Radio station baffled after 200-foot radio tower disappears without a trace: ‘Seen it all now’

New York Post ^ | Feb. 7, 2024 | Haley Brown

[nickcarraway]

No one’s sure how the ambitious bandits made off with the heavy steel structure, WJLX station general manager Brett Elmore told WBRC.

“I have tried all weekend to figure it out, and I just can’t,” Elmore told the TV station.

“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,” he added. “I can say I’ve seen it all now.” Elmore learned of the theft on Friday when a landscaping crew went to the rural tower site to maintain the property, but there wasn’t much left to maintain.

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[nickcarraway]

I was going to post that.

[JonPreston]

sounds like Moon Men are behind this.

[Right Brother]

David Copperfield?

[V_TWIN]

Stealing metals to sell for scrap is a common crime nowadays.

A 200 foot tower however......that would be quite an achievment.

[Track9]

They just went to the wrong address.

[crusty old prospector]

Meth heads. Maybe our migrant friends.

[imabadboy99]

welcome to obama’s america

[catnipman]

article pic is a stock photo ...here's actual pic of stolen tower:

1. cut guy wires except top ones 2. cut top guy wires one by one 3. run

[DouglasKC]

That’s a lot of scrap metal.

[allblues]

Scrap steel doesn’t bring much, but there was undoubtedly a fair amount of copper wire in the tower, which is where the money is.

[marktwain]

A 200 foot tower however......that would be quite an achievment.

A lot of empty space in a 200 foot tower. An enormous amount of work to reduce it to scrap.

[VTenigma]

I wonder how many Dewalt 20 volt batteries that is. 3 or 4?

[marktwain]

Destroy a $40,000 tower for $500 worth of scrap copper. It takes 8 hours worth of labor to do it.

Thieves don't care how much destruction they cause, if they end up with a dollar more in their pocket.

Lots of times, they destroy things just for the joy of destruction.

It is much, much easier to destroy than to build.

[JZelle]

No, this has Doug Henning written all over it!

[1FreeAmerican]

I think that if you cut the mid section and lower guy wires then the tension from the top guy’s would crumple the tower.

Prolly Step 2 should be “RUN!”.

[George J. Jetso]

I agree. When in doubt blame it on the little green men.

[KarlInOhio]

When is someone going to nab the Statue of Liberty Immigration? 125 tons of iron and 31 tons of copper.