The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building :

In the late 18th century the location of the Empire State Building was first developed as the John Thompson Farm. At the time, a stream ran across the site, emptying into Sunfish Pond, located a block away. Beginning in the late 19th century the block was occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, frequented by The Four Hundred, the social elite of New York.

Before the building was finished,Broadcasting from the Empire State Building was started with an NBC broadcast on Christmas Eve 1930. On ESB's opening night, May 1, 1931, NBC broadcast the RKO Theatre Over-the-Air from the 86th floor. Radio programs were included with NBC's Mobil Oil Concert Hour and WOR's Manhattan Melodies and The Microphone in the Sky. Television appearance when NBC sent its first experimental television signal from the top of the building on December 22, 1931 and in 1939.They introduced the first regular television that broadcasts with the opening day ceremonies at the New York World's Fair.