FAIRCHILD (WEAU) - Progress on our new transmitter tower continues in Fairchild where steel now soars nearly 1,000 feet. Monday, crews continued unloading, adjusting, and stacking at the work site.

"We expect yet today to be at 900 and some feet which would bring us to the 4th guy level," WEAU Chief Engineer Ron Wiedemeier said.

This week steel will reach the halfway point, despite some weather issues.

"Weather hasn't been very good to us so far. We've had almost a full week of rain followed by a full week of wind, followed by now a few days of actually good building," Wiedemeier explained.

All of the steel pieces are unloaded and assembled on site before they're sent up to the top.

"Piece by piece a leg at a time, a cross member at a time and then move it over to the tower were it is then wrenched up the tower and stood on top," Wiedemeier said.

Crews on the ground do the preparing, while up top, climbing the nearly 1,000 feet, more workers get everything set just right.

"There will be more than a million pounds of tower standing here when it's done," Wiedemeier said.

Strobe lights are on. Painting will come this spring.

"The tower is galvanized so therefore it is rust protected already. Painting is just something that will I guess in most people's opinion make it really look like a finished tower," Wiedemeier added.

Our goal is still late November to be back on the air to all of our viewers.

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