7-tower array 1247753 — Albert Lea, MN

At 84 m, structure 1247753 is roughly in line with the 80 m average across the 56 structures registered in Freeborn County. It is roughly in line with the Minnesota average of 77 m across 3,995 registrations. Among the 16 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (7TA5), the average overall height is 93 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 389 m, which puts the top of the structure 473 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Albert Lea in Freeborn County, Minnesota, at coordinates 43.60161, -93.37578, with the site address filed as "1.8 miles SW of intersection US 65 and I-35". Freeborn County has 56 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 18th-largest count among the 87 Minnesota counties with registrations, and 33 of them are marked constructed. Minnesota as a whole has 3,995 registrations, the 21st-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Myrtle, MN · 1024162, a tower at 313 m (constructed).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history. The FCC issued registration 1247753 on Sep 1, 2009. Nationally, 15,896 of the 197,770 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 292 in Minnesota.

The FCC record lists Hometown Broadcasting, Inc. of Albert Lea, MN as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0005907878. Across the registry it holds 7 structure registrations, including 7 in Minnesota. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2005-AGL-613-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.