Cell towers in Oakland, California
The FCC register lists 51 antenna structures in and around Oakland. That is the 16th highest count of any place in California.
Overview
51 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Oakland, CA.
Area density is 0.91 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
At a median of 24 m (79 ft), structures here run 2.1% taller than the California median of 24 m (77 ft).
The mix here is 3 monopoles, 1 lattice tower — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1965, the newest in 2023 — 58 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 13 | 25% |
| Pole | 11 | 22% |
| Tower array | 6 | 12% |
| Building | 5 | 10% |
| Utility pole | 3 | 6% |
| Monopole | 3 | 6% |
| Tank | 2 | 4% |
| Building with mast | 2 | 4% |
| Not specified | 1 | 2% |
| Tree | 1 | 2% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 2% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 2% |
| Building with pole | 1 | 2% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| T-mobile West LLC Carrier | 11 | 22% |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Company Utility | 5 | 10% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 4 | 8% |
| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Other | 3 | 6% |
| Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, INC. Broadcaster | 3 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 51| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 m (350 ft) | Building with tower | 1987 | At&t CORP | 125030 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower | 1979 | Pacifica Foundation INC Dba = Kpfa Nce FM | 118960 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Tower array | 1965 | Capstar Radio Operating Company | 118900 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Tower array | 1965 | Capstar Radio Operating Company | 118901 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Tower array | 1965 | Capstar Radio Operating Company | 118902 |
| 66 m (217 ft) | Tower array | 2004 | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, INC. | 617304 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower array | 2004 | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, INC. | 617303 |
| 65 m (214 ft) | Tower array | 2004 | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, INC. | 617302 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Pacific & Eastern Digital Transmission Service | 117984 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2023 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1098164 |
| 55 m (181 ft) | Tank | 2020 | T-mobile West LLC | 2710904 |
| 54 m (176 ft) | Building with mast | 1984 | San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | 118171 |
| 49 m (161 ft) | Tower | 1990 | Touch Tel CORP. | 2681540 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Not specified | 2000 | T-mobile West LLC | 1098429 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Tank | 2023 | T-mobile West LLC | 2724552 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Utility pole | 2006 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2655858 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Tower | 1984 | San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | 118176 |
| 29 m (96 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2599616 |
| 29 m (96 ft) | Building | 2015 | T-mobile West LLC | 2723484 |
| 29 m (96 ft) | Utility pole | 2004 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2641411 |
| 29 m (95 ft) | Building with pole | 1993 | Pacific Bell Telephone Company D/b/a At&t California | 2697901 |
| 29 m (94 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2724678 |
| 27 m (88 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2721681 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Tower | 2012 | East Bay Regional Communications System Authority | 2682254 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Building | 2020 | T-mobile West LLC | 2716385 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 3 | 6% |
| 1970s | 1 | 2% |
| 1980s | 4 | 8% |
| 1990s | 13 | 25% |
| 2000s | 12 | 24% |
| 2010s | 9 | 18% |
| 2020s | 9 | 18% |
Nearby places
- Alameda 11
- San Leandro 21
- San Lorenzo 7
- Orinda 7
- Castro Valley 6
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.