Tower 1217715 — Great Falls, MT

At 152 m, structure 1217715 is about twice the 70 m average across the 60 structures registered in Cascade County. It is about 2.9 times the Montana average of 53 m across 1,459 registrations. Among the 75,198 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about twice that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 256 m, which puts the top of the structure 408 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Great Falls in Cascade County, Montana, at coordinates 47.61444, -111.34833, with the site address filed as "Nine Miles North of Great Falls, MT". Cascade County has 60 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 6th-largest count among the 56 Montana counties with registrations, and 43 of them are marked constructed. Montana as a whole has 1,459 registrations, the 39th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Dutton, MT · 1036927, a tower at 539 m (granted (not yet 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Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1217715 on Dec 13, 2000. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 128 in Montana.

The FCC record lists Shelby Media Association of McCook, NE as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0006148779. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 2 in Montana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (2 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 00-ANM-1603-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.