HOLLYWOOD - It will take between one to three years before New York television stationswill be able to bring their television signals up to the strength that they
maintained from the transmission tower of the World Trade Center, Newsday
reported today, citing WNBC-TV engineering director Steve
Pair.
Although earlier reports had indicated that some 1.7 million people in
New York City who do not have access to cable were only able to watch
WCBS-TV following the attacks (the CBS-owned station maintained a backup
transmitter atop the Empire State Building), Newsday reported that
the tower collapse actually affected some 4 million viewers without cable
living in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut).