál (old Czech
305 m 1959/60 near Krásensko Dismantled in 1985
mast) Republic
Cox Radio Tower
1000 ft 305 m 1992 U.S. Sheppard, Texas Dismantled
Sheppard[34]
WAAY-TVTV
1000 ft 304.8 m 2003 U.S. Huntsville, AL 3 workers killed in collapse
Tower[35]
Federated
Yap LORAN-C
1000 ft 304.8 m 1964 States of Yap Island Dismantled in 1987
transmitter
Micronesia
Century Cellunet
1149 ft 304.8 m 1994 U.S. Kingsley, Michigan Dismantled
Tower[36]
CKVR Television Rebuilt 1978, plane crash destroyed
1000 ft 304.8 m 1978 Canada Barrie, Ontario
Tower previous mast
South Carolina
Columbia, South
Educational TV 1000 ft 304.8 m 1966 U.S. Dismantled
Carolina
Tower Columbia[37]
Raycom Tower
1000 ft 304.8 m 1980 U.S. Doerun, Georgia Dismantled
Doerun[38]
KTRK-TV Tower
1000 ft 304.8 m 1998 U.S. Shepard, Texas Dismantled
Shepard[39]

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Chevron Tower Cedar

1000 ft 304 m 1973 U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas Dismantled
Hill[40]
Tubular steel superstructure collapsed, new
steel lattice superstructure constructed
Zendstation Smilde 1011 ft 303.5 m 2011 Netherlands Hoogersmilde
(2012) on top of existing concrete base
tower
MCI Tower
1000 ft 300.2 m 1993 U.S. Houston, Texas Dismantled
Houston[41]

References [edit]
1. ^ Tower Collapse Slows DTV Project - 12. ^ ASR Registration 1033917 27. ^ ASR Registration 1030919
3/12/2007 - Broadcasting & Cable 13. ^ ASR Registration 1029931 28. ^ ASR Registration 1031886
2. ^ Our Apologies 14. ^ ASR Registration 1051019 29. ^ ASR Registration 1200584
3. ^ PAHomePage.com - Monday Morning 15. ^ ASR Registration 1065075 30. ^ ASR Registration 1011349
WYOU and WBRE TV Signal Update 16. ^ ASR Registration 1052848 31. ^ ASR Registration 1062149
4. ^ [1] 17. ^ ASR Registration 1064715 32. ^ ASR Registration 1008798
5. ^ ASR Registration 1054125 18. ^ ASR Registration 1045162 33. ^ ASR Registration 1001022
6. ^ ASR Registration 1026675 19. ^ ASR Registration 1050709 34. ^ ASR Registration 1043678
7. ^ ASR Registration 1006704 20. ^ ASR Registration 1037795 35. ^ ASR Registration 1041008
8. ^ CHI69A0053 21. ^ ASR Registration 1046226 36. ^ ASR Registration 1021190
9. ^ ASR Registration 1006411 22. ^ ASR Registration 1044920 37. ^ ASR Registration 1065067
10. ^ [2] 23. ^ ASR Registration 1003010 38. ^ ASR Registration 1009946
11. ^ 24. ^ ASR Registration 1052520 39. ^ ASR Registration 1054128
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch 25. ^ ASR Registration 1030330 40. ^ ASR Registration 1028003
regKey=104929GBC 26. ^ ASR Registration 1014578 41. ^ ASR Registration 1053112

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