well - a few things that have come out now and are "known" This station billed itself as "101.5 WJLX". No mention of the AM . It's assumed no one has listened to the AM for years. Videos and posts have circulated online that the AM broadcast site hadn't been active for years.
This thread has determined the tower went "missing" sometime between October 2022 and March 2023. The site was likely in poor shape long before that. Not sure what prompted the great "oh! it's missing!" debacle unless he was aware he was about to get violated by the FCC or something. https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/wjlx-wjbe-and-werh-oh-my.769948/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck McCown via AF To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen Someone said they unbolted the sections. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 1:32 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen So you’re saying they used an axe? From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 2:21 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen I was the first to jump to it being either an inside job or someone that really had an axe to grind with the owner. The effort involved in stealing a tower would not be worth the value of the scrap steel I would not think. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 1:16 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen Not once you cut the wires and/or steal the transmitter. But there have been multiple reports the site has been offline for years and lying to the FCC so they can operate via their FM repeater. Not saying the reports are true, what’s the acronym now for “just asking questions”, JAQ? From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 2:09 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen How does somebody steal an AM tower without getting electrocuted? arent they all energized? On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 5:50 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Is that the “you’re not using it so it’s mine now” rule? Does that apply to cars? How about spouses? From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen It's in our neighboring county. Been there, know the guy, know the station. For those of you who don't know, I operate a LPFM in our home county (since 2014) 1) Ok, why on EARTH is this viral? Like internationally viral? 2) For all the backstory / scuttlebutt you could ever want (and not even on facebook) : https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/wjlx-200-tower-reported-stolen.769741 3) Ok, so chop chop the guy wires, the tower thuds on the ground and you just unscrew it in 10 foot sections just like a rohn25, no? I don't know how "no one" knew it was missing tho. Clearly no one listens to that AM, except for the locals, who say it has been off air for at least 5 years. In my home county we have two licensed AMS, 1340 and 1460. 1460 has been off air for at least 5 years, but never filed as silent and still shows as licensed. 1340 signed off last week - the property had been abandoned, seized for unpaid taxes, auctioned from the federal government (all by the guy currently running it), and now it's being sold for a development of houses. Good for them..... Promise you lots of other AMS feeding fm translators where the AMs are also silent.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck McCown via AF To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 2:18 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Fw: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 12:42 PM To: Chuck McCown Subject: NBC News: Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-station-disbelief-200-foot-radio-tower-stolen-rcna137877 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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