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.
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Salem Arlington Heights tower |
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WKTA tx bldg. |
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WEEF towers |
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Forest of cellular monopoles |
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WAES tower |
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WAES antenna |
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WLS rack room |
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WLS studio corridor |
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WLS production studio |
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WLS production equipment |
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WLS control room |
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WLS news anchor position |
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WLS main studio |
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WLS production studio |
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WLS production board |
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WLS history wall |
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WZZN studio |
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WRDZ "studio" |
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WMVP production studio |
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WMVP control room |
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WMVP air studio |
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WMVP production office |
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WMVP logo wall |
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WMVP clock wall |
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WLS-TV master control |
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Marina Towers |
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Tribune Tower |
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Sun-Times Building |
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WNTD day site |
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WGRB/WRLL towers |
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WLS tx bldg. |
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WLS backup tx builder's plate |
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WLS backup tx |
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WLS DX-50 |
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Warren and his transmitter |
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WLS 5-kW backup-backup |
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WLS racks |
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WLS FEMA studio |
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WLS switchgear |
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Base of WLS tower |
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WLS Austin transformer |
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WLS ATU #2 |
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WLS ATU #1 |
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Hg(g) + RF ==> light |
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WLS tower |
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WLS base insulator |
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WLS aux tower |
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WLS antennas |
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Carl Sandburg H.S. |
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WHSD antenna |
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Copyright 2004 Garrett Wollman. All rights reserved.