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Article: Hayward considering shoreline radio towers
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 19, 2009
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HAYWARD -- Four radio towers on a former landfill could help the
city build a new main library, but opponents say the 199-foot-tall
structures aren't right for the shoreline at the end of West Winton
Avenue.
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the matter at its
Tuesday meeting and could give it the go-ahead.
The four towers would be used by Salem Communications for
broadcasting KNTS, an AM talk radio station. It currently has one
tower broadcasting out of Palo Alto, but would reach more listeners
if allowed to build in Hayward.
Salem would lease the land for $60,000 a year, and also agreed to
pay a one-time fee of $5 million for permission to build. According
to a staff report, ...