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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama (www.theguardian.com)

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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

"WJLX still has its FM transmitter and tower, it is not allowed to operate its FM transmitter while the AM station is off the air."

But why?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

they have a deal with authorities only to re-transmit their AM broadcast. No AM, no FM. Prevents demise of AM broadcasts.

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