Cell towers in Charleston, West Virginia
The FCC register lists 64 antenna structures in and around Charleston. That is the 1st highest count of any place in West Virginia.
Overview
64 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Charleston, WV.
The 64 structures here sit at 2.04 per square mile of land.
Median height here is 61 m (199 ft), compared with 78 m (257 ft) across West Virginia as a whole.
The mix here is 18 lattice towers, 3 monopoles — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1939.
Structure types
| Tower | 27 | 42% |
| Lattice tower | 18 | 28% |
| Pole | 7 | 11% |
| Tower array | 6 | 9% |
| Monopole | 3 | 5% |
| Not specified | 2 | 3% |
| Building | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 18 | 28% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 6 | 9% |
| Crown Communication LLC Tower company | 5 | 8% |
| West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wchs AM Broadcaster | 4 | 6% |
| Bristol Broadcasting Company, INC. Broadcaster | 3 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 64| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 m (428 ft) | Tower array | 1968 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wchs AM | 615144 |
| 130 m (428 ft) | Tower array | 1968 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wchs AM | 615145 |
| 130 m (428 ft) | Tower array | 1968 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wchs AM | 615146 |
| 130 m (428 ft) | Tower array | 1968 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wchs AM | 615147 |
| 110 m (362 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Alltel Corporation | 2655822 |
| 106 m (346 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Bristol Broadcasting Company, INC. | 598556 |
| 101 m (330 ft) | Tower | 2004 | West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority | 2636404 |
| 94 m (310 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Metro Emergency Operations Center of Kanawha County | 2720181 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Tower array | 1992 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wcaw AM Wvaf FM | 615142 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Tower array | 1992 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wcaw AM Wvaf FM | 615143 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | American Towers LLC | 2664061 |
| 92 m (302 ft) | Tower | 1970 | Eastern States Oil & Gas, INC. | 601679 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Pole | 2013 | American Towers LLC | 2681170 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Alltel Corporation | 2610327 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 1970 | Eastern States Oil & Gas, INC. | 599517 |
| 87 m (286 ft) | Tower | 2004 | American Towers LLC | 2620929 |
| 86 m (283 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Wv Airnet, LLC | 1097824 |
| 83 m (273 ft) | Tower | 1972 | West Virginia Radio Corporation Dba = Wkaz FM | 615148 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2633325 |
| 82 m (269 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2609795 |
| 82 m (268 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Crown Communication LLC | 2613314 |
| 81 m (266 ft) | Tower | 1975 | Bristol Broadcasting Company, INC. | 598557 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Cellco Partnership | 2663096 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2613393 |
| 78 m (256 ft) | Lattice tower | 2012 | Sba Towers V, LLC | 2684857 |
When they were registered
| 1930s | 1 | 2% |
| 1940s | 1 | 2% |
| 1960s | 5 | 8% |
| 1970s | 4 | 6% |
| 1980s | 4 | 6% |
| 1990s | 15 | 23% |
| 2000s | 26 | 41% |
| 2010s | 7 | 11% |
| 2020s | 1 | 2% |
Nearby places
- Malden 5
- Cross Lanes 6
- Elkview 9
- Sissonville 12
- Alum Creek 7
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.