AFLAC Tower is a tall guyed mast located at Rowley, Iowa at 42°24′2.0″N 91°50′37.0″W / 42.40056°N 91.84361°W / 42.40056; -91.84361 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. 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.
Famous quotes containing the word tower:
“So was produced this tragedy
In a far tower of ivory
Where, O young men, late in the night
All you who drink light and stroke the air
Come back, seeking the night, and cry
To strict Rapunzel to let down her hair.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)