![The KNOM Christmas star The KNOM Christmas star](https://www.knom.org/mission/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2011-xmas-star-lighting-23-Edit-960px-300x200.jpg)
November 26, 1970
A 3-foot, lighted Christmas star tops the 49-foot studio tower. Like five successors over the years, it is blown apart by wind before the end of the holidays.
(The star’s modern successor – pictured at right – has proven to be much more wind-resistant!)