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KCTV5 broadcast tower to shine once again with relighting ahead of 2026 World Cup

Mark Roberts said:
Assuming that the KDPS-FM tower is going away soon (I'll be in Des Moines in early October so I can see for myself at that time), the KCCI tower may be the last one standing in that part of the city.
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I think Iowa Public Radio still has a translator on that tower, so I expect it will still be there for you to look at. The old Ford Model T plant it sits on is also pretty impressive.
 
grich said:
The original KCCI Alleman tower collapsed (1973 or early 1974?) in an ice storm that almost took the WHO/KDIN/WOI tower with it.
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December 4, 1973. The station was still KRNT then; the tower was under construction with the first 1,900 feet having been completed. There was a delay of several months in getting a replacement because various environmental groups were concerned that birds would slam into the tower and die, which had already been happening at the other nearby tower. Ultimately, the tower was built despite that opposition.

grich said:
When the KCCI Weather Beacon hardware was removed from the downtown STL tower, it shed enough weight to allow not only KFMG-LP to move there, but four FM translators on 3 different antennas (two from Des Moines Radio Group combined on one, Northwestern-St.Paul, on another, and the translator Iowa Catholic Radio is selling to Latin World along with the former KWKY, now KDLX 1150.
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Good to know!
 


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