Yes and no. How do you think the human standing right next to the tower is not getting fried? Humans climb live radio towers routinely. The tissue absorption

Yes and no. How do you think the human standing right next to the tower is not getting fried? Humans climb live radio towers routinely. The tissue absorption of RF energy at common AM station frequencies(below 2mhz) is negligible. Maximum absorption happens around the frequencies commonly used by FM stations (about 100mhz) I have climbed near an live FM antenna. You can feel the heat(well, radiation, converted to heat by your body tissue) from the antenna, it feels like a heat lamp. Your eyes are the most sensitive parts as they have the least ability to dissipate excess heat. The old rule-of-thumb is, if your eyes are watering, you're too close to the antenna. But like most things 'the way they use to do it' -- by that point damage is already being done. Cataracts are one of the first signs of RF induced tissue damage. It would take many thousands watts, transmitted at frequencies well above common AM frequencies to cause any sort of instant damage. I have never seen a field of dead birds near even major FM stations broadcasting with 50kw+ power.