Long Lines site: Kansas City, MO (Midwestern District Office)

  • Common Language Identifier: KSCYMO
  • Coordinates: 39°05’47.00″ N, 94°34’42.00″ W (39.09639 N, 94.57833 W)
  • County: Jackson
  • AT&T callsign: KAC63, KAC73 (both inactive)
  • Antenna Structure Registration (ASR): 1014791
  • Height (overall): 452.1 feet
  • Current owner: AT&T
  • Currently in use? Microwave — no. Cable/fiber — yes.
  • Horn antennas? Removed
  • Original microwave hops: 1960 — Dearborn (TV only); Elkhorn; Louisburg, Kansas (TV only); Lenape, Kansas. 1966 — Oak Grove; Basehor, Kansas (phone only.) 1979 — Belton.

Built in the early 20th century, a skyscraper at 1425 Oak Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, served as a major cable and microwave hub — along with housing the Midwestern District offices — in the Bell System.

Kansas City has several cable and microwave routes extending in all directions.

Cable routes headed northward to St. Joseph; northeast to Carrollton; east to Blue Springs; southeast to Knob Noster; south to Martin City; southwest to Olathe, Kansas; west-southwest to Lenexa, Kansas; and west to Zarah, Kansas.

Microwave routes in 1979 included: North to Dearborn; northeast to Elkhorn; southeast to Oak Grove; south to Louisburg, Kansas; south-southwest to Belton; southwest to Lenape, Kansas; and northwest to Basehor, Kansas.

A view of downtown Kansas City, with the AT&T district office building seen right of center with the newer “globe” AT&T logo. The skyscraper is located across from the T-Mobile Center.

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