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lemmyfanadmin@real.lemmy.fan to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

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Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

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lemmyfanadmin@real.lemmy.fan to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Radio station WJLX can no longer broadcast its AM programming since the incident.
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    How do you even steal a frikin 200ft radio tower?

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      1ft at a time

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      Crackheads. – “look at all that copper!!”

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      And what do you do with it? I doubt scrapyards are going to take it after this news…

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        I doubt scrap yards that pay crackheads really care about stolen scrap.

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        preppers?

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