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Ugoretz said the WMTV tower is of special concern because of its 1,100-foot height. Nighttime neotropical migrants usually fly at altitudes of 1,000 to 2,000 feet. Other towers in the Madison area, he added, don't seem to cause as many kills, although collection of such data is spotty when it exists.

I think this hints to the real issue here. I live in Wisconsin and about 10 years ago I lived in Madison. In the early 90's The University Of Wisconsin Board Of Regents built a big tower at the west edge of town. The idea was that all the other towers in the city would come down and everyone would migrate to the new, taller one. Well, WMTV (NBC Channel 15) declined to join the others and kept thier older, shorter tower, which is right next to thier studios on Forward Dr.

My suspicion is that someone wants this land and is using this as an opportunity to force WMTV to migrate to the other tower. The fact that the new tower is owned by the University Of Wisconsin is probably no coincidence...

Link to picture of the University's 1400+' tower