One of the building's most distinctive features is a broadcasting antenna that traces back to the building's role in the first television broadcasts of W2XWV in 1938, the station which became WABD in 1944, WNEW-TV in 1958, and is now WNYW.
One of the building's most distinctive features is a broadcasting antenna that traces back to the building's role in the first television broadcasts of Allen B. DuMont experimental television station W2XWV in 1938. The station became commercially licensed as WABD--named for DuMont's initials--in 1944, WNEW-TV in 1958, and is now WNYW.