Talk:KRDK-TV mast

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I've removed the mile-distant shot of the mast, as the subject of even the full-size version seems to be the telephone pole in the foreground, not the thin grey line in the background. --Carnildo 18:46, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Second tower nearby
Why is there a second mast in the proximity of KXJB-TV mast? What are its exact uses? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.223.152 (talk) 20:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

The shorter of the two towers is the 735 foot tower that was built in the spring/summer of 1997 and that KXJB-TV broadcast from until the 2060 foot tower could be reconstructed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.112.0.122 (talk) 17:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Miscellaneous issues
There are currenty a few separate issues with the article and I wanted to lump them together in one section.


 * 1) The date of the first construction is missing, but I can not find any sources on this myself.
 * 2) There is no reference about the removal of a VHF antenna of the KVLY-TV mast, only about the height. But that's probably an issue that should be discussed at the other article's discussion page.
 * 3) The reference of the newspaper article in the Chicago Tribune is dead  and it wasn't archived in the WayBackMachine. The Chicago Tribune has a new archive which also contains the referenced page, but it requires a subscription. However, this new archive claims that clipping can be created and shared for free, which would be a suitable reference for the article, but I have yet to find out how.

--77.20.248.68 (talk) 23:19, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Ranking among tallest structures
The article states "currently the second-tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-tallest structure in the world". But the linked article List of tallest structures has it in the seventh place historically, which is if we count the Warsaw Radio Mast that collapsed in 1991. So if we go with "currently", then it's sixth – but actually fifth, since the Petronius Platform is mostly underwater. In summation, not counting the Petronius Platform, the KRDK-TV mast would be first in the Western Hemisphere, fifth in the world. By counting both the Petronius Platform and the Warsaw Radio Mast, it would be third in the Western Hemisphere, seventh in the world. Either way, this article needs fixing. Kumagoro-42 (talk) 02:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)