- Shinall Mountain
Shinall Mountain, elevation 1,056 feet (321.87 m), is located near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of
Little Rock, Arkansas , in the foothills of theOuachita Mountains . It is the highest point in Pulaski County.Since the neighborhood (and Chenal Parkway, a major West Little Rock thoroughfare named for it) have similar-sounding names, the mountain is often misspelled "Chenal Mountain"; but "Chenal" is a
French language word chosen by Chenal Valley's developers forforeign branding because of its similarity to the mountain's name. The mountain was known as "Shinall" long before either the neighborhood or the parkway existed.Although Pinnacle Mountain, in
Pinnacle Mountain State Park to the north, is more prominent due to its location near theArkansas River (even theUSGS quad map for the Shinall Mountain area is called "Pinnacle Mountain"), it is only 1,011 feet (308 m), slightly shorter than Shinall Mountain.Other than the Chenal Valley neighborhood, Shinall Mountain is best known for the numerous
broadcast towers built atop it. The transmitters of television stationsKARK-TV ,KKAP ,KLRT-TV ,KTHV , and KWBF, as well as the KKYK-CA repeater ofKKYK-DT and numerous radio stations, are located there.After the 2008 collapse of its former tower near Redfield,
KATV commenced broadcasting from Shinall Mountain using KTHV's backup analog transmitter and a digital subchannel of KWBF; it has receivedFCC approval to relocate its tower there permanently. [http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0608/528809.html] With the relocation of KATV, the Little Rock affiliates of the "big four" networks (ABC,CBS , Fox andNBC ), as well asMyNetworkTV , RTN and Daystar, now all broadcast from Shinall Mountain.External links
* [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=34.7987&lon=-92.4966&s=25&size=s Topographical map of Shinall Mountain]
* [http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=7026456 Shinall Mountain Summit (MountainZone.com)]
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