An unidentified man has been rescued from a 250-foot broadcast tower used by a Salem Media Group station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. Meanwhile, a radio tower used by a Cumulus Media AM serving Albuquerque has collapsed after a hot air balloon crashed into it on Friday morning.
In the Twin Cities, a “man in crisis” who somehow climbed the radio tower in Eagan, Minn., was successfully rescued at sunrise Thursday by the Dakota County Special Operations Team, which deployed a ‘high angle rope rescue,’ local media reported. The tower is used for KKMS-AM 980 and WWTC-AM 1280.
The 51-year-old individual from Moorhead, Minn., near Fargo, was treated for exposure to the cold.
Meanwhile, balloons lifted off this morning for Albuquerque’s Special Shapes Rodeo and competition flying, and one went awry. It crashed into a radio tower for KKOB Radio, sending it crumbling to the ground. No injuries were reported to those inside the balloon.
Interestingly, a hot air balloon crashed into KKOB Radio towers 20 years ago, KOAT-TV reports.
Cumulus/Albuquerque representatives were off-site and learning more of the incident when reached by RBR+TVBR on Friday morning.
Friday is Day 7 of Balloon Fiesta, one of the most renown hot air balloon events in the world.
