We Are Roberts Tower Company

Roberts Wireless Communications (RWC) Recognizing the emerging PCS industry, Michael and Steven Roberts, through Roberts-Roberts & Associates, LLC, acquired six C-Block licenses in Missouri: Cape Girardeau, Quincy-Hannibal, Rolla, Sedalia, Jefferson City, and West Plains; and one F-Block license for Columbia Missouri. In early 1998, the Roberts initiated discussions with Sprint PCS in Kansas City to explore affiliation opportunities. During the course of those discussions, several events occurred that fundamentally changed the character of the PCS C-Block. In June of 1998, Roberts elected the FCC’s amnesty option, returned their C-Block licenses and signed an affiliation agreement with Sprint PCS creating Roberts Wireless Communications, LLC (RWC),.

RWC was tasked with building a Sprint PCS network, including switch and retail facilities, to cover over 1.0 million residents in St Joseph, Sedalia, Lake of the Ozarks, Joplin, Rolla, Springfield, Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff, Hannibal, Kirksville, Jefferson City, and Columbia in Missouri, and Carbondale and Quincy in Illinois. While in the process of building the network infrastructure, Alamosa PCS, another Sprint PCS affiliate, approached RWC, to merge their network facilities. On 2/14/01, the merger was ratified.

With the network facilities under the management of Alamosa, Michael and Steven Roberts created a new venture, Roberts Tower Company (RTC), to manage the vast cluster of towers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Kansas. In addition, they added their broadcast towers in Utah, New Mexico, Tennessee and Missouri to the RTC roster.