List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location

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The following broadcast stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area have antennas on the named building or tower or within 100 meters (330 feet) of the summit of the mountain, and are listed with call sign, frequency (or channel), city of license, and licensee (owner).

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Mountains

Sweat Mountain

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Sweat Mountain antenna farm

Sweat Mountain has a small antenna farm, on the highest point in metro Atlanta which is not protected as a park, at a summit elevation of 1,640 feet (500 m) 34°4′1″N84°27′20″W / 34.06694°N 84.45556°W / 34.06694; -84.45556 :

Long-standing applications are on file for broadcast translators from Calvary Chapel on 94.5 and 103.7 to serve Woodstock. Another application for a translator on 102.1 by Community Public Radio to serve "Sweat Mountain" (not a community) is also listed by the Federal Communications Commission.

A 50 kW transmitter on former TV channel 55 existed for MediaFLO, a pay-TV service available on mobile TV. Part of a single-frequency network (SFN) across the metropolitan area which used the regional call sign WPZA237, it was 26 meters (85 ft) above ground level of about 1,620 feet (490 m) at 34°3′59″N84°27′14″W / 34.06639°N 84.45389°W / 34.06639; -84.45389 on a tower separate from the above-listed stations above. [1] Another transmitter on channel 56 is licensed to Manifest Wireless (EchoStar, similar to Dish Network) in the same manner: an SFN with seven other locations in metro Atlanta with the call sign WQJY980, using a separate tower (at the same coordinates as MediaFLO) from the mountain's other broadcast stations.

Stone Mountain

East of Atlanta, it is owned by the state as part of the privately run Stone Mountain Park 33°48′21.4″N84°8′43.5″W / 33.805944°N 84.145417°W / 33.805944; -84.145417 :

Kennesaw Mountain

The federal, state and county governments and Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC) maintain non-broadcast facilities for internal communications on Kennesaw Mountain. Its summit is 550 metres above sea level (MASL, 1,808 feet), the highest point in the metropolitan area.

Bear Mountain

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Bear Mountain

Near Waleska and Lake Arrowhead, Bear Mountain is the highest point in the greater metro area at 2,297 feet (700 MASL) 34°18′48″N84°38′55″W / 34.31333°N 84.64861°W / 34.31333; -84.64861 :

Blackjack Mountain

Sawnee Mountain

Sawnee Mountain is near Cumming.

Buildings

Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel

The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel ( 33°45′34″N84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°W / 33.75944; -84.38861 } was Atlanta's tallest when it was built.

Bank of America Plaza

Bank of America Plaza ( 33°46′15″N84°23′10″W / 33.77083°N 84.38611°W / 33.77083; -84.38611 ), which replaced the Westin as Atlanta's tallest building, has the W4DOC 146.820  MHz amateur radio repeater.

SunTrust Plaza

SunTrust Plaza (One Peachtree Center, 33°45′45″N84°23′14″W / 33.76250°N 84.38722°W / 33.76250; -84.38722 ) is Atlanta's second-tallest skyscraper.

Perimeter Center

Perimeter Center in Dunwoody, on the border with Sandy Springs, is atop 1050 Crown Pointe, a low-rise building.

Towers

Turner Broadcasting tower

Adjacent to the Downtown Connector and owned by Turner Broadcasting System, the 1,031-foot (314 m) three-leg, self-supporting radio tower stood on land owned by Comcast. Its city block is bordered by Spring Street on the west, West Peachtree Street on the east, 10th Street on the south, and the former 11th Street (now part of the Turner campus) on the north. The adjacent building was gutted (except for the transmitter room), and the tower was scheduled for demolition within 120 days of the June 12, 2009 digital television transition. By August 2010 the tower was only beginning to be disassembled, however, and dismantling was completed by November 2010.

North Druid Hills

North Druid Hills (also known as the Richland tower site) has two guyed towers west-northwest of the end of Clifton Road at Briarcliff Road, near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WAGA-TV 27 (5.1) is just south on Briarcliff Road, across the south fork of Peachtree Creek.

East tower:

West tower:

One tower has an XM Satellite Radio repeater.

Edgewood, Kirkwood

South of DeKalb Avenue and east of Moreland Avenue (U.S. Route 23 and Georgia 42) are three towers. Two are next to each other at the east end of New Street (a dead end) near Edgewood, and one is at the south end of Arizona Avenue (a dead end) near Kirkwood.

New Street, northeast (painted) tower:

New Street, southwest (unpainted) tower:

Arizona Avenue tower: WXIA-TV 10 (11.x) Atlanta, Gannett

Inman Park

Inman Park is between Interstate 20 and Memorial Drive east of Boulevard, at the south end of Cabbagetown and west of Peoplestown

Freedom Parkway

The tower is so close to Freedom Parkway that one of its three sets of guy wires goes over the road, which is protected from falling ice in winter.

Holly Springs

Holly Springs is bounded by Interstate 575 on the west, old Georgia 5 on the east, and Rabbit Hill Road on the south.

Others

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sweat Mountain</span> Mountain in the United States of America

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WDTA-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 35, is a low-power Daystar owned-and-operated television station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Word of God Fellowship. The station's transmitter is located in SunTrust Plaza in downtown Atlanta. The office is located with WPXA-TV next to Six Flags White Water on Cobb Parkway in Marietta, and it uses a wireless studio/transmitter link.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WCNN</span> Radio station in North Atlanta, Georgia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">WPCH-TV</span> CW affiliate in Atlanta

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGPB</span> Radio station in Rome, Georgia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">WSB-TV tower</span> Guyed mast broadcast tower in Atlanta, Georgia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Turner Broadcasting tower</span> Steel lattice television tower in Atlanta, Georgia

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WUVM-LD, virtual channel 4, is a low-power Novelisima-affiliated television station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States. On Cable, this station is available only in standard definition on Charter Spectrum channel 210, and Comcast Xfinity channel 15. It is one of the few LPTV stations in the country to be seen on satellite TV, as it is part of DirecTV's local lineup. The city of license is Atlanta, but the very directional antenna is aimed northwest and west from the North Druid Hills area, also covering most of Cobb County. It goes as far as Roswell in the north, Marietta to the northwest, and Lithia Springs to the west.

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