The KDUH-TV Mast was a guyed mast built in 1969 for TV transmitting at

Hemingford, Nebraska Hemingford is a village in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 803 at the 2010 census. History Hemingford was incorporated as a village in 1886. The founder being a native of Hemmingford, Quebec, caused the name to b ...

, in the US, at . The tower broadcast KDUH-TV of Scottsbluff, a semi-satellite of

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

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KOTA-TV KOTA-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MeTV affiliate KHME (channel 23) and low-power Fox affiliate KEVN-LD (channel 7). The stati ...

. The tower collapsed on September 24, 2002, during reconstruction work. Two tower workers, Lawrence A. Sukalec, 59, of Valier, Illinois, and Daniel E. Goff, 25, of

Sesser, Illinois Sesser is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,931 at the 2010 census. The current mayor is C. Jason Ashmore. History In summer 1904, when coal was discovered at today's Sesser, the area was a prairie cover ...

, were killed in the process, and three were injured on the ground. The collapse occurred as strengthening measures were being taken so the 30+ year-old tower could accommodate the added weight of digital television transmission facilities. Investigations later found that the contractors neglected to stabilize the tower while original structural components were being replaced with stronger ones. KDUH-TV resumed full-power broadcasts one year later from the new

Duhamel Broadcasting Tower Angora Duhamel Broadcasting Tower Angora is a tall guyed mast located at Angora, Nebraska. Duhamel Broadcasting Tower Angora was completed in 2003 and is high. The tower serves as the broadcasting platform for the Duhamel-owned TV stations KDUH-TV 4/DT ...

, near

Angora, Nebraska Angora (also Antelope Hill) is an unincorporated community in northern Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 385, north of the city of Bridgeport, the county seat of Morrill County. The community was established in ...

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