Tower 1042908 — Ripley, MS

At 116 m, structure 1042908 is about 20% above the 97 m average across the 37 structures registered in Tippah County. It is about 27% above the Mississippi average of 92 m across 4,896 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 53% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 187 m, which puts the top of the structure 304 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Ripley in Tippah County, Mississippi, at coordinates 34.70986, -88.84333, with the site address filed as "6 MI E". Tippah County has 37 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 59th-largest count among the 82 Mississippi counties with registrations, and 31 of them are marked constructed. Mississippi as a whole has 4,896 registrations, the 16th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Boonville, MS · 1281363, a tower at 186 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1042908 on Sep 1, 2020. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,789 in Mississippi.

The FCC record lists JC Media LLC of Ripley, MS as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0028429124. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 2 in Mississippi. Its most common filed structure-type code is GTOWER (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 01-ASO-6908-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.