Fatal Crash Topples Tower Holding KAJN/Lafayette, LA Antenna

Lost Tower

The former tower of CORDILLERA ABC affiliate KATC-TV/LAFAYETTE, LA, currently home to AGAPE BROADCASTERS Contemporary Christian KAJN/CROWLEY-LAFAYETTE, LA, was toppled when a plane hit the tower on FRIDAY (8/31), killing two people aboard the aircraft.  KAJN, which leased the KAPLAN, LA tower from KATC, was knocked off the air by the accident and is streaming programming online for now; its transmitter building was undamaged,

MARCUS TODD SAMPSON and his daughter CAYLEE ISABELLA SAMPSON of SEABROOK, TX died in the PIPER Cherokee crash, which is under investigation by the NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY BOARD.

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