Worker Dies in Massachusetts Tower Accident

By Doug Lung
published


Boston.com reported Worker dies in fall from Mass. Broadcast tower. The article said that the worker was killed Wednesday while working on a tower in Newton, Mass. which is owned by the American Tower Corp. The article didn't identify the worker or the tower crew subcontractor, and didn't provide details about stations using the tower.

Google Earth provided the coordinates for a search on the FCC ASR Website for the Antenna Structure Registration – 1004623. The 1101-foot tower has side-mounted antennas used by TV stations WBPX-TV, WMFP and WYDN. The top-mounted antennas are used by nine Boston area FM radio stations.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.