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The Tower Companies company history timeline

1990

In the early 1990’s Tower Ventures was created as an outgrowth of the transition from a family owned radio business to a company that developed and marketed towers in the newly developing cellular and wireless industry.

1994

Revenue had increased 55 percent from 1994, and operating income had grown by twice its 1994 figures.

1994: Federal Communications Commission auctions national licenses for mobile radio systems.

1997

MicroNet also owned 20 towers in California and 35 in Texas. Thus, in a few years ATS defined a national base to conduct business in the evolving field of telecommunication technologies: at the end of fiscal 1997, the company operated more than 1,775 towers in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

1998

1998: ARS merges with CBS Corporation; ATS emerges as an independent company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and changes name to American Tower Corporation (ATC).

1999

In April 1999, ATC's Broadcast Tower Group contracted with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a leading owner of television and radio stations in the United States, to develop broadcasting towers for Sinclair's digital transmission needs in 11 markets.

1999: Exponential Aerial and Terrestrial Expansion

The majority of the 1,000 towers constructed in 1999 were built along major roadways; they were predominantly self-supporting monopoles and could accommodate multiple co-location tenants.

2000

Tower development along with the acquisition and sale of tower portfolios since the early 2000’s has been impressive for the company.

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1947
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