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): April 21, 2004


                                SPECTRASITE, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                                    DELAWARE
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


                              001-31769 56-2027322
        (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


                             400 Regency Forest Drive
                Cary, North Carolina                       27511
          (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)


                                 (919) 468-0112
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)





ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

           (a)    Financial statements of businesses acquired.

           None.

           (b)    Pro forma financial information.

           None.

           (c)    Exhibits.

           99.1   Press release, dated April 21, 2004.


ITEM 12.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

           On April 21, 2004, SpectraSite, Inc. issued a press release
announcing its results of operations for the three months ended March 30, 2004.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item.

           The information contained in Item 12 of this Current Report on Form
8-K (including the press release) is being furnished and shall not be deemed
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The
information contained in Item 12 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including
the press release) shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.





                                   SIGNATURES

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



                                        SPECTRASITE, INC.



                                        By: /s/ David P. Tomick
                                            --------------------------------
                                            David P. Tomick
                                            Executive Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer



Dated:     April 21, 2004





EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1       Press release, dated April 21, 2004.