Nebraska / Wayne County
#26 of 93 NE counties · 26 structures
Cell towers in Wayne County, NE
The FCC registry lists 26 constructed antenna structures in Wayne County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, Industrial Tower and Wireless, has 6 (23%). None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.
- 1Constructed structures 26
- 2Tallest 1013 ft
- 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
- 4Median height (state 240 ft) 253 ft
Who owns the towers in Wayne County
15 different registrants own the 26 structures. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 253 feet, 13 feet taller than the Nebraska median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Carroll at 1013 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2010s.
Every registered structure
Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.
| FCC reg. | Type | Height | Built | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1027164 | Tower | 1013 ft | 2003 | Carroll | NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION |
| 1258277 | Tower | 350 ft | 2007 | Winside | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC. |
| 1294174 | Lattice tower | 338 ft | 2019 | Winside | Alltel Corporation |
| 1036437 | Other or unspecified | 329 ft | 1975 | Wayne | Wayne Radio Works LLC |
| 1237083 | Tower | 322 ft | 2002 | Sholes | Northeast Power |
| 1026678 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 2016 | Hoskins | The Praise Network, Inc. |
| 1025736 | Tower | 314 ft | 1993 | Wayne | Alltel Corporation |
| 1278553 | Other or unspecified | 310 ft | 2011 | Winside | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1033700 | Tower | 309 ft | 1969 | Wayne | HunTel Cablevision, Inc |
| 1053248 | Tower | 299 ft | 1980 | Wayne | K2 Towers III, LLC |
| 1315083 | Monopole | 296 ft | 2019 | Sholes | Sholes Wind, LLC |
| 1320371 | Lattice tower | 283 ft | 2021 | Carroll | Haystack Wind Project, LLC |
| 1260311 | Lattice tower | 258 ft | 2008 | Wayne | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1026809 | Guyed tower | 248 ft | 1996 | Wayne | Northeast Power |
| 1314686 | Lattice tower | 219 ft | 2020 | Winside | Plum Creek Wind, LLC |
| 1258147 | Tower | 200 ft | 2007 | Hoskins | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC. |
| 1298904 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2016 | Wayne | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1300209 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2019 | Wakefield | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1312721 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2013 | Wayne (Se) | Industrial Tower West LLC |
| 1245650 | Tower | 165 ft | 2004 | Wayne | Alltel Corporation |
| 1036436 | Other or unspecified | 158 ft | 1968 | Wayne | Wayne Radio Works LLC |
| 1258333 | Tower | 125 ft | 2007 | Wayne | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC. |
| 1273747 | Other or unspecified | 110 ft | 2010 | Wakefield | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1297864 | Monopole | 110 ft | 2016 | Wayne | Wayne State College |
| 1293715 | Monopole | 109 ft | 2015 | Wayne | Alltel Corporation |
| 1295389 | On a building | 91 ft | 2015 | Wayne | Wayne State College |
If you have a tower lease in Wayne County
Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.
Counties in Nebraska with similar tower counts: York County (29), Saunders County (27), Sheridan County (27), Richardson County (25), Dakota County (24).
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.