Cell towers in Salem, Illinois
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around Salem. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
16 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Salem, IL.
The register works out to 2.29 structures per square mile here.
Median height here is 56 m (182 ft), compared with 63 m (206 ft) across Illinois as a whole.
The mix here is 6 lattice towers, 1 guyed mast — 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 1970, the newest in 2025 — 55 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 44% |
| Lattice tower | 6 | 38% |
| Not specified | 1 | 6% |
| Pole | 1 | 6% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 13% |
| City of Salem Police Department Government | 1 | 6% |
| Marion County Emergency Telephone System Board Other | 1 | 6% |
| R K Meador LLC Other | 1 | 6% |
| R K Meador LLC Hite Tower Series Tower company | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 m (408 ft) | Tower | 1999 | R K Meador LLC | 2598722 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Lattice tower | 2025 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2729891 |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Sba Towers V, LLC | 2686040 |
| 77 m (251 ft) | Tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 100343 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2612298 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2634667 |
| 57 m (188 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Marion County Emergency Telephone System Board | 2598844 |
| 56 m (184 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 112983 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Guyed tower | 1981 | Phoenix Tower International | 2724279 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Not specified | 2006 | Tri-county Electric Cooperative, INC | 2649623 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | R K Meador LLC Hite Tower Series | 2719768 |
| 44 m (144 ft) | Tower | 1999 | City of Salem Police Department | 2600210 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Lattice tower | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 113428 |
| 40 m (131 ft) | Tower | 2005 | American Family Association | 2637258 |
| 12 m (40 ft) | Pole | 1970 | Salem Airport Authority | 2630709 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Salem Leckrone Airport | 623181 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 1 | 6% |
| 1990s | 6 | 38% |
| 2000s | 4 | 25% |
| 2010s | 3 | 19% |
| 2020s | 1 | 6% |
Nearby places
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
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.