Alabama AM radio station has its 200-foot transmission tower stolen - February 2024

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Alabama Radio Station’s 200-Foot Tower Disappears Without a Trace: ‘You’ve Got To Be Kidding’

A 200-foot tall radio tower has gone missing — leaving an Alabama station, police and others shocked and confused.

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A 200-foot tall AM radio tower has gone missing — leaving the Alabama station, police and others shocked and confused.

The stunning disappearance was discovered Friday morning when landscapers arrived to do work at the site where the tower stood, according to NBC News and AL.com.

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The tower was planted behind the Mar-Jac Poultry processing plant in Jasper and surrounded by a thick wooded area, according to AL.com.

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A nearby building was also vandalized. Every piece of equipment inside the building, including a transmitter, were taken from the site, NBC News reported.

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[airportwoman]

$10 says this was totally an inside job from start to finish.

 

[LadyL]

cameras? surveillance footage?

 

[charminglane]

Scrap metal to recycle for drug money. Moo.

 

[airportwoman]

cameras? surveillance footage?

Surveillance cameras were on the property, which is one of many reasons I think this is an inside job.

 

[LadyL]

Scrap metal to recycle for drug money. Moo.

yep that's been happening a lot, esp. of there's any copper
in my town they tried to steal pedestrian signal poles

 

[Clearsky]

200-foot radio tower stolen in Alabama: 'I thought I had seen it all'

A radio tower stolen in Alabama has investigators scratching their heads: "I thought I had seen it all."

www.fox4news.com

JASPER, Ala. - Police are searching for the thieves who stole a 200-foot tall tower in Alabama and left a local AM radio station off air.

 

[Dawookie]

I was reading about this yesterday and I'm still shaking my head going W T F. How does someone take a 200 ft tower and not leave a trace.

 

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Alabama AM radio station has its 200-foot transmission tower stolen - February 2024

https://people.com/alabama-radio-stations-200-ft-tower-disappears-got-to-be-kidding-8572521 A 200-foot tall AM radio tower has gone missing — leaving the Alabama station, police and others shocked and confused. The stunning disappearance was discovered Friday morning when landscapers arrived...

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[*LD*]

I'd start with the maintenance crew.