# WTC Dish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 16, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-dish/510307 "2009-09-16T12:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-dish/510307/1 "2009-09-16T12:27:02Z")
Ok, this might be a stupid question. A friend sent me a clip of the final scene of the season finale of Fox’s “Fringe” as I’m a alternate history fan ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qfjMraEE7o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qfjMraEE7o) ). In the clip, the main character, FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, ends up in an alternate universe where the WTC still stands. As the scene pulls ways, there seems to be a satellite dish near the top of the tower she’s in (2:34 in the clip). Did this dish actually exist in the real WTC and what was its function? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-dish/510307/2 "2009-09-17T02:47:25Z")
I can’t comment about the dish in particular, but there was certainly plenty of communications equipment on the roof. [Here’s a closeup of the roof of the North Tower.](http://www.pokragac.com/photo/places/slides/North%20WTC%20Tower%20Roof%20from%20South%20Roof.html) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-dish/510307/3 "2009-09-17T04:22:57Z")
In fact, the World Trade Center was such a popular location for antennas that, after the towers came down, there was a massive communications problem in New York City, and the FCC passed special rules to expedite the relocation of WTC antennas to different sites.