Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield
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Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield is a tall guyed mast located at Redfield, Arkansas
, USA at 34°26′31"N 92°13′4"W. Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield was completed in 1985 and is 1,898.9 feet (578.8 m) high.
Its current FCC registration says it was built in 2001, but that is clearly in error; the tower has been in place ever since KASN
, the TV station for which it was originally constructed, went on the air in 1986. The 1985 date given above is from an old application filed with the FCC on the date the FCC now says the tower was built (August 22, 2001). Clear Channel Communications
acquired the tower when it acquired KASN (KASN and the rest of Clear Channel's television holdings have since been divested to Newport Television
). The other television tower near Redfield, the now-collapsed KATV Tower
, also had an incorrect construction date on its FCC registration; but its date was off by only two years, not 16.
In addition to the analog and digital transmitters of KASN and the transmitter of Clear Channel-owned FM radio station KHKN, it also hosts the digital transmitter of KETS, the flagship station of the Arkansas Educational Television Network
(AETN); its analog transmitter was located on the nearby KATV Tower until it collapsed.
A report in the January 12, 2008 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
states that KATV
may try to lease space on this tower to resume broadcasting until it can rebuild its own tower nearby. AETN announced on March 5, 2008 that KETS' analog signal will be restored from this tower sometime in March.http://www.aetn.org/pressroom/aetn_completes_tower_analysis,_awaits_antenna_installation_approval2
Redfield, Arkansas
Redfield is a city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It was incorporated by the County Court on October 18, 1898. The city population was 1,157 at the 2000 U.S. census. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, USA at 34°26′31"N 92°13′4"W. Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield was completed in 1985 and is 1,898.9 feet (578.8 m) high.
Its current FCC registration says it was built in 2001, but that is clearly in error; the tower has been in place ever since KASN
KASN
KASN, virtual channel 38, branded as "The CW Arkansas", is an affiliate of The CW Television Network in Little Rock, Arkansas. The station is owned by Newport Television, in a duopoly with Fox affiliate KLRT . The station shares studios with KLRT that are located east of I-430 on Colonel Glenn Rd...
, the TV station for which it was originally constructed, went on the air in 1986. The 1985 date given above is from an old application filed with the FCC on the date the FCC now says the tower was built (August 22, 2001). Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
acquired the tower when it acquired KASN (KASN and the rest of Clear Channel's television holdings have since been divested to Newport Television
Newport Television
Newport Television, LLC is a television station holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. In September 2007, Newport agreed to sell KFTY and KVOS-TV to LK Station Group LLC for $26.6...
). The other television tower near Redfield, the now-collapsed KATV Tower
KATV Tower
The KATV tower was a 2000 ft tall television mast built near Redfield, Arkansas in 1965 at . Its Federal Communications Commission registration and other sources claim that it was built in 1967, but they are incorrect; the Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield also has an incorrect...
, also had an incorrect construction date on its FCC registration; but its date was off by only two years, not 16.
In addition to the analog and digital transmitters of KASN and the transmitter of Clear Channel-owned FM radio station KHKN, it also hosts the digital transmitter of KETS, the flagship station of the Arkansas Educational Television Network
Arkansas Educational Television Network
Arkansas Educational Television Network is a state network of simulcast non-commercial educational public television station covering the state of Arkansas...
(AETN); its analog transmitter was located on the nearby KATV Tower until it collapsed.
A report in the January 12, 2008 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas, printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell...
states that KATV
KATV
KATV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. The station is owned by Allbritton Communications Company....
may try to lease space on this tower to resume broadcasting until it can rebuild its own tower nearby. AETN announced on March 5, 2008 that KETS' analog signal will be restored from this tower sometime in March.http://www.aetn.org/pressroom/aetn_completes_tower_analysis,_awaits_antenna_installation_approval2