The KATV tower was a 2000 ft (609.6 m) tall television mast (or antenna tower) built near Redfield, Arkansas in 1967 at 34°28′24.0″N 92°12′11.0″W. It was the second tallest structure in the world, after the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, when it was built. As of August 2006 it was tied with 15 other 2000-foot masts, all built after it, as the fifth tallest structure in the world (sixth, counting the submerged Petronius oil platform). In addition to the analog and digital transmitters of its namesake KATV, it also hosted the analog transmitter of KETS, the flagship station of the Arkansas Educational Television Network; KETS' digital transmitter is at the nearby Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower in Redfield. On January 11, 2008, at 12:46 PM local time (1846 UTC), the tower collapsed. The caus