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On May 1, 1931, construction was completed on what is still the world's tallest building—the Empire State Building in New York City. Less than eight months later, a television transmitting antenna had been erected atop tile structure (a point originally designed as a mooring mast for dirigibles).
8 wrz 2021 · Returning to the Empire State Building was the best way to restore full coverage, but finding room there for all these stations’ antennas and transmitters wasn’t easy. It involved some creative solutions, like essentially hanging a temporary low VHF panel antenna out a window.
Empire State Building - TV Page. This page is specifically designed to show the TV side of the Empire State Building. Updated March 2024. Stations by height. Old WNBC/WNYW Batwind (DIE TF-2MSP-DH) - 438 meters WEDW/WZME (Site:2) - DIE TFU-12EST/VP-R 3S180 - 428 meters. FM Master Antenna 415 meters. FM Mini Master Antenna 408 meters
4 sie 2021 · All 16 New York City FM stations operated out of this antenna array, known as The Alford Antenna (named after the design engineer), and making it the largest combined FM station system in the world.
5 wrz 2023 · The Empire State Building's total height, including its antenna, is 1,454 feet (443.2 meters). Even without the antenna, the roof height is a staggering 1,250 feet (381 meters). This made it the first building ever to contain more than 100 floors.
6 wrz 2023 · Height limitations top at 10 feet, which required us to create four antenna sections that could be joined together in the transmission headend between the 80 th and 85 th floor. The system was pieced together once the antenna mounts were in place for the outdoor side-mount configuration.
1 sie 2019 · New York, NY — The Empire State Building has gifted the Audio Engineering Society with one of the 32 elements from its Alford antenna array, which overlooked Manhattan from high above for more than half a century.
