Chicago, 4 and 6 July, 2004

When the opportunity presented itself to visit Chicago and get a tour of some of ABC's facilities, I jumped at the chance to use some of my United frequent-flyer miles. I arrived on a Sunday, which happened to be the Fourth of July, but headed immediately up to Milwaukee for a few days to see what that market looked like. I did stop on the way up at a few Chicagoland stations, and then came back for the ABC tours on Tuesday the sixth.

Salem Arlington Heights tower
Salem Arlington Heights tower
WKTA tx bldg.
WKTA tx bldg.
WEEF towers
WEEF towers
Forest of cellular monopoles
Forest of cellular monopoles
WAES tower
WAES tower
WAES antenna
WAES antenna
WLS rack room
WLS rack room
WLS studio corridor
WLS studio corridor
WLS production studio
WLS production studio
WLS production equipment
WLS production equipment
WLS control room
WLS control room
WLS news anchor position
WLS news anchor position
WLS main studio
WLS main studio
WLS production studio
WLS production studio
WLS production board
WLS production board
WLS history wall
WLS history wall
WZZN studio
WZZN studio
WRDZ "studio"
WRDZ "studio"
WMVP production studio
WMVP production studio
WMVP control room
WMVP control room
WMVP air studio
WMVP air studio
WMVP production office
WMVP production office
WMVP logo wall
WMVP logo wall
WMVP clock wall
WMVP clock wall
WLS-TV master control
WLS-TV master control
Marina Towers
Marina Towers
Tribune Tower
Tribune Tower
Sun-Times Building
Sun-Times Building
WNTD day site
WNTD day site
WGRB/WRLL towers
WGRB/WRLL towers
WLS tx bldg.
WLS tx bldg.
WLS backup tx builder's plate
WLS backup tx builder's plate
WLS backup tx
WLS backup tx
WLS DX-50
WLS DX-50
Warren and his transmitter
Warren and his transmitter
WLS 5-kW backup-backup
WLS 5-kW backup-backup
WLS racks
WLS racks
WLS FEMA studio
WLS FEMA studio
WLS switchgear
WLS switchgear
Base of WLS tower
Base of WLS tower
WLS Austin transformer
WLS Austin transformer
WLS ATU #2
WLS ATU #2
WLS ATU #1
WLS ATU #1
Hg(g) + RF ==> light
Hg(g) + RF ==> light
WLS tower
WLS tower
WLS base insulator
WLS base insulator
WLS aux tower
WLS aux tower
WLS antennas
WLS antennas
Carl Sandburg H.S.
Carl Sandburg H.S.
WHSD antenna
WHSD antenna

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