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Dec 9, 2006 4:54 pm US/Mountain

Senators Step Into High-Definition TV Tower Debate

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) ― Officials in Golden are denouncing a bill by Colorado's senators that would leave them out of the debate over building a high-definition TV tower on Lookout Mountain.

The city has long opposed the proposed tower, with concerns ranging from health effects from radiation to electronic interference.

Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar's bill would allow holders of an approved Federal Communications Commission permit to build a digital TV tower on the mountain -- if the structure is no higher than existing towers.

A consortium of four Denver stations has proposed building a 730-foot-high tower to replace three towers ranging up to 834 feet.

Supporters say that without the bill, Denver area viewers wouldn't have free high-definition signals by the federally mandated deadline of 2009.

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