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> Tower Dogs,
> NBC "Dateline"
> July 21,
> 10:00 PM EDT
> 
> NBC's "Dateline" to explore the perilous world of tower dogs
> on July 21 NBC's "Dateline Presents" says it will take
> "a never-before-seen journey into the hazardous world
> of the tower climbers who work on the front lines
> of America's high-tech communications system."
> The program, "Tower Dogs," will air on
> Monday, July 21 at 10:00 PM/EASTERN TIME.
> 
> The hour-long broadcast is expected to give an up close
> and personal no-holds-barred look at tower dogs' lives
> - up in the air and on the ground.
> "We experience their on-the-job tension
> and watch them work hard, play hard, and mourn
> when they lose one of their own,"
> NBC said in a press release.  In a twist
> on all the dangerous-job programs
> that solely feature males, typically narrated
> with muscular prose, "Tower Dogs" follows
> an unusual tower crew boss: a woman named
> Nikki Collins, a single mom, former cheerleader,
> and the person keeping her tough-guy charges in one piece.
> Although there has been a noted increase
> in tower construction company owners and climbers
>  that are women they are in a small minority
> in a predominately male profession.
> 
> The "Dateline" team worked for four months documenting
> this group of tower climbers as they worked their way
> through 40 towns and cities in 24 states.
> During this time there were seven fatalities nationwide,
> including five deaths in a 12-day period in April.
> National exposure long overdue, say many.
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> Ken