Pretty expensive gamble for a silly record, don’t you think?
It the “record” was ancillary to the goal of having a helluva broadcast area. If I recall correctly, the mishap involved a helicopter that was lifting a segment of the tower into place. The station owners wanted to have a greater broadcast area than theor competitors in Houston. After the collapse, the station used a tower atop one of the Houston skyscrapers until the built a replacement tower (this, too, was pretty damned tall). If
I double checked, it wasn’t a helo that was involved in the collapse, it came down to a section snagging on guy wires while being hoisted into place. I sent a video clip of the tower to you in FR mail.