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WJLX 200' tower reported stolen

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tvallred said:
I live in a neighboring county (and unrelated to the former disgruntled employee, FWIW). WJLX AM has been off the air a majority of the past five years. Every once in a while I would hear them with a very weak signal driving through Jasper, but that's probably been close to two years. Personally, I have no dog in the fight, and as long as another station doesn't hinder mine, then I don't officially complain. However, in all honesty, every station in that county has/had some type of violation. The other AM has had extended silent periods without filing an STA, the LPFM is also silent, no STA. That county is like the wild west. At least this station, um, translator has some community involvement though with local hosts and programming.
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I think they now need a low power AM transmitter on 1240 KHz and a long wire antenna. Get an STA for that and they can keep the FM on. And, I just so happen to have an LPB AM transmitter in a closet. Perhaps I should gift it and ship it to WJLX in Jasper.
 
Flying Dutchman said:
I think they now need a low power AM transmitter on 1240 KHz and a long wire antenna. Get an STA for that and they can keep the FM on. And, I just so happen to have an LPB AM transmitter in a closet. Perhaps I should gift it and ship it to WJLX in Jasper.
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In my informed opinion, what they need is an FCC (and FBI) inspector and investigator on the scene and fewer people trying to help them cover up their crimes and get back to "business as usual". Any good investigator on this case should also look into anyone that helps them as co-conspirators or, at least, complicity.
 
This is the most frightening, amazing and incredible radio horror story I have ever heard. I sort of expect a super-hero with a classic southern drawl to come in and save the day.

(No offense to "southrn" folks... I was PD ad WERC and WERC-FM in Birmingham about a century ago... at least it seems that way now!)
 
DavidEduardo said:
This is the most frightening, amazing and incredible radio horror story I have ever heard. I sort of expect a super-hero with a classic southern drawl to come in and save the day.

(No offense to "southrn" folks... I was PD ad WERC and WERC-FM in Birmingham about a century ago... at least it seems that way now!)
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Me too!
 
tvallred said:
I have a 250 watt RCA BTA 250 I'll lend them... if It doesn't magically diasppear...
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It probably would. My experience with them began when I helped a friend loan them a 500 watt FM transmitter so they could repair the WJBE transmitter. Their engineer returned the transmitter later telling me that he would never advise me to get anyone to loan them anything again as they had tried to "smash it up" before returning it. They literally had attempted to destroy the transmitter I had gotten loaned to them so they could stay on the air while their own transmitter was sent away for repair. I took the transmitter back to my friend and told him what their engineer had told me. These people are not normal.
 
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Flying Dutchman said:
Some say it was five
Some say it was ten
Some say it was just one man
Who made that tower disappear
Then he came on here
Said the victim was the bad guy
My oh my
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Is that a radio haiku?
 
DavidEduardo said:
This is the most frightening, amazing and incredible radio horror story I have ever heard.
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Agreed. But radio towers don't just magically disappear.

DavidEduardo said:
I sort of expect a super-hero with a classic southern drawl to come in and save the day.
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To paraphrase the Eagles "We haven't had that spirit here since 1939" (Gone With The Wind)
 
Bongwater said:
Agreed. But radio towers don't just magically disappear.
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But how likely is a neighbor or neighboring business to think anything was amiss? They likely saw trucks come and go and thought that the business was being moved or close.

Example: if the home of a nearby neighbor you didn't know was being packed and loaded into a van, would you walk over and ask if they were authorized to move everything in the home?
 
DavidEduardo said:
This is the most frightening, amazing and incredible radio horror story I have ever heard. I sort of expect a super-hero with a classic southern drawl to come in and save the day.

(No offense to "southrn" folks... I was PD ad WERC and WERC-FM in Birmingham about a century ago... at least it seems that way now!)
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I heard many crazy stories in broadcasting. This one seems to qualify for first prize!
 
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