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> I still don't buy it. Agreed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY is a video of some people exploring th
by michaelt 3y ago
> I still don't buy it.
Agreed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY is a video of some people exploring the site.
The guy ropes and fallen fences are overgrown, the electricity meter has clearly been missing for months at the very least. There's no evidence like crushed plants indicating the tower having fallen any time recently.
The station's FM license was part of an FCC scheme to improve the economics of struggling AM stations, and because the aim was to strengthen AM not replace it, the license requires them to continue broadcasting on AM.
My guess is they've been broadcasting in violation of that license for years, someone called them on it, and they had to concoct this "stolen tower" story to cover that up.
- Fatnino 3y agoA major problem with this "helpful" FCC scheme is that FM sounds way way better than AM. So, if anything, simulcasting drives listeners off the AM side and into the much better quality FM side.
- shagie 3y agohttps://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alabama-radio-station-wjlx-booted-from-air-after-200ft-tower-vanished/ https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alabama-radio-station-wjl... > The Jasper, Alabama, station was ordered off air by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as authorities continue to investigate how and why the heavy steel structure suddenly disappeared. > “In all my years of being in the business, around the business, everything like that, I have never seen anything like this,” Elmore told The Post. > “You don’t hear of a 200-foot tower being stolen,” he added.” > While the self-proclaimed “Sound of Walker County,” still has its FM transmitter and tower, it is not allowed to operate while the AM station is off the air, according to FCC.