[opendtv] Law clears obstacles for Lookout Mountain DTV tower
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OPENDTV" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:24:11 -0800
Lookout Mountain tower approvedThis issue highlights John W. and my reports
of the serious obstacles that can thwart plans for construction of new
towers (even those in support of government mandated services) in many parts
of the West. Of course, there will be those who naively assert that the
solution was to construct SFNs, a plan where numerous additional towers
would be required.
Law clears obstacles for Lookout Mountain DTV tower
Jan 4, 2007 8:00 AM
President George Bush signed a bill into law Dec. 22, 2006, allowing a
consortium of Denver broadcasters that have long wanted to build a new DTV
tower on a nearby mountain to do so despite the objections of some area
residents and the city of Golden, CO.
The measure ends an eight-year process that?s pitted opponents, who claimed
the new tower might emit potentially harmful levels of RF and impinge on the
scenic beauty of the area, against the Lake Cedar Group, a consortium that
includes KMGH-TV, KUSA-TV, KCNC-TV and KTVD-TV.
The bill, which was co-sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Wayne Allard (R) and
Ken Salazar (D), brought a swift end to the continuing saga that saw county
government approvals of the new tower, court intervention, warnings from
outside consultants regarding RF-related health concerns and the insertion
of the City of Golden into the fracas. Broadcasters face a February 2009
government mandate to cease analog television transmission.
Rocky Mountain News.com reported Dec. 22 that two Jefferson County
commissioners had asked the president to veto the bill to no avail.
The bill allows the Lake Cedar Group to erect a 730ft-high tower for digital
television transmission, which will replace an existing 834ft tower on the
mountain.
With the signing of the legislation, broadcasters in Denver can avoid future
stop-gap measures. Last February, KMGH-TV erected a temporary tower atop a
downtown Denver building to transmit ABC?s HD presentation of the 2006 Super
Bowl.
Public officials in Golden criticized the state?s U.S. Senators for
introducing the bill in the waning days of the 109th Congress.
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