Ice buildup on World Trade Center TV mast

WNBC-TV’s CHOPPER 4 was sent to take a look at an icing condition at the top of World Trade Center’s TV mast. Pictures are from winter 2000, and the cockpit chatter provides the audio for this footage. (PARENTAL ADVISORY:brief language (“Holy s***“) @ 1:53) At WTC, WNBC-TV (channel 4) and WNYW-TV (channel 5) shared the top position on the mast, with both stations diplexed into a 2-bay batwing antenna, the RCA TF-2BM(S) ’superturnstile’. On this visit, the chopper found a good deal of ice on the north fac
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