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Video Recalls Senior Road Crash

Still upsetting to watch 29 years later  

By Paul Mclane ⋅

The disaster happened almost 30 years ago but it’s still gut-wrenching to watch for anyone in the broadcasting business.

The History Channel has this video about the toppling of a new tower at Senior Road in Texas in 1982 that took five lives and the chain reaction that caused it. You may have seen this video; I had not.

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Paul McLane is editor in chief of Radio World, which he joined in 1996, directing the editorial content of 32 annual print issues, almost 100 ebooks, daily newsletters, and webcasts and special projects. He has interviewed directors of engineering, FCC chairs, national radio personalities and corporate executives about digital radio, connected cars, industry standards and other topics. Prior to RW he was an award-winning broadcast journalist and technology sales/marketing executive.

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