Richland Tower Site -- North Druid Hills, Atlanta GA USA
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N 33° 48.369 W 084° 20.164
16S E 746599 N 3743854
The Richland Tower site near the intersection of Clifton Road and North Briarcliffe Street outside of Atlanta GA is home to two tall broadcast towers that between them serve 33 radio and TV stations
Waymark Code: WMWN7T
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member CADS11
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The number and variety of stations that broadcast from these two towers boggles the mind. We knew there were several TV and radio stations here, but we didn't expect to find nearly 3 DOZEN stations broadcasting from here.

Several of the stations here relocated from the Westin Peachtree Plaza antenna site, (visit link)

From Wikipedia: (visit link)

"List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location

. . .

Towers

North Druid Hills

These are actually two guyed towers immediately west-northwest of where Clifton Road ends at Briarcliff Road, near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is sometimes known as the Richland tower site, for the company that owns it. WAGA-TV 27 (5.1) is located just to the south on Briarcliff, on the other side of South Fork Peachtree Creek.

East tower
33°48'26" N 84°20'22"W

WUVM-LP 4 Atlanta, analog license

W45DX-D 45 Atlanta and former W24AL-D digital permit, Ventana Television (Home Shopping Network)

WIRE-CD 40 Atlanta, former analog license and construction permits, former digital permit on 29

WANN-CD 29 (32.x) Atlanta, digital license, Prism Broadcasting

WTBS-LD 30 (26.x) Atlanta, on-air digital since 2011, Prism Broadcasting

WDWW-LD 28 Cleveland, digital permit, analog nearly 100 miles away

WLVO-LD 26 Cumming

WAGC-LD 14 Atlanta, since 2013

WTBS-LP 6 Atlanta, on-air analog permit, abusing channel as a way to get its analog audio on 87.75 FM

WPCH-TV 20 (17.1) Atlanta, digital 20, former analog backup 17, analog main was on Turner tower

WATL TV 25 (36.1) Atlanta, and former analog 36

WUVG-DT 48 (34.x) Athens, digital only, analog 34 was closer to Athens

WHSG-TV 44 (63.x) Monroe, licensed here on 2011

WGCL-TV 19 (46.x) Atlanta, licensed here in 2006

WUPA 43 (69.x) Atlanta, since 2011, formerly at Reynoldstown

WRFG FM 89.3 Atlanta

WCLK FM 91.9 Atlanta, since 2013

Diplexed antenna at 340m since 2000s:

WZGC FM 92.9 Atlanta, originally on Westin Peachtree Plaza
WWWQ FM 99.7 Atlanta, originally on Turner tower as WNNX

Diplexed antenna at 330m:

WUBL FM 94.9 Atlanta
WWPW FM 96.1 Atlanta

WKHX-FM 101.5 Marietta

WUBL/WWPW moved to WKHX antenna in 2013

Diplexed antenna at 303m:

W250BC 97.9 Riverdale, a "translator" to relay WNNX FM 100.5 entirely within its own service area, Cumulus Media
W255CJ 98.9 Atlanta, a "translator" to relay WWWQ FM 99.7 entirely within its own service area, Cumulus Media
W229AG 93.7 Atlanta, a "translator" to relay WCNN AM 680 entirely within its own service area, Dickey Broadcasting
former long-standing application for a broadcast translator from Immanuel Broadcasting Network on 101.9

Diplexed antenna at 268m:
W290AS FM 93.3 Bainbridge, about 400 km away in extreme SW Georgia, abandoning that city on 105.9 to retranmit WCFO AM 1160 East Point
W266BW FM 101.1 Winder, moving antenna from atop Stone Mountain to share it with W290AS, same slight null toward NNW


West tower
33°48'27" N 84°20'27"W

WGCL-TV 19 (46.1) Atlanta

WKHX-FM 101.5 Marietta, backup and allotment, indicating it probably used the site before

Diplexed antenna (moved to east tower):
WUBL FM 94.9 Atlanta, allotment and backup (former main) license, Citicasters
WWPW FM 96.1 Atlanta, allotment and backup (former main) license, Citicasters

Diplexed antenna at 303m (moved to east tower):
WYAY FM 106.7 Atlanta, backup facility, Cumulus
WWPW FM 96.1 Atlanta, backup facility, Citicasters
W222AF 92.3 Marietta, a "translator" to relay WWPW FM 96.1 HD-3 entirely within its own service area,
Immanuel Broadcasting former applications for translators on 89.7 and 88.9 from WAY-FM Media Group

One tower also has an XM Satellite Radio repeater."
Call signs/Frequencies/Channels/Broadcaster:
E Tower TV: WUVM-LP 4 W45DX-DT 45 WIRE-CD 40 WANN-CD 29 WTBS-LD 30 WDWW-LD 28 WLVO-LD 26 WPCH-TV 20 WATL TV 25 WUVG-DT 48 WHSG-TV 44 WGCL-TV 19 WUPA-DT 43 WGCL-TV 19 WAGC-LD 14 WTBS-LP 6 WPCH-TV 20 East Tower Radio: WRFG FM 89.3 WCLK FM 91.9 WZGC FM 92.9 WWWQ FM 99.7 WKHX-FM 101.5 W250BC 97.9 Riverdale W255CJ 98.9 Atlanta W229AG 93.7 Atlanta W290AS FM 93.3 Bainbridge W266BW FM 101.1 West Tower TV: WGCL-TV 19 West Tower Radio: WKHX-FM 101.5 XM Satellite Radio repeater.


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Legacy transmitter tower/antenna: no

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