Sears Tower, which lost its world’s tallest building crown in 1996 to twin towers in Malaysia by a scant 33 feet, is adding 22 feet to one of its twin broadcast antennas for digital TV.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago installed a new antenna on top of the Willis Tower Sunday morning. Chopper 7 captured the process. Another helicopter lifted the 5,500-pound, 32-foot antenna up to ...

In addition to saving the time, hassle, and risks associated with manually changing the colors, the new system is expected to reduce antenna lighting ... (formerly Sears) Tower receives on average ...

The Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower later this summer after the London-based company moves 500 employees into the building. CHICAGO – Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will ...

Several Chicago-area television and radio stations went off the air Sunday morning, a problem attributed to the installation of a new digital antenna on top the Sears Tower by WFLD-Ch. 32.

Here’s how it works. In January, this column discussed the growth of the antenna complex on the Sears Tower in Chicago. As noted in that article, the installation was successful, but problems occurred ...

Its broadcast antennas are not counted. The decision was made by an organization based in Chicago, whose cultural and architectural history is embodied by the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower The ...

The Sears Tower was opened in 1973 and is 1,729 feet tall, including its antenna. It was originally named for retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co., which moved its headquarters to Hoffman Estates ...

Is NOT! So goes the discussion over the world's tallest building. Is it in Chicago, home of the 1,450-foot Sears Tower (antennas not included)? Or is it in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the ...

CHICAGO – Chicago no longer has the world’s tallest building, but it will soon be home to the world’s tallest broadcast antenna. The Sears Tower is adding 22 feet to one of its twin digital ...

The measurement was made public Monday. Sears Tower’s owner, Toronto’s TrizecHahn Corp., said the antenna extension was designed to enhance the building’s broadcast capabilities. The ...

Residents of Chicago have already seen the Willis Tower stripped of its status of the world's tallest building and its iconic name the Sears Tower ... shell over the antenna mast has been removed ...