Cell towers in Portales, New Mexico
The FCC register lists 8 antenna structures in and around Portales. That is the 37th highest count of any place in New Mexico.
Overview
8 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Portales, NM.
Density works out to 1 registered structure per square mile of land area.
Median height here is 94 m (309 ft), compared with 59 m (195 ft) across New Mexico as a whole.
The mix here is 1 lattice tower, 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 1961, the newest in 2017 — 56 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 75% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 13% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 13% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Eastern New Mexico University, Regents Government | 1 | 13% |
| Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative Utility | 1 | 13% |
| Rooney Moon Broadcasting, INC. Broadcaster | 1 | 13% |
| Eastern New Mexico University Government | 1 | 13% |
| Kvii Licensee, LLC Other | 1 | 13% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 m (733 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Eastern New Mexico University, Regents | 2622993 |
| 221 m (724 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Kvii Licensee, LLC | 109167 |
| 113 m (370 ft) | Tower | 1978 | Rooney Moon Broadcasting, INC. | 108559 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Tower | 1961 | Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC | 601563 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Guyed tower | 1977 | American Towers LLC | 112169 |
| 87 m (284 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Xcel Energy Services INC. | 2698211 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative | 602860 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Eastern New Mexico University | 2638936 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 2 | 25% |
| 1970s | 2 | 25% |
| 1990s | 1 | 13% |
| 2000s | 2 | 25% |
| 2010s | 1 | 13% |
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.