The WLBT Tower was a 610 meter (2000 feet) high guy-wire

Guy-wire

A guy-wire or guy-rope, also known as simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to structures . One end of the cable is attached to the structure, and the other is anchored to the ground at a distance from the structure's base...

d aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV-programs from Raymond, Mississippi

Raymond, Mississippi

Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,664. Raymond is one of the two county seats of Hinds County and is the home of the main campus of Hinds Community College....

, USA

United States

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 for the Jackson metro area. The mast, constructed in 1966, was located at 32°12′50"N 90°22′57"W.
On October 23rd, 1997 the mast, which was property of Cosmos Broadcasting (WLBT

WLBT

WLBT, virtual channel 3 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Jackson, Mississippi, and it is owned by Raycom Media. WLBT transmits its signal from an antenna, 624 meters in height, located near Raymond.-History:...

 is a local NBC

NBC

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 affiliate) collapsed during the renovation of its guy wires. Three workers were killed. The tower has since been rebuilt.

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External links

• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7120
• http://msrmaps.com/GetImageArea.ashx?t=1&s=10&lon=-90.382500&lat=32.213889&w=600&h=400&f=&fs=8&fc=ffffff99&logo=1&lp=

• http://www.current.org/mo/mo722f.html