Cell towers in Rochelle, Illinois
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around Rochelle. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around Rochelle, IL. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Counted against 9,498 residents, that is 168.5 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
Heights are uneven: the median is 66 m (216 ft) but the tallest is 144 m (472 ft), roughly 2.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is Rochelle Broadcasting CO INC, which holds 3 of them — 18.8% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2016.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 38% |
| Tower array | 3 | 19% |
| Monopole | 2 | 13% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 13% |
| Not specified | 1 | 6% |
| Tank | 1 | 6% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Rochelle Broadcasting CO INC Broadcaster | 3 | 19% |
| Stc Two LLC Tower company | 2 | 13% |
| Burch & Carmichael INC Other | 1 | 6% |
| City of Rochelle (ogle County Sheriff) Government | 1 | 6% |
| Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Government | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 m (472 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Not listed | 617001 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Not specified | 1995 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 112704 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Stc Two LLC | 2599520 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Stc Two LLC | 2599522 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | 2602648 |
| 69 m (227 ft) | Tower array | 2012 | Rochelle Broadcasting CO INC | 114061 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Tower array | 2012 | Rochelle Broadcasting CO INC | 114063 |
| 69 m (225 ft) | Tower array | 2012 | Rochelle Broadcasting CO INC | 114062 |
| 63 m (206 ft) | Guyed tower | 2000 | Verizon Americas LLC | 2612296 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Vertical Bridge Ntcf, LLC | 620627 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Monopole | 2010 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2675616 |
| 49 m (161 ft) | Tank | 1955 | City of Rochelle (ogle County Sheriff) | 2604084 |
| 48 m (158 ft) | Monopole | 2005 | American Towers LLC | 2646314 |
| 37 m (122 ft) | Tower | 1972 | Burch & Carmichael INC | 2599923 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Lattice tower | 2016 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 608909 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Lattice tower | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2637394 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 6% |
| 1970s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 1 | 6% |
| 1990s | 3 | 19% |
| 2000s | 4 | 25% |
| 2010s | 6 | 38% |
Nearby places
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.