Sat, Oct. 09, 2004
Associated Press
Morganfield, Kentucky

A runaway boom truck caused-WMSK's tower to collapse, knocking the AM and FM
radio station off the air.

A utility company boom truck had been left at a repair shop on a hill over
looking the station during the day Thursday, said Don Sheridan, the
station's program director. A brake that was set on the truck apparently
failed.

Sheridan said the truck rolled down the hill around 10:30 a.m. CDT, and
broke some of the tower's support cables, causing it to fall.

"It's just spread all over the field out there," he said.

An announcer on duty at the FM portion of the station didn't hear the crash
as the station was carrying a Major League Baseball game. He learned there
was a problem when listeners phoned in, Sheridan said. Both the AM and FM
stations were silenced.

The stations got back on the air with low power yesterday, but Sheridan said
it will take a month to get a new tower and the antenna that was attached to
the tower and get them installed. WMSK is owned by Union Broadcasting Inc.

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