Cell towers in Santa Barbara, California
The FCC register lists 26 antenna structures in and around Santa Barbara. That is the 47th highest count of any place in California.
Overview
26 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Santa Barbara, CA.
The register works out to 1.33 structures per square mile here.
Median height here is 18 m (60 ft), compared with 24 m (77 ft) across California as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is Airtouch Cellular, which holds 6 of them — 23.1% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1937, the newest in 2022 — 85 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Pole | 8 | 31% |
| Tower array | 5 | 19% |
| Monopole | 5 | 19% |
| Tower | 3 | 12% |
| Building with antenna | 2 | 8% |
| Not specified | 1 | 4% |
| Oil or gas rig | 1 | 4% |
| Building | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Airtouch Cellular Other | 6 | 23% |
| T-mobile West LLC Carrier | 4 | 15% |
| Rincon Broadcasting LLC Broadcaster | 3 | 12% |
| Lazer Broadcasting Corporation Broadcaster | 2 | 8% |
| At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC Carrier | 2 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 26| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 m (266 ft) | Tower array | 1937 | Lazer Broadcasting Corporation | 117159 |
| 81 m (266 ft) | Tower array | 1937 | Lazer Broadcasting Corporation | 117160 |
| 77 m (253 ft) | Tower array | 1989 | Rincon Broadcasting LLC | 621833 |
| 77 m (252 ft) | Tower array | 1989 | Rincon Broadcasting LLC | 621835 |
| 63 m (206 ft) | Not specified | 1999 | Npg of California, LLC | 117299 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2609016 |
| 56 m (184 ft) | Tower array | 1989 | Rincon Broadcasting LLC | 621834 |
| 43 m (142 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2611630 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Building | 1985 | Bns Electronics INC | 100762 |
| 25 m (83 ft) | Pole | 1960 | American Towers LLC | 598903 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | Airtouch Cellular | 2688036 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | Hoosier Towers, LLC. | 2718809 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Oil or gas rig | 2002 | T-mobile West LLC | 2629654 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Ccatt LLC | 2653455 |
| 17 m (57 ft) | Building with antenna | 2022 | T-mobile West LLC | 2717247 |
| 17 m (55 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | Sba Monarch Tower I, LLC | 2664133 |
| 17 m (55 ft) | Pole | 2018 | Airtouch Cellular | 2698269 |
| 16 m (52 ft) | Monopole | 2010 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2675546 |
| 16 m (52 ft) | Pole | 2003 | T-mobile West LLC | 2638310 |
| 16 m (51 ft) | Pole | 1995 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 614410 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Airtouch Cellular | 2653503 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Airtouch Cellular | 2654096 |
| 14 m (45 ft) | Building with antenna | 2012 | T-mobile West LLC | 2679788 |
| 13 m (44 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Cctm1 LLC | 2672540 |
| 11 m (36 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Airtouch Cellular | 2712425 |
When they were registered
| 1930s | 2 | 8% |
| 1960s | 1 | 4% |
| 1980s | 4 | 15% |
| 1990s | 2 | 8% |
| 2000s | 9 | 35% |
| 2010s | 7 | 27% |
| 2020s | 1 | 4% |
Nearby places
- Goleta 14
- San Buenaventura (Ventura) 5
- Oxnard 41
- Santa Paula 11
- Camarillo 17
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.