8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 25, 2009

SBA Communications Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Florida	000-30110	65-0716501
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W. Boca Raton, FL	33487
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 995-7670

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)

On September 25, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SBA Communications Corporation (the “Company”) appointed George R. Krouse Jr. to serve as a member of the Board effective as of October 28, 2009. Mr. Krouse will serve as a Class I director of the Company for a term expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time his continued Board service will be subject to renomination and shareholder approval. The Board also appointed Mr. Krouse as a member of its Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The selection of Mr. Krouse was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. In addition, Mr. Krouse is not a party to any transaction, or any proposed transaction, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Krouse will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s previously disclosed compensation programs for non-management directors as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and enter into an indemnification agreement as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009. Accordingly, Mr. Krouse will receive a grant of stock options for 25,000 shares of Class A common stock upon the effective date of his appointment to the Board. These options will have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Class A common stock on the grant date and will vest and become exercisable in equal annual installments on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date, so long as Mr. Krouse continues to serve as a member of the Board.

On September 28, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Krouse as a member of the Board. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by SBA Communications Corporation on September 28, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:	/s/    Brendan T. Cavanagh
	Brendan T. Cavanagh
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 28, 2009

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SBA Announces Appointment of George Krouse to the Board of Directors

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (NASDAQ: SBAC); BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA”) announces the appointment of George R. Krouse, Jr. to SBA’s Board of Directors effective October 28, 2009. Mr. Krouse, an attorney, has recently retired after spending 33 years at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he practiced in the corporate, capital markets and merger and acquisition areas. While at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Mr. Krouse served as Head of the Corporate Department and Senior Administrative Partner of the firm. During his legal career, Mr. Krouse was the recipient of a number of awards and acknowledgements, including numerous inclusions in The Best Lawyers in America and similar publications. Mr. Krouse currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Capital Markets Center at Duke University School of Law and is a 2002 recipient of the Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2006 he was appointed a Senior Lecturing Fellow at the Law School. Mr. Krouse is also a former Captain in the U.S. Air Force, and served as Judge Advocate. Mr. Krouse is a graduate of Brown University and Duke University School of Law.

“We are very pleased to have George join our Board of Directors,” commented Jeffrey A. Stoops, SBA’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “George brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to SBA from his long career advising many of the largest and most successful companies in the world. He will be a great asset and resource as we continue to grow our Company.”

SBA is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the United States. SBA generates revenue from two primary businesses - site leasing and site development services. The primary focus of the Company is the leasing of antenna space on its multi-tenant towers to a variety of wireless service providers under long-term lease contracts. Since it was founded in 1989, SBA has participated in the development of over 45,000 antenna sites in the United States.

For additional information about SBA, please contact Pam Kline, Vice-President-Capital Markets, at (561) 226-9232 or visit our website at www.sbasite.com.