![]() In February 2016, alternative station WKQX and sister classic rock station WLUP-FM announced that they will be moving from their longtime home in the Merchandise Mart to a new studio in the tower. The following TV and radio stations are located in the building: It was also home to the 1990s syndicated improv/sketch show Kwik Witz, The Jenny Jones Show until its cancellation in 2003, and Steve Harvey until its move to Los Angeles in 2017. Connected to the main tower is a four-story radio and television broadcasting facility where popular shows such as Judge Mathis and WSNS's newscasts and WMAQ's newscasts are currently taped, and was the former recording facility for Jerry Springer and The Steve Wilkos Show before their tax credit-influenced move to Stamford, Connecticut in 2009. Located in the Cityfront Plaza area, the building contains 850,000 sq ft (79,000 m 2) of space and three floors of underground parking with 261 spaces. WMAQ radio/WSCR studios and STL were located in the building until 2006 when they relocated to Two Prudential Plaza. WMAQ and WSNS have STL and satellite facilities on the roof the STLs link to WMAQ and WSNS's transmitter facilities atop the Willis Tower. A 130 ft (40 m) broadcast tower and spire tops the skyscraper. The building takes additional cues from the nearby landmark Tribune Tower with the use of flying buttresses. The tower is further enhanced by the use of limestone piers and recessed tinted glass with granite spandrels. Smith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is in the Art Deco style and bares a marked similarity to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, which is NBC's global headquarters. Telemundo O&O WSNS-TV has also occupied the building since its purchase by NBC in 2001, and NBC's former radio properties, WKQX, and WLUP-FM, continue to maintain studios in the tower. At 10 o'clock on the evening of October 1, 1989, WMAQ-TV broadcast its first newscast from the new home, with the then-weeknight news team of Ron Magers, Carol Marin, John Coleman, and Mark Giangreco. NBC's Chicago offices, studios, and owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV are based in the building. ![]() Completed in 1989, the 37-story building reaches a height of 627 feet (191 m). The NBC Tower is an office tower on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois located at 454 North Columbus Drive (455 North Cityfront Plaza is also used as a vanity address) in downtown Chicago's Magnificent Mile area.
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