List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location

The following broadcast stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area all have radio antennas on the named building or radio tower, or within 100 meters or 330 feet of the summit of the mountain, and are listed with call sign, frequency or channel, community of license, and licensee/owner.

Mountains

Sweat Mountain

Antenna farm on Sweat Mountain

Sweat Mountain is a small antenna farm, located on the highest point in the core metro Atlanta not protected as a park, at a summit elevation of 1,640 feet (500 m). 34°4′1″N 84°27′20″W / 34.06694°N 84.45556°W / 34.06694; -84.45556 FM TV

There are also long-standing applications (potentially moot) for broadcast translators by Calvary Chapel on 94.5 and 103.7 to serve Woodstock. Another application for a translator on 102.1 by Community Public Radio to serve "Sweat Mountain" (which is not a community) is also listed by the FCC.

There was also a 50 kW transmitter on former TV channel 55 for MediaFLO, a pay TV service that was available on mobile TV. It was part of a single-frequency network across the metro area, all operated under callsign WPZA237 regionally. It was located 26 meters (85 ft) above ground level of approximately 1,620 feet (490 m), at 34°3′59″N 84°27′14″W / 34.06639°N 84.45389°W / 34.06639; -84.45389, a separate tower from those listed for the other stations above.[1]

Another transmitter on 56 is licensed to Manifest Wireless (EchoStar, like Dish Network) in the same manner: an SFN along with seven other locations in metro Atlanta that each have callsign WQJY980 (though this is different from other markets), and using a separate tower (at the same coordinates as MediaFLO) from the regular broadcast stations on the mountain. A strong ATSC signal is transmitted, but appears to carry only ATSC-M/H.

Stone Mountain

Located east of Atlanta in Stone Mountain, Georgia, it is owned by the state as part of the privately run Stone Mountain Park. 33°48′21.4″N 84°8′43.5″W / 33.805944°N 84.145417°W / 33.805944; -84.145417 FM TV

Kennesaw Mountain

The U.S. government and government of Georgia, as well as Cobb County government and Cobb EMC maintain non-broadcast facilities for internal communications. Its summit is 1808 feet or 550 meters AMSL, making it the highest point in the immediate metro area.

Bear Mountain

Located nearest Waleska, Georgia and Lake Arrowhead, and is the highest point in the expanded metro area at 2297 feet or 700 meters AMSL. 34°18′48″N 84°38′55″W / 34.31333°N 84.64861°W / 34.31333; -84.64861 FM TV

Blackjack Mountain

Sawnee Mountain

Located near Cumming, Georgia.

Buildings

Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel

The tallest in Atlanta when it was built, it has always held multiple stations.33°45′34″N 84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°W / 33.75944; -84.38861 FMTV

Bank of America Plaza

Replaced the Westin as Atlanta's tallest, and held LPTV stations and still an amateur radio repeater. 33°46′15″N 84°23′10″W / 33.77083°N 84.38611°W / 33.77083; -84.38611 FM TV

SunTrust Plaza (One Peachtree Center)

Atlanta's second-tallest skyscraper. (33°45′45″N 84°23′14″W / 33.76250°N 84.38722°W / 33.76250; -84.38722 FM TV

Perimeter Center

Located in Dunwoody (on the border with Sandy Springs), atop 1050 Crown Pointe , a mid-rise office building. 33°55′54″N 84°20′43″W / 33.93167°N 84.34528°W / 33.93167; -84.34528 (WAMJ FM 107.5 at 1050 Crown Pointe) FM

Towers

Turner Broadcasting tower

Located adjacent to the Downtown Connector, and owned by Turner Broadcasting System, this was a three-leg self-supporting radio tower, on land owned by Comcast. Its city block is bounded by Spring Street on its west, West Peachtree Street on the east, 10th Street on the south, and former 11th Street (now part of the Turner campus) on the north. The adjacent building was gutted (except for the transmitter room), and the tower was to come down within 120 days (October 10) after the analog shutdown (June 12). By August 2010 however, the tower was just beginning to be disassembled, and the WNNX and WWWQ backups had permits to move to the Inman Park tower. Dismantling was finally completed by November 2010.

33°46′57″N 84°23′20″W / 33.78250°N 84.38889°W / 33.78250; -84.38889 (Turner Broadcasting tower)FM TV

A previous four-leg tower on the same spot was completed in 1949 for then-new WAGA-TV 5, and was later topped with a time-and-temperature sign after WAGA moved and before WJRJ TV 17 came on-air in 1967. Storer Broadcasting owned WAGA, and Storer Cable in Atlanta changed hands to eventually become part of Comcast, which is in turn how the Time Warner station ended-up on its competitor's land.

North Druid Hills

These are actually two guyed towers immediately west-northwest of where Clifton Road ends at Briarcliff Road, near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is sometimes known as the Richland tower site, for the company that owns it. WAGA-TV 27 (5.1) is located just to the south on Briarcliff, on the other side of South Fork Peachtree Creek.

East tower

33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W / 33.80722; -84.33944 (North Druid Hills radio/TV tower east) FM TV

WUBL/WWPW moved to WKHX antenna in 2013
West tower

33°48′27″N 84°20′27″W / 33.80750°N 84.34083°W / 33.80750; -84.34083 (North Druid Hills radio/TV tower west) FM TV

One tower also has an XM Satellite Radio repeater.

Edgewood/Kirkwood

Located just south of DeKalb Avenue, east of Moreland Avenue (U.S. Route 23 and Georgia 42). Three towers are in the area, with two next to each other at the east end of New Street (a cul-de-sac or roundabout) nearer Edgewood, and one at the south end of Arizona Avenue (a dead end) nearer Kirkwood.

New Street, northeast (painted) tower

33°45′33″N 84°20′5″W / 33.75917°N 84.33472°W / 33.75917; -84.33472 (New Street radio/TV tower) FM TV

WSTR, WSB, and WVEE may share the same antenna through a diplexer, because they are listed as having nearly the same height.

New Street, southwest (unpainted) tower
Arizona Avenue tower

33°45′24″N 84°19′55″W / 33.75667°N 84.33194°W / 33.75667; -84.33194 (WXIA-TV tower) TV

Inman Park

Located between Interstate 20 and Memorial Drive east of Boulevard, at south end of Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta, and west of Peoplestown. 33°44′41″N 84°21′36″W / 33.74472°N 84.36000°W / 33.74472; -84.36000 (Inman Park radio/TV tower) FM TV

Freedom Parkway

This tower is so close to Freedom Parkway that one of its three sets of guy-wires goes over the road. To prevent falling ice in winter, the roadway is covered by a "tunnel" of sorts. 33°45′51″N 84°21′42″W / 33.76417°N 84.36167°W / 33.76417; -84.36167 (WSB-TV tower) FM TV

Holly Springs

Bounded by Interstate 575 on the west, old Georgia 5 on the east, and Rabbit Hill Road on the south. 34°9′14″N 84°30′44″W / 34.15389°N 84.51222°W / 34.15389; -84.51222 (Rabbit Hill Road radio tower)

Others

References

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