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Tallest AM tower in Arizona

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phil

Just curious about who has the tallest AM antenna in Arizona. I suppose it is KTNN?

Thought I would ask here, since this board has been dead for almost a month. I wish we could post pictures here.
I could check <www.fybush.com> and find out.....but then I wouldn't need to post here.
 
I would guess 1230-KOY's tower over on Buckeye @I-17 could be the tallest AM tower. I know an engineer who worked there in the early 70's when it was KRIZ and mentioned the increased height of the tower, made by ownership at that time ( I believe Doubleday) to improve Valley coverage.
 
Lumberyard 1440 is about 200 above ground level.
KUAZ-1550 is about 380 feet tall
KTNN-660 is about 330 feet tall.
KTAR-620 has a tower that is 400 feet tall. It is either the tallest AM in Arizona or close to it.
 
I may as well amend my post from a day ago. KOY turns out to be 470 feet tall. Tower on West Buckeye was built in 1961. I'd be surprised if any other AM in Arizona can "top" this.
 
Well, KWMX out of Williams, 96.7 "the wolf" occasionally claims to be broadcasting with 100,000 watts from the top of the tallest mountain in Arizona, which of course is the San Fransisco Peaks.

That's a blatant lie of course, and pretty funny when you're driving around and it sounds like a low powered repeated from the bottom of a canyon somewhere. I am not sure who they are kidding. I remember when they started out, for the longest time, they weren't even in stereo and the sound quality was horrible.

The FCC lists their transmitter to be at 7841 feet (about a mile below the top of the peaks), and their power output to be 10,500 watts.
 
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