An incident occurred in which a radio tower as high as 60 meters was stolen, and a local radio station was forced to stop broadcasting.
On February 2, 2024, a 200-foot-tall (approximately 60 meters) radio tower and transmitter were stolen in Walker County, Alabama, USA. As a result of this incident, local radio station
Thieves somehow take 200-foot radio tower
https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/02/07/thieves-somehow-take-200-foot-radio-tower/
'What do you mean, the tower is gone?': thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama | The Guardian
Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-station-disbelief-200-foot-radio-tower-stolen-rcna137877
On the morning of February 2, 2024, WJLX, a local radio station in Alabama, dispatched landscaping workers to the radio tower site for spring cleaning. However, because the radio tower that was supposed to be there was gone, the landscaping workers immediately reported it to WJLX general manager Brett Elmore.
Mr. Elmore asked the landscaping worker, ``What do you mean, the tower is gone? Is it in the right place?'' The landscaping worker replied, ``There are wires all over the ground, and the radio tower is gone. 'Yes,' he replied.
Not only the radio tower was damaged, but the building next to the tower was destroyed, and all of the equipment, including WJLX's AM transmitter, was stolen.
Mr. Elmore immediately filed a complaint with local police. Mr. Elmore recalls, ``The police were just as stunned as we were at this kind of damage.''
The cost of rebuilding the radio tower is estimated to be between $100,000 (about 15 million yen) to $150,000 (about 22 million yen), and Mr. Elmore said, ``The cost required for reconstruction exceeds the budget that WJLX has.'' I reported.
WJLX has suspended AM broadcasting due to the theft of its radio tower and transmitter. Meanwhile, we have requested interim authority from
Mr. Elmore is proceeding with the reconstruction of the radio tower and preparations for online broadcasting, as well as investigating the details of the radio tower theft by checking footage from nearby security cameras and collecting testimony from witnesses. According to Mr. Elmore, not only WJLX was affected by theft, but also incidents where air conditioners and copper piping were stolen at nearby radio stations.
Regarding this incident, Mr. Elmore speculates that the radio tower and transmitter were targeted by culprits involved in `` metal theft, '' which earns profits by selling stolen metal products.''
Mr. Elmore said, ``WJLX is currently off the air, but we have no intention of stopping for a long time.We will work tirelessly to get it back on the air.''
Furthermore, on February 9, 2024, an incident occurred on a railway line in Yamaguchi Prefecture in which 100 metal cables attached to rail joints were cut and some were taken away.
Cables on JR tracks are cut one after another. More than 100 cables are damaged. Operations are temporarily suspended on the Ube Line and Sanyo Main Line. Yamaguchi Prefecture | NHK | Incident
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240209/k10014352931000.html
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