[BC] 2000 ft. Digital TV tower for Chicago

[Gordon Carter]

That idea has been floating around for at least 10 years.  The players
and location keep changing, but it never has gotten off the ground (no
pun intended) yet.  As you note, there are several problems, not the
least of which is NIMBY.

I'll believe it when they break ground.

Gordon S. Carter, CPBE, CBNT
Chief Engineer
WFMT and The Radio Network
5400 North St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773 279-2071

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:24 AM
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: [BC] 2000 ft. Digital TV tower for Chicago

Today's Chicago Tribune has a front page report of a plan to construct a

2000 foot high freestanding structure downtown in the Streeterville 
neighborhood that would consist of 3 legs braced at different heights,
and 
tapering into 3 spires at around the 1500 foot point.   A significant 
purpose is that it serve as a location for digital TV antennas.    At
this 
point, it is only a plan and faces several hurdles which could cause it
to 
vaporize.    It would not be a office building but more like CN Tower, 
higher than that but not as high as the TV tower in Fargo.

The story also mentioned talks in the past amongst local TV stations in 
which the possibility of some kind of co-op free standing TV tower in
the 
west suburbs or near west side had been considered.

Rob Atkinson
St. Charles IL
k5uj

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