# Will The New One World Trade Center Not Have A TV Tower?

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**Created:** [December 13, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-one-world-trade-center-not-have-a-tv-tower/606016 "2011-12-13T09:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-one-world-trade-center-not-have-a-tv-tower/606016/1 "2011-12-13T09:17:06Z")

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I know the TV transmitters were on the old WTC and they are currently on the Empire State bulding.

But in the article in the Wikipedia it says

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> One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States and one of the tallest in the world, with its radio antenna reaching a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541.3 m) in reference to the year of American independence.

> **[One World Trade Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center)**
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> One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower,\[note 1\] is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was...

It says specifically radio tower, so does this mean the TV stations are going to stay on the Empire State Building?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-one-world-trade-center-not-have-a-tv-tower/606016/2 "2011-12-13T09:34:34Z")

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Elsewhere in the article it says:

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> A mast containing the antenna for television broadcasters – designed by a collaboration among SOM, artist Kenneth Snelson (who invented the tensegrity structure), lighting designers and engineers – is secured by a system of cables, and rises from a circular support ring, similar to the Statue of Liberty’s torch, to a height of 1,776 feet (541 m).

Television broadcasting uses radio waves, so it’s still a radio antenna.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-one-world-trade-center-not-have-a-tv-tower/606016/3 "2011-12-14T01:03:37Z")

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It wouldn’t make any sense not to. TV and radio broadcasters are excellent tenants and use space nobody else wants. And they want their antennas on the tallest building around to give their signal the maximum range.