Tower 1216750 — Lariat, TX

At 78 m, structure 1216750 is about 10% below the 87 m average across the 33 structures registered in Parmer County. It is roughly in line with the Texas average of 76 m across 20,674 registrations. Among the 75,302 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,238 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,316 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Lariat in Parmer County, Texas, at coordinates 34.34869, -102.95550, with the site address filed as "South of US 70 & 84, 6km west of Lariat, TX". Parmer County has 33 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 175th-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 28 of them are marked constructed. Texas as a whole has 20,674 registrations, the largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Midway, NM · 1225246, a tower at 223 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 1216750 on Aug 30, 2000. Nationally, 18,398 of the 197,703 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 2,217 in Texas.

The FCC record lists Broadcast Entertainment Corporation of Clovis, NM as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0006160071. Across the registry it holds 5 structure registrations, including 1 in Texas. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (3 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 00-ASW-2938-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.