The thieves pulled off what seemed to be an impossible crime. Now, the AM radio station is back on the air, but they’re left with a $60,000 bill as police continue to investigate the mystery.
Questions still remain after a 200-foot radio tower was stolen in an Alabama town knocking a local AM station off air.
The crime left the WJLX station’s general manager, Brett Elmore, and Jasper, Alabama’s police department, blown away and confused.
“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,” said Elmore in a statement.
When the tower was stolen, the FCC gave the AM radio station temporary authority to continue broadcasting on the FM side, but soon told them they were no longer allowed to broadcast.
“It’s been a nightmare,” Elmore told USA TODAY.
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