Alabama: Thieves Somehow Steal 200ft Radio Tower
February 10th, 2024Via: Action News 5:
A 200-foot AM radio tower in Alabama is gone, stolen without a trace.
WJLX’s AM station signal has been greatly impacted by the theft in Walker County.
Station general manager Brett Elmore said he remains hopeful that somebody will share information to help law enforcement find those responsible for the theft. Still, he said he is blown away by what happened.
“I have tried all weekend to figure it out, and I just can’t. I have been in the radio business, around it all my life and then in it professionally for 26 years, and I can say I have never heard of anything like this. I can say I’ve seen it all now,” Elmore said.
He said they first learned of the theft on Friday. He said a bush hog crew went down to the WJLX tower site to clean up the property, but the thieves had already cleared it out.
That’s a head scratcher. One you remember in case it makes sense in the future.
Would the disassembly be on satellite cameras? Would the needed big trucks be on street cameras along their route to storage or to another construction site? If there is no publicly-reported investigation, then I’d suspect collusion and control by govt authorities.