AFLAC Tower

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This article is about the broadcast tower in Iowa. For the company's world headquarters building in Georgia, see Aflac.

AFLAC Tower is a tall guyed mast located at Rowley, Iowa at 42°24′2.0″N, 91°50′37.0″W in the United States. AFLAC Tower (which is named for the former owner of KWWL) was completed in July 1984, and is 1999 ft (609.4 m) tall with appurtenances and 1866 ft (568.8 m) without appurtenances. The antenna appurtenance is 133 ft (40.5 m) tall.

Television station KWWL and radio stations KFMW and KNWS-FM broadcast from this tower. [1] The transmitter site is owned by KWWL's current owner, Quincy Newspapers.

The KWWL transmitter site building features running water and a shower, allowing someone to maintain at least rudimentary living conditions. The site has a backup generator for KWWL's digital channel along with KNWS, but not for their analog signal or KFMW.

Uncertain, but GPS says the actual tower is located at 42°24′2.32″N, 91°50′38.66″W in the United States. First location stated is not on transmitter site property.

[edit] See also

• Tallest structures in the U.S.
• List of the world's tallest structures

[edit] External links

• Listing 1025917 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7115
• http://www.terraserver-usa.com/GetImageArea.ashx?t=1&s=10&lon=-91.843611&lat=42.400556&w=600&h=400&f=&fs=8&fc=ffffff99&logo=1&lp=--- None