3-tower array 1054638 — Brainard, MN

At 55 m, structure 1054638 is about 34% below the 83 m average across the 80 structures registered in Crow Wing County. It is about 29% below the Minnesota average of 77 m across 3,994 registrations. Among the 377 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (3TA3), the average overall height is 82 m, so this one is about 33% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 378 m, which puts the top of the structure 433 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Brainard in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, at coordinates 46.33111, -94.17389, with the site address filed as "TWR 3 - .3 MI W OF SE CENTER CITY LIMITS". Crow Wing County has 80 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 8th-largest count among the 87 Minnesota counties with registrations, and 68 of them are marked constructed. Minnesota as a whole has 3,994 registrations, the 21st-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Pine River, MN · 1066141, a tower at 262 m (canceled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1054638 on Aug 10, 1998. Nationally, 141,861 of the 197,703 registrations (71.8%) carry the constructed status, including 2,994 in Minnesota.

The FCC record lists KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA = KLIZ-AM(3/3), BRAINARD, KOMMERSTAD of Brainard, MN as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0003759123. Across the registry it holds 3 structure registrations, including 2 in Minnesota. Its most common filed structure-type code is 3TA2 (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 98-AGL-1459-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".