Cell towers in Grand Island, Nebraska
The FCC register lists 34 antenna structures in and around Grand Island. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Nebraska.
Overview
The FCC register lists 34 antenna structures in and around Grand Island, NE. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Nebraska.
Counted against 53,943 residents, that is 63 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 50 m (165 ft) but the tallest is 151 m (494 ft), roughly 3 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (5) and guyed masts (1) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
Registrations here span 1946 to 2023.
Structure types
| Tower | 15 | 44% |
| Monopole | 7 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 5 | 15% |
| Tower array | 3 | 9% |
| Pole | 3 | 9% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC Tower company | 6 | 18% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 5 | 15% |
| Gi Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. Broadcaster | 4 | 12% |
| Wireless II, LLC Other | 3 | 9% |
| Midland Telecom INC Other | 2 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 34| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 m (494 ft) | Tower | 1975 | Gi Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. | 127106 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Platte Valley Communications, INC. | 126254 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1997 | County of Hall | 2600063 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Industrial Communications & Electronics, INC. | 2637761 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Tower | 1946 | Nebraska, State Of | 126395 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Lattice tower | 2007 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 102931 |
| 68 m (223 ft) | Tower | 1971 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 102054 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower array | 1953 | Gi Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. | 604268 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower array | 1953 | Gi Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. | 604269 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower array | 1953 | Gi Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. | 604270 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC | 2629271 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 1993 | American Towers LLC | 127937 |
| 60 m (197 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Midland Telecom INC | 622661 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Pole | 2000 | Emergency Management City of Grand Island | 2599464 |
| 59 m (194 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Alltel Corporation | 127931 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 1990 | Midland Telecom INC | 599380 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Pole | 2000 | Wireless II, LLC | 2606310 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Wireless II, LLC | 2608852 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2667333 |
| 41 m (133 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | Alltel Corporation | 2695866 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 2670119 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 2693661 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Industrial Tower West LLC | 2712213 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2005 | Industrial Tower West LLC | 2716618 |
| 30 m (100 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 2669643 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 1 | 3% |
| 1950s | 3 | 9% |
| 1970s | 2 | 6% |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% |
| 1990s | 5 | 15% |
| 2000s | 13 | 38% |
| 2010s | 7 | 21% |
| 2020s | 2 | 6% |
Nearby places
- Doniphan 6
- Aurora 12
- Hastings 25
- Central City 6
- Gibbon 7
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.