That 200' tower that someone stole, just saw a video from 3 days ago where some people investigated the site. The tower has been clearly missing for a years and he is on gofundme trying to replace what was "stole last week". I think brett elmore is gonna be in some trouble, not only for the gofundme scam currently running, but with the FCC for not keeping the AM side of his station operating.
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Missing tower, been missing, gofundme fraud?
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Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Where's the transmitter?
Just playing devil's advocate here, but, did the guy ever say that the station was knocked off the air? It's possible that the station shut down years ago but left the tower there. Maybe someone did steal it quite some time ago, but if it was abandoned, they wouldn't know it until someone looked.
Just playing devil's advocate here, but, did the guy ever say that the station was knocked off the air? It's possible that the station shut down years ago but left the tower there. Maybe someone did steal it quite some time ago, but if it was abandoned, they wouldn't know it until someone looked.
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Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Some scrappers chopped it down? Catalytic converters are so much easier.....
Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Here you go, folks!
.... On September 14, 2009, WJLX changed its format to oldies, branded as "Oldies 101.5", in conjunction with the launch of FM translator W268BM (101.5 MHz). At the time, the area had no station playing oldies music.[16] Unable to pay debts and financially insolvent, Wal Win sold WJLX to the Hattie Reese Trust effective January 19, 2017, for $150,000. The trust acquired W268BM, which was owned separately, at the same time.[17] The station's license was subsequently assigned to John Burdette upon the dissolution of the trust effective November 20, 2017. Effective May 1, 2018, the station was sold to Don Earley, who owns the Alabama Cable Network. In 2022, the station was honored by the Alabama Broadcasters Association for its continuous airing of Words of Truth, a religious program on the air in morning drive for 75 years and presented live every day of the year; that same year, the station relocated its studios to a site on U.S. 78.[18]
In February 2024, the station, which has gone silent several times throughout the last few years due to deferred maintenance involving the 1240 AM tower southeast of Jasper that is slowly being repaired, posted on its Facebook page that the station's entire antenna, including the 200 ft (61 m) mast, and most of its transmission equipment within a building, was stolen, rendering it unable to broadcast at all over the AM band.[19] The station's request to continue broadcasting on FM was denied by the FCC.[20]
.... On September 14, 2009, WJLX changed its format to oldies, branded as "Oldies 101.5", in conjunction with the launch of FM translator W268BM (101.5 MHz). At the time, the area had no station playing oldies music.[16] Unable to pay debts and financially insolvent, Wal Win sold WJLX to the Hattie Reese Trust effective January 19, 2017, for $150,000. The trust acquired W268BM, which was owned separately, at the same time.[17] The station's license was subsequently assigned to John Burdette upon the dissolution of the trust effective November 20, 2017. Effective May 1, 2018, the station was sold to Don Earley, who owns the Alabama Cable Network. In 2022, the station was honored by the Alabama Broadcasters Association for its continuous airing of Words of Truth, a religious program on the air in morning drive for 75 years and presented live every day of the year; that same year, the station relocated its studios to a site on U.S. 78.[18]
In February 2024, the station, which has gone silent several times throughout the last few years due to deferred maintenance involving the 1240 AM tower southeast of Jasper that is slowly being repaired, posted on its Facebook page that the station's entire antenna, including the 200 ft (61 m) mast, and most of its transmission equipment within a building, was stolen, rendering it unable to broadcast at all over the AM band.[19] The station's request to continue broadcasting on FM was denied by the FCC.[20]
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Dumb and dumber go on a tower hunt!
I thought the video was some sort of slapstick comedy.The whole story sounds like a bunch of bologna!
I found this link (didn't work for me so put the pics here) in the red it thread. A commenter claims to have access to Nearmaps through his work and shared the pictures in the link. Top pic is Nov 2021, Bottom pic is Nov 2023. That means it has been down since at least November.
Wonder what Nov 2022 looked like. That site looks like it's been undisturbed since even before 11/2022.
Ok I geeked out on this subject a little more than I should have but here's what I found.
The power of some research to find the address, the power of g maps and street view. As of June 2022 it was still standing. For what it's worth....
33.815102,-87.271829
The power of some research to find the address, the power of g maps and street view. As of June 2022 it was still standing. For what it's worth....
33.815102,-87.271829
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The whole thing definitely sounds a little fishy. Good work on the research being done.
Keep an eye on the news. Pretty sure this is a case of fraud. One site I frequent made up of current/former broadcast techs and engineers has been discussing this and one mentioned it was a potential fraud/insurance scam.
No insurance they say.
www.al.com
Stolen 200-foot tower doesn’t keep Alabama radio station off the air, thanks to help from friends
Jasper radio station WJLX is back on the air nearly two weeks after thieves stole one of its towers.
No insurance they say.
Stolen 200-foot tower doesn’t keep Alabama radio station off the air, thanks to help from friends
Jasper radio station WJLX is back on the air nearly two weeks after thieves stole one of its towers.
OK that is not the image I saw on the other site I am on. I checked it again and the other tower I was thinking of was not stolen. It had its guy wires cut and it fell. THAT is the one we were talking about being a case of fraud. Sorry about that.