Tennessee / Sullivan County
#10 of 95 TN counties · 62 structures
Cell towers in Sullivan County, TN
The FCC registry lists 62 constructed antenna structures in Sullivan County, 2% of Tennessee's 3,746. Crown Castle owns 30 of them (48%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 46 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 62
- 2Tallest 506 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 253 ft) 256 ft
Who owns the towers in Sullivan County
20 different registrants own the 62 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 256 feet, close to the Tennessee median of 253 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Kingsport at 506 feet, built in 2024. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017996 | Guyed tower | 506 ft | 2024 | Kingsport | HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION |
| 1043869 | Tower | 456 ft | 1997 | Blountville | Cumulus Radio, LLC |
| 1225306 | Tower | 420 ft | 2002 | Butler | Sinclair Television of Bristol, LLC |
| 1322712 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2022 | Kingsport | Kingsport Power Company |
| 1042345 | Tower | 316 ft | 1997 | Kingsport | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1225448 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2000 | Kingsport | American Towers LLC |
| 1037111 | Tower | 306 ft | 2000 | Blountville | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1037107 | Lattice tower | 304 ft | 1986 | Bristol | American Towers LLC |
| 1037099 | Tower | 292 ft | 1990 | Piney Flats | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1043639 | Lattice tower | 292 ft | 2009 | Bristol | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1051166 | Tower | 290 ft | 1998 | Bluff City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1218354 | Tower | 290 ft | 2000 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1230337 | Tower | 290 ft | 2009 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1035072 | Tower | 289 ft | 1998 | Bristol | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1050640 | Lattice tower | 276 ft | 1998 | Bristol | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1066108 | Tower | 275 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1200018 | Tower | 275 ft | 1999 | Piney Flats | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1200956 | Tower | 275 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1201388 | Tower | 275 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1204722 | Lattice tower | 274 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1045692 | Tower | 271 ft | 2000 | Bristol | American Towers LLC |
| 1046907 | Tower | 271 ft | 1981 | Kingsport | VB Nimbus, LLC |
| 1046904 | Tower | 270 ft | 1981 | Kingsport | VB Nimbus, LLC |
| 1046905 | Tower | 270 ft | 1981 | Kingsport | VB Nimbus, LLC |
| 1046906 | Tower | 268 ft | 1981 | Kingsport | VB Nimbus, LLC |
| 1208515 | Tower | 260 ft | 2009 | Kingsport | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1219119 | Tower | 260 ft | 2001 | Kingsport | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1219666 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2001 | Kingsport | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1222466 | Tower | 260 ft | 2000 | Johnson City | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1204720 | Tower | 259 ft | 2000 | Bluff City | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1200958 | Tower | 256 ft | 1999 | Kingsport | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1207532 | Tower | 255 ft | 1999 | Kingsport | American Towers LLC |
| 1043170 | Tower | 249 ft | 1999 | Piney Flats | American Towers LLC |
| 1200064 | Tower | 234 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1011163 | Tower | 232 ft | 1995 | Kingsport | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1043640 | Tower | 229 ft | 2009 | Blountville | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1043641 | Tower | 229 ft | 1996 | Kingsport | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1042697 | Guyed tower | 228 ft | 2015 | Elizabethton | Nexstar Media Inc. |
| 1200012 | Tower | 200 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1220531 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2000 | Kingsport | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1236143 | Tower | 200 ft | 2002 | Kingsport | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1252228 | Tower | 200 ft | 2006 | Bristol | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1200026 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Bluff City | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1202963 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Piney Flats | Alltel Corporation |
| 1206681 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Blountville | American Towers LLC |
| 1209441 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1211834 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Kingsport | American Towers LLC |
| 1037110 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 2022 | Colonial Heights | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1038403 | Mast | 198 ft | 1994 | Kingsport | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1010123 | Pole | 195 ft | 1996 | Indian Springs | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1028183 | Tower | 193 ft | 1997 | Bristol | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1200025 | Tower | 179 ft | 1999 | Rodgersville | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1217241 | Tower | 175 ft | 2000 | Fairview | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1224441 | Mast | 165 ft | 2001 | Kingsport | Alltel Corporation |
| 1246286 | Tower | 161 ft | 2004 | Kingsport | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1242701 | Monopole | 150 ft | 2003 | Kingsport | SBA Towers VII, LLC |
| 1300562 | On a building | 149 ft | 1987 | Kingsport | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1043535 | Guyed tower | 126 ft | 1962 | Kingsport | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1300421 | Lattice tower | 109 ft | 1987 | Bristol | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1036196 | Tower | 100 ft | 1994 | Elizabethton | BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY INC |
| 1295656 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2015 | Elezabethton | Sullivan County Government |
| 1202949 | Tower | 85 ft | 1999 | Blountville | Crown Communication LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Sullivan 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 Tennessee with similar tower counts: Madison County (71), Montgomery County (69), Williamson County (66), Wilson County (57), Blount 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.