2-tower array 1275695 — Chalmette, LA

At 72 m, structure 1275695 is about 33% below the 107 m average across the 37 structures registered in St. Bernard Parish. It is about 18% below the Louisiana average of 87 m across 5,038 registrations. Among the 35 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (2GTA2), the average overall height is 80 m, so this one is about 10% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1 m, which puts the top of the structure 73 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, at coordinates 29.96250, -89.95861, with the site address filed as "WIST Transmitter Site". St. Bernard Parish has 37 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 52nd-largest count among the 64 Louisiana counties with registrations, and 18 of them are marked constructed. Louisiana as a whole has 5,038 registrations, the 14th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Chalmette, LA · 1000007, a structure at 320 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 1275695 on Dec 17, 2012. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 439 in Louisiana.

The FCC record lists Catholic Community Radio, Inc. of Baton Rouge, LA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0019399856. Across the registry it holds 4 structure registrations, including 4 in Louisiana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2010-ASW-4104-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 3, 4, 5, 12.