Area radio towers

I have always been fascinated by radio towers.  While some people hardly pay attention to them, I like radio, and it is interesting to me to see where the signals are coming from.  The FCC maintains an extensive database of records relating to what radio towers do.  The amount of data available is amazing.  The FCC website is really hard to navigate in my opinion, but if you get to the media bureau (fcc.gov/mb), you are half way to the radio and TV information.  One of my favorite websites of all time is radio-locator.com.  It takes the information available from the FCC and presents it in an easy to understand fashion.  If you are ever bored, jump over to radio-locator.com and punch in a couple of your favorite stations.  You’ll be amazed by the information you find.

For Gusties who live on the North end of campus, the radio tower on Grace Street is a big part of the landscape.  I thought people might be interested to know a little bit more about the tower.  It is used to broadcast KRBI-FM.  The FCC and radio-locator.com both give information about the station.

When I was reviewing the information recently, I learned something kind of interesting.  Three Eagles Communication, the company that owns KRBI-FM, has a construction permit from the FCC to broadcast the station from another tower they own adjacent to their studios in North Mankato.  Scroll down to the bottom of the FCC or radio-locator.com information to learn more about this.

I think this is particularly interesting, as it may mean that KRBI-FM is in the process of moving its broadcast location.

For more information on the actual tower from the FCC, see this page.

On another note, there is a tower located near the Saint Peter High School football field, not far away.  Midwest Wireless, who was bought out by Verizon Wireless, owns this tower, according again to FCC records.  I would thus assume this is a cellular tower.

Sorry for this nerdy post, I hope someone enjoys it.  I have more exciting jingles on the way!