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WJLX 200' tower reported stolen

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That's not what I said. I read my meters too. And, I have not missed more than one hour of airtime in 20 years. But we don't know anything for a fact except the stolen tower.

So do you also believe WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator in Jasper? That's posted on this thread as well.
 
Flying Dutchman said:
That's not what I said. I read my meters too. And, I have not missed more than one hour of airtime in 20 years. But we don't know anything for a fact except the stolen tower.

So do you also believe WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator in Jasper? That's posted on this thread as well.
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I've never said one word about that. You're putting words in my mouth. I read all of this and disregard most of it. I couldn't care less about what happens in Jasper AL. What I did comment on was a 200' tower going missing, and that in my opinion, checking your AM signal every once in a while and driving to your tower site might have narrowed down the time frame for when it went missing. I also posted that they had started a GoFundMe page. That's it. I don't know if they destroyed their own tower, or if local druggies stole it. Nor do I care. What I do care about is following the rules we all have to abide by, and that's turning off a translator when the primary signal goes down.
 
Flying Dutchman said:
So, do you also believe WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator in Jasper? That's posted on this thread as well.
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Where is that said? I believe what was said was that she was killed. Where you got "WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator" out of that... Dude! You've got a much better imagination than most! Turning someone being killed into a murder at a whim? Exactly what kind of involvement do you have with this case that you are willing to twist facts as you do?
 
Flying Dutchman said:
I did not say you believe the crazy crap. I'm saying we do not know anything about the operation of WJLX.
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And that's why all I've replied to is the tower being stolen. I'm the last person to defend the FCC, but we do have rules, and I follow them. I would be the first person to pitch in and help these people if they would call me back, but as of today, that hasn't happened. I have always been the first person to offer to help another broadcaster when they have a problem.

As far as the crazy stories, I take every one of them with a grain of salt. However, I will tell you that my father and I unfortunately lived through stuff that others would consider fiction. In the early 90s in Florida, our morning man, Ernie Johnson, who was also a sheriff's deputy, was jumped at the front door of the station and marched out to the orange grove 30 feet away and shot twice in the back of the head by a man who was having an affair with his wife. The man rode a bicycle to the station and home, and killed himself rather than be arrested when he was cornered. My parents lived behind the station in a trailer, and I couldn't get in because of the crime scene being cordoned off.

I will also tell you that even though my father was a great announcer, he made some boneheaded moves when it came to pleasing his wife and running a radio station. Ask my old chief engineer about the call when my Dad put that trailer in, and ran water lines from the station building to the trailer, having to explain to the people trenching in the lines that the copper they were cutting through was the ground system for a 3-tower array, and what it cost to repair that fiasco.

And, yes, I've known some very unsavory characters in this business. So while I don't believe every story I hear, I do understand where a lot of stories come from. No, I don't believe half the stories on here. That's why all I commented on was the tower issue. And, yes, your comment was accusatory, impugning my character and trying to twist my comments to suit your argument.
 
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And, yes, your comment was accusatory, impugning my character and trying to twist my comments to suit your argument.
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I suspect this person has more involvement in this than he's admitting. (See my comment of just a few minutes ago questioning his twisting of my words into artificially creating a murder for benefit of his(?) argument.)
 
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Where is that said? I believe what was said was that she was killed. Where you got "WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator" out of that... Dude! You've got a much better imagination than most! Turning someone being killed into a murder at a whim? Exactly what kind of involvement do you have with this case that you are willing to twist facts as you do?
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What about the engineer from NC?

Didn't he get an ass kicking and a smoke put out in his face when he visited WJLX, wanting to help them? Did you say that?
 
Flying Dutchman said:
What about the engineer from NC?

Didn't he get an ass kicking and a smoke put out in his face when he visited WJLX wanting to help them? Did you say that?
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I did. And, it did happen. But, two people grabbing someone by the arms while a third grinds a cigarette out on his face "an ass kicking". To me, that's more like three thugs attacking an innocent man who asked to see something the FCC rules mandatorily require the station to make available when anyone asks. The engineer they did this to was Bill Boyd from South Carolina. He's pretty well known so, you (or anyone else) should be able to verify this since you're so completely convinced that I'm a liar.
 
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I did. And, it did happen. But, two people grabbing someone by the arms while a third grinds a cigarette out on his face "an ass kicking". To me, that's more like three thugs attacking an innocent man who asked to see something the FCC rules mandatorily require the station to make available when anyone asks. The engineer they did this to was Bill Boyd from South Carolina. He's pretty well known so, you (or anyone else) should be able to verify this since you're so completely convinced that I'm a liar.
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Why didn't he call the FCC and report this when he was safe in Carolina?
 
Flying Dutchman said:
Sorry Scott! I always side with the underdog. This is now an international news story.
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It is, but also in a way that doesn't really say anything favorable about the news media. It's just one big echo chamber: whether it's NBC or the BBC or whoever, it's just rewrites of the one initial story without any additional attempt at determining what the facts really are.

Nobody national is going to send a reporter to Jasper, and by next week the story will have faded away without any follow-up. It's just a "hey, Iook at this" kicker story that gets clicks and views without really informing at all.

Frankly, I'm tired of having it keep ping-ponging into my inbox (it happens to have been a very bad week on my end with sick family members and work crises).

Until and unless there's something in the way of actual facts from people using their actual names, or unless the FCC takes some sort of action, my interest in this story has dropped to zero. I'm only intervening here because I have some responsibility as a moderator to keep this site away from any legal hassles.
 
Flying Dutchman said:
When people are down and out it's a good time to judge them and kick them in the head on the radio gossip board.
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This is the last I'm going to comment on this thread. Go back and re-read my comments. NOWHERE did I say that I believe they took down their own tower. I called them out on not paying attention to the AM, which is the originating station, and not having any idea when the tower was downed. A professional broadcaster would pay attention to that tiny little detail, since the FCC says this:

Loss of primary station's signal. The translator must be set up to go off the air if the main station's signal is lost. See 47 CFR Sections 74.1234(a)(2) and 74.1263(b).

That's it. End of story. You accused me of something I never said, and then doubled down by asking me this:

Flying Dutchman said:
So do you also believe WJLX murdered the wife of the LPFM operator in Jasper? That's posted on this thread as well.
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Next time you want to throw around accusations, try actually reading what the person said.

Sorry for dragging this out Scott.
 
The first comment wasn't even to you. The 2nd was a question. And I'm disgusted by victim blaming. And, that's not to you either.
It's the thread, not you.

Just, wow! Wow!
 
Several posters have commented that someone should have known the station was off the air just by tuning in a couple of times a day. There have been many local reports here and in other forums that the AM station has been off the air for several years. With that in mind, the thieves could have taken days. The owner/general manager stated the landscaper found it. This could have been done over several days in the last two weeks to a month, depending on how often the grass is cut.

From all of the local reports, this is not really a great operator.
 
This isn't just an echo chamber. It's the latest that we got locally on yesterday and I see several things here that have not been repeated elsewhere (and, I do realize that I'm opening myself up to more accusations in sharing this but, the source is accurate).

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