List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location


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

Mountains

Sweat Mountain

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 :
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" 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 across the metropolitan area which used the regional call sign WPZA237, it was above ground level of about at on a tower separate from the above-listed stations above. Another transmitter on channel 56 is licensed to Manifest Wireless in the same manner: an SFN with seven other locations in metro Atlanta with the call sign WQJY980, using a separate tower 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 :

Kennesaw Mountain

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

Bear Mountain

Near Waleska and Lake Arrowhead, Bear Mountain is the highest point in the greater metro area at 2,297 feet :

Blackjack Mountain

Sawnee Mountain

Sawnee Mountain is near Cumming.

Buildings

Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel

The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was Atlanta's tallest when it was built.

Bank of America Plaza

Bank of America Plaza, which replaced the Westin as Atlanta's tallest building, has the W4DOC 146.820 MHz amateur radio repeater.

SunTrust Plaza

SunTrust Plaza 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 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 on the north. The adjacent building was gutted, 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 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 is just south on Briarcliff Road, across the south fork of Peachtree Creek.
East tower:
West tower:
  • WANF 19 Atlanta
  • WKHX-FM 101.5 Marietta, backup and allotment
One tower has an XM Satellite Radio repeater.

Edgewood, Kirkwood

South of DeKalb Avenue and east of Moreland Avenue are three towers. Two are next to each other at the east end of New Street near Edgewood, and one is at the south end of Arizona Avenue near Kirkwood.
New Street, northeast tower:
New Street, southwest tower:
Arizona Avenue tower: WXIA-TV 10 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.
  • WSB-TV 39 Atlanta
  • W296BB FM 107.1: Relays WTSH FM 107.1 via WSB-FM 98.5 HD-3.

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