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](100-01985-th.jpg) |
Salem Arlington Heights tower |
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![WKTA tx bldg.](100-01986-th.jpg) |
WKTA tx bldg. |
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![WEEF towers](100-01988-th.jpg) |
WEEF towers |
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![Forest of cellular monopoles](100-01989-th.jpg) |
Forest of cellular monopoles |
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![WAES tower](100-01992-th.jpg) |
WAES tower |
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![WAES antenna](100-01993-th.jpg) |
WAES antenna |
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![WLS rack room](100-02106-th.jpg) |
WLS rack room |
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![WLS studio corridor](100-02107-th.jpg) |
WLS studio corridor |
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![WLS production studio](100-02108-th.jpg) |
WLS production studio |
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![WLS production equipment](100-02109-th.jpg) |
WLS production equipment |
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![WLS control room](100-02110-th.jpg) |
WLS control room |
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![WLS news anchor position](100-02111-th.jpg) |
WLS news anchor position |
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![WLS main studio](100-02112-th.jpg) |
WLS main studio |
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![WLS production studio](100-02113-th.jpg) |
WLS production studio |
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![WLS production board](100-02114-th.jpg) |
WLS production board |
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![WLS history wall](100-02115-th.jpg) |
WLS history wall |
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![WZZN studio](100-02116-th.jpg) |
WZZN studio |
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![WRDZ "studio"](100-02117-th.jpg) |
WRDZ "studio" |
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![WMVP production studio](100-02118-th.jpg) |
WMVP production studio |
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![WMVP control room](100-02119-th.jpg) |
WMVP control room |
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![WMVP air studio](100-02120-th.jpg) |
WMVP air studio |
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![WMVP production office](100-02121-th.jpg) |
WMVP production office |
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![WMVP logo wall](100-02122-th.jpg) |
WMVP logo wall |
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![WMVP clock wall](100-02123-th.jpg) |
WMVP clock wall |
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![WLS-TV master control](100-02127-th.jpg) |
WLS-TV master control |
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![Marina Towers](100-02132-th.jpg) |
Marina Towers |
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![Tribune Tower](100-02133-th.jpg) |
Tribune Tower |
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![Sun-Times Building](100-02134-th.jpg) |
Sun-Times Building |
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![WNTD day site](100-02137-th.jpg) |
WNTD day site |
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![WGRB/WRLL towers](100-02141-th.jpg) |
WGRB/WRLL towers |
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![WLS tx bldg.](100-02142-th.jpg) |
WLS tx bldg. |
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![WLS backup tx builder's plate](100-02147-th.jpg) |
WLS backup tx builder's plate |
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![WLS backup tx](100-02148-th.jpg) |
WLS backup tx |
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![WLS DX-50](100-02149-th.jpg) |
WLS DX-50 |
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![Warren and his transmitter](100-02151-th.jpg) |
Warren and his transmitter |
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![WLS 5-kW backup-backup](100-02153-th.jpg) |
WLS 5-kW backup-backup |
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![WLS racks](100-02154-th.jpg) |
WLS racks |
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![WLS FEMA studio](100-02155-th.jpg) |
WLS FEMA studio |
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![WLS switchgear](100-02156-th.jpg) |
WLS switchgear |
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![Base of WLS tower](100-02157-th.jpg) |
Base of WLS tower |
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![WLS Austin transformer](100-02158-th.jpg) |
WLS Austin transformer |
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![WLS ATU #2](100-02159-th.jpg) |
WLS ATU #2 |
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![WLS ATU #1](100-02160-th.jpg) |
WLS ATU #1 |
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![Hg(g) + RF ==> light](100-02165-th.jpg) |
Hg(g) + RF ==> light |
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![WLS tower](100-02161-th.jpg) |
WLS tower |
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![WLS base insulator](100-02163-th.jpg) |
WLS base insulator |
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![WLS aux tower](100-02167-th.jpg) |
WLS aux tower |
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![WLS antennas](100-02168-th.jpg) |
WLS antennas |
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![Carl Sandburg H.S.](100-02169-th.jpg) |
Carl Sandburg H.S. |
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![WHSD antenna](100-02170-th.jpg) |
WHSD antenna |
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Copyright 2004 Garrett Wollman. All rights reserved.