‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama
‘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
‘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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"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?
9 0 Replythey have a deal with authorities only to re-transmit their AM broadcast. No AM, no FM. Prevents demise of AM broadcasts.
5 0 ReplyYeah they really needed to do a follow up question on that one didn't they?
Can only really speculate here... maybe something to do with the Emergency Alert System? But I dunno. Could just be FCC bureaucracy reasons.
4 0 ReplyIt would set a horrible precedent.
I don't know the exact frequency specifics, but I know the FCC is super particular about any broadcast over a certain power on most wavelengths.
I imagine this is yet another instance where "mostly works" is in fact somewhat problematic in one way or another.
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