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Radio tower stolen!

skiwest said:
This happened in Alabama.

www.cleveland19.com

Thieves somehow take 200-foot radio tower

The station's general manager said he remains hopeful that somebody will share information to help law enforcement find those responsible for the theft.
www.cleveland19.com www.cleveland19.com
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Radio Locator reports that the station uses a single tower for unlimited AM operation. How the heck did the thieves manage to touch a live AM tower without electrocuting/cooking themselves?
 
snowdog88 said:
Radio Locator reports that the station uses a single tower for unlimited AM operation. How the heck did the thieves manage to touch a live AM tower without electrocuting/cooking themselves?
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If it was operating... by taking a hatchet with a wooden handle to the bit of copper (strap or tube) from the ATU to the tower. Or breaking open the electric meter box and taking the whole place off of AC. Easy.
 
Several years ago, vandals hit WELW 1330 in Willoughby and did some damage which took the station off the air for a while, but I don't remember if their tower was taken down.
 
Looks like this story has made national news...See below from NBC:
www.nbcnews.com

Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

Radio station WJLX can no longer broadcast its AM programming since the incident.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen​

The station, WJLX, sent a landscaping crew to the site Friday morning for spring cleaning, only to find the 200-foot radio tower gone. When a crew member called the station’s general manager to break the news, he was in disbelief.
“What do you mean the tower is gone? Are you sure you’re in the right place? I actually used more colorful words than that,” Brett Elmore recounted to NBC News. “He said there’s wires all over the ground and the tower is gone.”
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“Unfortunately, the site was not insured. We’re a small-market station, but we’re going to get back, and we’re going to be back on the air as soon as we possibly can,” Elmore said
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