** Media Alert ** For Thursday, October 31st

NEW YORK - Oct. 31, 2013 - PRLog -- Empire State Realty Trust and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment “Treat” New York City and the World to the “Sights and Sounds” of Halloween

With One-of-a-Kind Light and Music Show

ANTENNA REVEAL:     As a special surprise and gift to New York City and the world, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.  has installed for the first time lights to the Empire State Building’s antenna—the highest structure on the building.  These custom LED lights can be seen for miles in every direction.  On Halloween night, the antenna LEDs will be unveiled for the first-time ever, and will become part of the Empire State Building’s light shows and iconic tower lightings, further enhancing and redefining the New York City skyline.

         On Thursday, October 31, 2013, at 8:30 p.m. EST, ESRT and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment will give New York City a Halloween-themed LED light show choreographed by internationally-acclaimed lighting designer Marc Brickman to a Halloween-inspired soundtrack on Clear Channel’s powerhouse radio stations Z100 (100.3 FM) and KTU (103.5 FM).

The addition of the new antenna LED lights will offer more than 200 feet of new lighting capabilities to extend and amplify the entire tower from choreographed light shows to daily lightings with the same effects and 16 million colors as the other tiers of the tower.

THE SIGHTS:          Best Light Show Public Viewing Locations:

·         Brooklyn Bridge

·         Bryant Park

·         The Highline

·         Hoboken/Jersey City Waterfront

·         Hudson River Esplanade

·         Long Island City

·         Madison Square Park

·         Tribeca Park

·         Union Square

·         Williamsburg Waterfront

THE SOUNDS:          Fans in New York and around the Tri-State area can tune into Z100 (100.3 FM) or KTU (103.5 FM) to hear the synchronized soundtrack in real-time during the light show.

The Halloween-inspired hits for the light show:

·         “This Is Halloween”

·         “Ghostbusters”

·         “Monster Mash”

·         “Halloween”

·         “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Those unable to view the live show can watch the official video of the entire light show on the Empire State Building’s YouTube page via the following link: www.youtube.com/esbnyc.

MEDIA MATERIALS:     ESRT will post the official, hi-resolution video of the light and music show featuring incredible aerial views of the Empire State Building with an embeddable code on its YouTube page, www.youtube.com/esbnyc, within an hour of the show finishing for media use. Photos and b-roll footage will be available following the light show.

SOCIAL MEDIA:          Fans are invited to join the Halloween light show discussion by utilizing the hashtag #ESBoo on social media channels.

About the Empire State Building

Soaring 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan (from base to antenna), the Empire State Building, owned by ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C., is the “World’s Most Famous Office Building.” With new investments in energy efficiency, infrastructure, public areas and amenities, the Empire State Building has attracted first-rate tenants in a diverse array of industries from around the world. The skyscraper’s robust broadcasting technology supports all major television and FM radio stations in the New York metropolitan market. The Empire State Building was named America’s favorite building in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects and the Empire State Building Observatory is one of the world’s most beloved attractions as the region’s #1 tourist destination. For more information on the Empire State Building, please visit www.esbnyc.com (https://webmail2.edelman.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=7TD_Sl10EE2...), http://www.facebook.com/empirestatebuilding (https://webmail2.edelman.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=7TD_Sl10EE2...), @EmpireStateBldg, or http://pinterest.com/empirestatebldg/ (https://webmail2.edelman.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=7TD_Sl10EE2enWnnms1rcfTpiwoHmNAI_smjBwyCeLBGvTLWcP5Tf5bQSNjzddC_Bl4zSwfJ4AA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpinterest.com%2fempirestatebldg%2f).