Guyed tower 1016846 — South Hill, VA

At 89 m, structure 1016846 is about 20% above the 74 m average across the 60 structures registered in Mecklenburg County. It is about 34% above the Virginia average of 66 m across 4,239 registrations. Among the 20,277 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is about 17% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 116 m, which puts the top of the structure 204 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near South Hill in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, at coordinates 36.74444, -78.16139, with the site address filed as "HWY 47 N 3.5 KM NW". Mecklenburg County has 60 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 16th-largest count among the 132 Virginia counties with registrations, and 45 of them are marked constructed. Virginia as a whole has 4,239 registrations, the 19th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Henderson, NC · 1007536, a structure at 154 m (dismantled).

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 1016846 on Jul 17, 2018. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 321 in Virginia.

The FCC record lists Lakes Media II LLC of Raleigh, NC as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0019053057. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 1 in Virginia. Its most common filed structure-type code is GTOWER (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 88-AEA-0450-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1G, 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, 9.