#4 of 5 RI counties · 15 structures

Cell towers in Newport County, RI

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Newport County, 6% of Rhode Island's 232. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 2 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 15
2Tallest 1001 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 161 ft) 125 ft

Structures

rank 4 of 5 in RI

Most common type

Tower

40% of structures

Over 200 feet

20% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Newport County

13 different registrants own the 15 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.

Constructed structures in Newport County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 125 feet, 36 feet shorter than the Rhode Island median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Tiverton at 1001 feet, built in 1965. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Newport County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Newport County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

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
1023324	Guyed tower	1001 ft	1965	Tiverton	CTI Towers Assets, III, LLC c/o Symphony Towers Infrastructure
1023410	Tower	326 ft	1967	Newport	3G Broadcasting, Inc.
1239108	Tower	211 ft	2003	Portsmouth	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1252287	Lattice tower	200 ft	2006	Little Compton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1023409	On a building	197 ft	1992	Portsmouth	BEAR BROADCASTING COMPANY
1282525	Tower	140 ft	2013	Middletown	Rhode Island State Police
1002763	Tower	132 ft	1997	Middletown	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1292627	Monopole	125 ft	2012	Middletown	New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC
1238541	Pole	121 ft	2003	Middletown	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1322830	Lattice tower	105 ft	2023	Portsmouth	Raytheon Company
1269806	Pole	104 ft	2003	Newport	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1241249	Tower	100 ft	2003	Middletown	Middletown, Town of
1294462	Monopole	100 ft	2015	Middletown	Diamond Towers IV LLC
1022069	Tower	65 ft	1992	Middletown	NATIONAL GRID USA SERVICE CO, INC.
1284916	Lattice tower	30 ft	1983	Melville	American Towers LLC

If you have a tower lease in Newport 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 Rhode Island with similar tower counts: Providence County (91), Kent County (68), Washington County (56).

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.