In 2006-five years after 9/11-cement for the foundation began being poured for the new 104-floor One World Trade Center site near the fallen twin towers. Over time, the people, along with the broadcasters, recovered. Broadcast executives widely felt that it was an inappropriate time for entertainment programs to be shown when so much death and destruction was being seen live on television. Kennedy that the television networks announced there would be no television commercials or programs for an indefinite period. It was the first time since the assassination of President John F. broadcast networks were on the air for 93 continuous hours with the story. It led to the radio pioneer dressing in a suit, overcoat, scarf with gloves jumping to his death from his New York City apartment in 1954.Ĭoverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath became the longest uninterrupted news event in the history of American television. The vicious conflict would eventually destroy Armstrong.

After World War II, with the launch of commercial television on the horizon, a lengthy patent battle ensued between Armstrong and Sarnoff’s RCA and NBC network.

After purchasing 11 acres of land in Alpine that overlooked the New York metropolitan landscape, Armstrong built a massive three-armed steel tower in 1937 and soon launched the nation’s first FM radio station.Īrmstrong’s independent FM radio venture, however, would lead to a legendary feud with rival Sarnoff. Jealous, RCA chief David Sarnoff claimed he needed the space for television and ordered Armstrong-who wanted to begin an FM broadcasting service in New York-to remove his equipment and vacate the Empire State Building.Īrmstrong’s eviction from Empire left the inventor undeterred in his quest to bring high fidelity FM radio to New Yorkers. By 1935, it was clear that Armstrong’s “static-less” FM system worked well-perhaps too well.

Eventually, “Empire” became home to nearly all of New York City’s television stations, remaining so until completion of the 110-story World Trade Center in the early 1970s.Įmpire’s 85th floor was also home to Edwin Armstrong’s FM radio laboratory. It was home to RCA’s experimental television station, which began broadcasting shortly after the skyscraper opened. Early on, the building’s 85th floor became a hotbed of broadcast activity.

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