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Commissioners approve Hope Media height extension request for existing tower; FAA clearance and interference concerns addressed
Summary
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners on April 8 approved a use-by-special-review amendment permitting Hope Media Group to raise an existing tower so its FM antenna can be relocated to improve coverage for KXWA (101.9 FM).
Douglas County commissioners on April 8 approved a use-by-special-review amendment to extend the height of an existing telecommunications tower to accommodate Hope Media Group's FM antenna and improve coverage for KXWA (project file US2024-010).
Eric Pavlinac, principal planner for Planning Services, described the request as a USR amendment to raise the existing tower to allow relocation of FM antennas and mounting equipment. Pavlinac said the tower is on a roughly 52-acre Agriculture-1 property southwest of Sedalia, currently owned by American Tower, and that the facility houses both public-safety and commercial equipment. The application included a visual impact assessment and photo-simulations and received three written public…
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