Editing 4 Times Square (section)

=== Form ===
The building is part of the 42nd Street Development Project and, thus, could bypass many city [[zoning]] rules such as those relating to [[floor area ratio]] (FAR).<ref name="Stern (2006) p. 717">{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|p=717}}</ref><ref name="Stephens p. 92">{{harvnb|Stephens|2000a|ps=.|p=92}}</ref> [[Bruce Fowle]] of Fox & Fowle estimated that the building had a FAR of 35,<ref name="Jacobs 1999">{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Karrie |date=June 28, 1999 |title=Fat City |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/architecture/columns/cityscape/455/ |access-date=September 28, 2021 |website=New York Magazine |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928223607/https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/architecture/columns/cityscape/455/ |url-status=live}}</ref> while ''The New York Times'' stated that the FAR was only 31.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=January 13, 2005 |title=The Sky Is No Longer the Limit on Far West Side Buildings |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/nyregion/the-sky-is-no-longer-the-limit-on-far-west-side-buildings.html |access-date=September 30, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609201940/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/nyregion/the-sky-is-no-longer-the-limit-on-far-west-side-buildings.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[massing]] of the building contains several [[Setback (architecture)|setbacks]], which were not mandated by zoning ordinances but were included to make the building's design fit in with its setting.<ref name="Stephens p. 91" /><ref name="Stern (2006) p. 715" /><ref name="New York Magazine 1996">{{cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=Karrie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuECAAAAMBAJ |title=New Style: No Style |date=September 23, 1996 |journal=New York Magazine |publisher=New York Media, LLC |page=115<!--30-31,115--> |issn=0028-7369 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821205914/https://books.google.com/books?id=TuECAAAAMBAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> The 43rd story contains a glass setback with a [[cavetto]]-shaped cornice. Stephens wrote that the building contained a combination of neo-Modernist and traditional design elements. While the building is divided into a base, shaft, and pinnacle similar to older skyscrapers, the design of the [[facade]] was more varied.<ref name="Stephens p. 91" />

==== Antenna mast ====
If the building's antenna mast is included, the structure's total height is {{cvt|340.7|m|ft|disp=flip|adj=off}}.<ref name="Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat" /> The original antenna mast measured {{cvt|132|ft}} and was built primarily for Clear Channel Communications (now [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]) as a backup transmitter site.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 28, 2001 |title=A NERW Encore: Four Times Square, January 2001 |url=https://www.fybush.com/site-031023.html |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=Fybush.com |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917195026/https://www.fybush.com/site-031023.html |url-status=live}}</ref> After the broadcast equipment atop the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]]'s towers was [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|destroyed]] during the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, the main transmitters for radio stations [[WKTU]], [[WNYC-FM]], and [[WPAT-FM]] and the backup transmitter for [[WSKQ-FM]] were transferred to 4 Times Square.<ref name="Fybush" /> In 2003, the original installation was replaced with a {{cvt|385|ft|4=-tall|adj=mid}} mast.<ref name="Fybush" /><ref name="Electrical Contractor Magazine 2017" /><ref name="The Broadcast Bridge 2017">{{cite web | author=The Broadcast Bridge | title=Future of NYC Broadcast TV Moving to 1 WTC - Connecting IT to Broadcast | website=The Broadcast Bridge | date=April 10, 2017 | url=https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/8291/future-of-nyc-broadcast-tv-moving-to-1-wtc | access-date=January 1, 2022 | archive-date=June 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621070355/https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/8291/future-of-nyc-broadcast-tv-moving-to-1-wtc | url-status=live}}</ref> This allowed WKTU, WNYC-FM, and WPAT-FM to build main transmitters at the [[Empire State Building]] without disrupting existing FM tenants there.<ref name="Fybush" /> The topmost antenna, designed for [[Univision]]'s [[WFUT-DT|WFUT-TV]],<ref name="Fybush" /><ref name="Electrical Contractor Magazine 2017" /> was removed in 2015 and replaced with a [[very high frequency]] (VHF) antenna for television station [[WJLP]], bringing the mast to {{convert|416|ft}} tall.<ref name="The Broadcast Bridge 2017" />

The mast includes five antennas. The topmost one is used by WJLP.<ref name="The Broadcast Bridge 2017" /> The second-highest tier contains two antennas for [[ultra high frequency]] (UHF) broadcasts; the antenna serving UHF channels 40–60 is above that serving channels 24–45.<ref name="Fybush 2010">{{cite web|date=July 9, 2010|first=Scott|last=Fybush|work=Fybush.com|title=4 Times Square, New York, 2009|url=https://www.fybush.com/sites/2010/site-100709.html|access-date=January 1, 2022|archive-date=June 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630105724/https://www.fybush.com/sites/2010/site-100709.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|These channels have since been taken out of broadcast television use.}} Below that are two antennas for VHF broadcasts: one for low-VHF broadcasts and the other for [[FM broadcasting|FM radio stations]].<ref name="Fybush 2010" /><ref name="Electrical Contractor Magazine 2017" /> The antenna systems and mast were constructed by [[Andrew Corporation]], Dielectric Communications, Shively Labs, and Electronics Research Inc.<ref name="Fybush 2010" /><ref name="Electrical Contractor Magazine 2017" /> {{As of|2021}}, the mast at 4 Times Square is used as a primary site by FM radio stations [[WBGO]], [[WKCR-FM|WKCR]], [[WNYE (FM)|WNYE]], and [[WBAI]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio stations in New York, NY |url=http://www.radiomap.us/us-ny/new-york |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027025152/http://www.radiomap.us/us-ny/new-york |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |access-date=October 26, 2017 |publisher=World Radio Map}}</ref> In addition, the mast has been used as a backup site for FM stations such as WKTU, WNYC, WPAT, WSKQ, [[WHTZ]], [[WAXQ]], [[WWPR-FM|WWPR]], [[WLTW]], and [[WCAA (FM)|WCAA]].<ref name="Electrical Contractor Magazine 2017" />