Tower 1279908 — Walsenburg, CO

At 57 m, structure 1279908 is roughly in line with the 63 m average across the 28 structures registered in Huerfano County. It is about 16% above the Colorado average of 49 m across 2,340 registrations. Among the 75,247 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 25% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,900 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,957 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Walsenburg in Huerfano County, Colorado, at coordinates 37.66739, -104.83669, with the site address filed as "Intersection of Calle Vidal and Highway 69". Huerfano County has 28 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 27th-largest count among the 63 Colorado counties with registrations, and 21 of them are marked constructed. Colorado as a whole has 2,340 registrations, the 29th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Walsenburg, CO · 1250619, a tower at 245 m (constructed).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1279908 on Aug 2, 2011. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 293 in Colorado.

The FCC record lists Mainstreet Broadcasting Co. Inc of Walsenburg, CO as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0003714938. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 2 in Colorado. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (2 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2008-ANM-3265-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".