Guyed tower 1315796 — Elk City, OK

At 106 m, structure 1315796 is about 13% above the 93 m average across the 66 structures registered in Beckham County. It is about 36% above the Oklahoma average of 78 m across 5,665 registrations. Among the 20,303 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 661 m, which puts the top of the structure 767 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Elk City in Beckham County, Oklahoma, at coordinates 35.40058, -99.48183, with the site address filed as "19628 Rt. 66 North". Beckham County has 66 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 36th-largest count among the 77 Oklahoma counties with registrations, and 53 of them are marked constructed. Oklahoma as a whole has 5,665 registrations, the 12th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Cheyenne, OK · 1057889, a tower at 304 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 1315796 on Aug 19, 2020. Nationally, 18,406 of the 197,833 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 435 in Oklahoma.

The FCC record lists Wright Broadcasting Systems, Inc. of Weatherford, OK as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001699180. Across the registry it holds 7 structure registrations, including 7 in Oklahoma. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (4 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2019-ASW-15916-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1L, 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.