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Four dead as helicopter hits radio tower

10/20/24–(RadioInk) A helicopter crash near downtown Houston has led to the deaths of four people, including a child, and the collapse of a radio tower broadcasting multiple TelevisaUnivision stations in the area. Stations affected include 102.9 Qué Buena (KLTN) and 104.9 Tú Musica (KAMA).

Dick Ellingson

A man and his dogs in a little country town. Parcel post crusher; blood'n'guts laundry serf; parking lot fender bender/bumper jumper; Lazy B flunkie with 7-word job title; P-I down crew; bobtail trucker; Sunbeam breader; retail store mangler; bothersome boiler roomie; fake real estate agent; d.j./copywriter/p.d./ripper/reader - 600 KGEZ Good Advertising, Kalispell; Community Radio 1510 KURB, Mountlake Terrace; 1540 News/MOR/92.5 Solid Gold Rock & Roll KFKF, Bellevue; 1150 Kountry KAYO America's Own Music, Seattle; 1300 KoMPaSs Radio 13 Modern Country, Seattle; 1360 KLFF Good Music & Great Memories, Glendale/Phoenix; 106.3 Koncert 106 KONC, Sun City/Phoenix; 1580 KCWW Real Country Network, Tempe/Phoenix. Four-year Volunteer P-I/Times/TNT news reader for Evergreen Radio Reading Service broadcasting from the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, Seattle; dotcomboom day trader who came out alive; King County Metro Bus Driver; Seattle Streetcar Operator. I threw it in at 78 and frequently have bizarre dreams about radio and bus driving, my two preschool dream jobs. More articles by Dick

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Donaldfreedman says:

October 21, 2024 at

Should’ve been a NOTAM filed. If not then a great big lawsuit is probably already brewing up as this is being typed.
Lou Robbins says:

October 21, 2024 at

Dick points to a Houston Chronicle report--
Report: Tower lights were not working before Houston helicopter crash
Four people onboard the helicopter, including one child, were killed in the crash.
By Allyson Ackerman,

Oct 21, 2024

Brent Taylor/Associated Press
The aviation obstruction lights on top of the radio tower hit by a helicopter in a deadly crash in Houston's Second Ward on Sunday night were not working, according to a new report.

According to Don Armstrong, a SkyEye reporter for ABC 13 in Houston, the Second Ward tower reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the lighting was out on the tower on Oct. 17.

Armstrong told ABC 13 News that in all his years of flying in helicopters, the radio tower at Engelke and Ennis Streets has "always worried him because the aviation lights at the top of the tower are often out."