‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station

Small radio station forced to go silent after unbelievable' theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

An Alabama radio station has been forced to temporarily shut down after thieves stole a 200ft radio tower.

WJLX, a station in Jasper, Alabama, was ordered to go off air by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after thieves took the station's AM tower last week, the Guardian first learned.