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Dubious

According to https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/skeptics-question-disappearance-of-alabama-radio-tower it may not have been the case that the tower was stolen on February 2nd, as was alleged by the station's owner. 2A10:3781:2AF3:1:C8BA:CDBD:BA35:1A97 (talk) 11:22, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

FWIW, IP anons claimed in 2023 the AM station had been silent for several years.[1][2] These claims were removed by another IP anon [3] on 2 Feb, 2024 just before the theft was reported. --Dual Freq (talk) 15:54, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

That tower has been missing long enough for shoulder-high summer weeds to have grown over and through the collapsed fence, and the remains of the guy wires. See this video of the former tower site, recorded just a few days after the ALLEGED theft: https://youtube.com/watch?si=vjyCBiycyqgRnM2V&v=bqIysr3o_vY

Also, note that no landscaping work had been done. Why would landscapers report the tower was missing, but not cut the grass and weeds? Brett Elmore (WJLX manager) is the only person to ever claim that the landscapes were even real.

Elmore has set up a GoFundMe and is hoping to get money from people who believe that he had nothing to with the missing tower. Claiming that it was stolen recently, rather than that it's been gone for months or years, is pure fabrication. There is no electric meter on the tower building. Elmore claims to have submitted utility bills to the Jasper police but hasn't made it public to anyone else. I'm not sure what Wikipedia's policy is when it comes to ongoing criminal investigations. Just please bear in mind that Elmore is a prime suspect. 2600:1700:B210:1540:A053:F6CF:581B:D8C7 (talk) 22:22, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia will need a reliable source for any of that. The raw video of the transmitter site has already been linked, though conclusions drawn from it would be original research. We can't create original research, but if reliable sources report what you ware saying, then it can be added. There is plenty of stuff out there that just needs a reliable news source to report on it. Once the police or FCC puts something out there, it can be added. --Dual Freq (talk) 23:22, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

TLDR: AM transmitter, tower drama

IIUC, skeptics of the "stolen" tower/transmitter claim suppose that both the high-profile tower and associated transmitter equipment (invisible to public) disappeared a while ago. Many have analyzed past street-level images, e.g. Google Street View, and satellite images, claiming the transmitter tower (obvious shadow on sat images) has been missing for some time. Internet sleuths seem to have done a thorough job in this regard, e.g. YCombinator post. Anyway, was AM license just a sneaky attempt to run an FM on the cheap (via W268BM)? Look for credible broadcast industry sources for FCC tower, transmitter logistics, licensing rules, translator regs. Also, ham radio people know about this translator stuff. Doug Grinbergs (talk) 12:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

There's going to have to be some sort of reliable / professional media coverage to add any of that to the article. See WP:RS. --Dual Freq (talk) 22:03, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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