Cell towers in Roanoke, Virginia
The FCC register lists 33 antenna structures in and around Roanoke. That is the 12th highest count of any place in Virginia.
Overview
Roanoke, VA has 33 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 12th largest count among the 465 places in Virginia that have any.
That works out to 33.3 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 99,111.
Median height here is 61 m (199 ft), compared with 61 m (199 ft) across Virginia as a whole.
Lattice towers (8) and guyed masts (3) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1971, the newest in 2022 — 51 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Monopole | 11 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 8 | 24% |
| Tower | 6 | 18% |
| Not specified | 3 | 9% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 9% |
| Tower array | 2 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 6 | 18% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 5 | 15% |
| Mel Wheeler, INC. Other | 3 | 9% |
| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 3 | 9% |
| Milestone Towers Tower company | 2 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 33| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 m (385 ft) | Guyed tower | 1995 | Vertical Bridge Cc FM, LLC | 128633 |
| 117 m (384 ft) | Guyed tower | 1985 | Vertical Bridge Cc FM, LLC | 600071 |
| 95 m (313 ft) | Tower array | 1992 | Mel Wheeler, INC. | 120490 |
| 94 m (309 ft) | Tower array | 1992 | Mel Wheeler, INC. | 120489 |
| 76 m (249 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2622816 |
| 75 m (244 ft) | Not specified | 1986 | Ion Station Properties, LLC | 128664 |
| 74 m (243 ft) | Guyed tower | 2021 | Graham Media Group, Virginia, LLC | 125639 |
| 72 m (236 ft) | Not specified | 2008 | Mahon Communications, INC. | 2648451 |
| 71 m (234 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 108162 |
| 70 m (230 ft) | Not specified | 1971 | City of Roanoke | 611563 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Virginia Tech Foundation, INC Wvtf Public Radio | 2720917 |
| 63 m (205 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 621716 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2010 | American Towers LLC | 2674184 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Sba Towers Ix, LLC | 2690781 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 2725867 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2003 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2638688 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2681563 |
| 58 m (189 ft) | Tower | 1972 | Mel Wheeler, INC. | 125640 |
| 51 m (168 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | American Towers LLC | 2697102 |
| 51 m (167 ft) | Monopole | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2609813 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Cellco Partnership | 2698394 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Apex Towers, LLC | 2697162 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 101488 |
| 41 m (135 ft) | Monopole | 2000 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2606210 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Lattice tower | 1989 | American Towers LLC | 2686512 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 2 | 6% |
| 1980s | 3 | 9% |
| 1990s | 5 | 15% |
| 2000s | 11 | 33% |
| 2010s | 10 | 30% |
| 2020s | 2 | 6% |
Nearby places
- Vinton 6
- Salem 16
- Daleville 6
- Rocky Mount 6
- Moneta 6
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
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.