Three tall towers on Lookout Mountain, and out of all of them, only ONE serves a commercial broadcasting station.
The two "Flying-V" angled FM dipole antennas for FM translator W257AZ stick out like sore thumbs from one of three towers atop Lookout Mountain, which overlooks Chattanooga TN.
From the Antenna Locator website: (
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"Station Status Licensed Class D FM Translator
Parent Station WUUQ-FM
Effective Radiated Power 250 Watts
Horizontal Height above Avg. Terrain 380.9 meters (1250 feet)
Height above Ground Level 30 meters (98 feet)
Height above Sea Level 676 meters (2218 feet)
Antenna Pattern Directional
Transmitter Location 35° 00' 33" N, 85° 20' 39" W
License Granted May 11 2015
License Expires August 01 2020
Last FCC Update May 11 2015"
From the excellent Fybush blog: (
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"Chattanooga: No Choo-Choo, Just Towers and Studios
As we criss-cross the country visiting radio stations and towers, there are some places we visit with big expectations. Pulling into Yankton, South Dakota last summer, we knew we were going to see the tallest AM tower in America. And we expected to see some unusual AM facilities in San Diego last August.
But Chattanooga, Tennessee...well, it was a convenient stop for the night between Nashville and Atlanta during our big mid-South trip this past February and March. A few AM stations, a bunch of FM rimshotters - not much to see, right?
Surprise! What we found in Chattanooga was a vibrant, interesting radio market, a neat variety of tower sites, and a small city that appears to be growing and healthy, surrounded by some awfully pretty scenery.
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From here, we headed west, up the old road that snakes over Lookout Mountain, overlooking the big bend in the Tennessee River. The mountain itself has no radio or TV (save for one translator), but it does preserve an earlier, more innocent era in tourism history: you can still see the old motels and tourist attractions (See Rock City!) on US 11 as you head west.
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In a colonial-style building where Old Lee Highway crosses I-75, we saw Clear Channel's Chattanooga cluster, which includes urban "Love 97-3 and 99-3," WLOV-FM (97.3 South Pittsburg TN, with translator W257AZ atop Lookout Mountain); "Kiss 98.1," WKXJ Signal Mountain; country WUSY (100.7 Cleveland TN); oldies "Magic" WSGC-FM (101.9 Ringgold GA); "Rock 105" WRXR (105.5 Rossville GA) and sports WUUS (980 Rossville GA).
Yes, you read that right - an entire cluster with not a single station actually licensed to Chattanooga!"