List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location
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The following broadcast stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area have antennas on the named building or tower or within 100 meters (330 feet) of the summit of the mountain, and are listed with call sign, frequency (or channel), city of license, and licensee (owner).
Sweat Mountain
Sweat Mountain has a small antenna farm, on the highest point in metro Atlanta which is not protected as a park, at a summit elevation of 1,640 feet (500 m) 34°4′1″N 84°27′20″W / 34.06694°N 84.45556°W:
- WBZY (105.7 MHz in Canton), iHeartMedia
- W265AV (100.9 in Woodstock) relays WCCV (91.7).
- W201DM (88.1 in Woodstock, licensed in 2014) relays KAWZ from Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Idaho.
- WATC-DT 41 (DTV 57.1/57.2 and former analog channel 57), Atlanta, Community Television
Long-standing applications are on file for broadcast translators from Calvary Chapel on 94.5 and 103.7 to serve Woodstock. Another application for a translator on 102.1 by Community Public Radio to serve "Sweat Mountain" (not a community) is also listed by the Federal Communications Commission.
A 50 kW transmitter on former TV channel 55 existed for MediaFLO, a pay-TV service available on mobile TV. Part of a single-frequency network (SFN) across the metropolitan area which used the regional call sign WPZA237, it was 26 meters (85 ft) above ground level of about 1,620 feet (490 m) at 34°3′59″N 84°27′14″W / 34.06639°N 84.45389°W on a tower separate from the above-listed stations above.[1] Another transmitter on channel 56 is licensed to Manifest Wireless (EchoStar, similar to Dish Network) in the same manner: an SFN with seven other locations in metro Atlanta with the call sign WQJY980, using a separate tower (at the same coordinates as MediaFLO) from the mountain's other broadcast stations.
Stone Mountain
East of Atlanta, it is owned by the state as part of the privately run Stone Mountain Park 33°48′21.4″N 84°8′43.5″W / 33.805944°N 84.145417°W:
- WGTV, TV 8, Georgia Public Broadcasting
- KEC80 162.550, NOAA Weather Radio from NWSFO Peachtree City
- W266BW FM 101.1 Winder (construction permit), assigned to retransmit WSTR FM 94.1
- W296BB FM 107.1 Jonesboro (application), circumvents prohibition on retransmitting WTSH-FM 107.1 by using WSB-FM 98.5 HD3; on WSB-TV tower
- WX4GPB 144.960, 440.700, 1282.60, 1297.625, D-STAR amateur radio repeaters
- W4BOC 146.760 amateur radio repeater
Kennesaw Mountain
The federal, state and county governments and Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC) maintain non-broadcast facilities for internal communications on Kennesaw Mountain. Its summit is 550 metres above sea level (MASL, 1,808 feet), the highest point in the metropolitan area.
Bear Mountain
Near Waleska and Lake Arrowhead, Bear Mountain is the highest point in the greater metro area at 2,297 feet (700 MASL) 34°18′48″N 84°38′55″W / 34.31333°N 84.64861°W:
- WPXA-TV 31 (Rome): Paxson Communications
- W213BV 90.5 White (formerly W214AS 90.7 Waleska) relays KAWZ.
- City of license and former location of WCHK-FM 105.5 Canton (now WBZY 105.7 Canton)
Blackjack Mountain
- Remote pickup units for local television-station electronic news-gathering
- XM Satellite Radio repeater
Sawnee Mountain
Sawnee Mountain is near Cumming.
- WWEV-FM 91.5