[mvarbb] Another chance to see: Dateline NBC Show on "Tower Dogs"

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10PM

If you missed this, it looks like you can watch most of it at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/

Interesting to watch, especially for those not familar with how these guys
keep the commercial communications world humming.

73,

Dale KC8HQS



---- Bruce Vanselow  N8BV <n8bv at juno.com> wrote: 
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> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:25:21 -0400
> Subject: Dateline NBC Show on "Tower Dogs" Monday 7/21 @ 10PM
> 
> This may be an interesting show: Dateline NBC Monday at 10PM  Sorry for
> the short notice, just found out about it Sunday night.
> Dateline presents 'Tower Dogs'
> A never-before-seen look at the most dangerous job in America -- airs
> Monday, July 21 at 10 p.m. ET
>  
> PRESS RELEASE
> updated 12:03 p.m. ET, Fri., July. 18, 2008 
> NEW YORK - - An upcoming "Dateline Presents" takes a never-before-seen
> journey into the perilous world of the tower climbers who work on the
> frontlines of America's high-tech communications system. They scale
> heights of up to 2,000 feet, in all types of weather, to install,
> maintain, and upgrade cell phone, Internet, and broadcast towers coast to
> coast. And according to figures cited by OSHA, these so-called tower dogs
> have the highest death rate per capita of any occupation in the country. 
> The hour-long broadcast goes up close and personal to give a
> no-holds-barred look at tower dogs' lives - up in the air and on the
> ground. We experience their on-the-job tension and watch them work hard,
> play hard, and mourn when they lose one of their own.  In a twist on all
> the dangerous-job programs viewers have already seen, "Tower Dogs"
> follows an unusual subcontract crew boss: a woman named Nikki Collins, a
> single mom, former cheerleader, and the person keeping her tough-guy
> charges in one piece. 
> There are approximately 9,500 tower climbers working at any given time,
> and they spend about 300 days per year on the road. A "Dateline" team
> worked with veteran tower dog Doug Delaney for four months documenting
> this group of tower climbers as they worked their way through 40 towns
> and cities in 24 states. During this time there were seven fatalities
> nationwide, including five deaths in a 12-day period in April.
> "Tower Dogs" airs on Monday, July 21 at 10:00 PM/ET. David Corvo is the
> executive producer.
>  
>  
> Rick Rinehimer - K3TOW
> Murgas ARC PIO - Wilkes-Barre, PA
> k3tow at verizon.net
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