Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

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Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen
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How long were they broadcasting without a tower?

How were they not already aware that there was dead air? Was anyone out there even listening in the first place?

A shocking number of radio stations do not listen to their own broadcasting.

Source: A radio listener that has looked for the radio station's phone number, while wishing an employee was listening and could just shout at the DJ about their open mic, dead air, and other obvious mistakes.

Its all commercials now anyways. Of course no one is listening.

Screaming into the void.

How do you even steal a frikin 200ft radio tower?

Crackheads. -- "look at all that copper!!"

My guess: people stole the metal to sell to scrappers.

When we heard about this at lunch, my coworkers and I double-checked eBay and Craigslist to see if it was up for sale. We wanted it (and the transmitter which was also stolen) to set up our own pirate station.

It was not listed, sadly.