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[–] babyfarmer@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How long were they broadcasting without a tower?

How were they not already aware that there was dead air? Was anyone out there even listening in the first place?

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A shocking number of radio stations do not listen to their own broadcasting.

Source: A radio listener that has looked for the radio station's phone number, while wishing an employee was listening and could just shout at the DJ about their open mic, dead air, and other obvious mistakes.

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago

Its all commercials now anyways. Of course no one is listening.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

Screaming into the void.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Pirate radio is becoming more serious.

[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

You wouldn't steal a 200-foot tall radio tower

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How do you even steal a frikin 200ft radio tower?

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago

1ft at a time

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Crackheads. -- "look at all that copper!!"

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And what do you do with it? I doubt scrapyards are going to take it after this news...

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I doubt scrap yards that pay crackheads really care about stolen scrap.

[–] Iamdanno@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't they? It wouldn't be recognizable once they chopped it up, which probably would take them 10 minutes or so.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The average scrap yard is run by the most amoral among us. There's a reason catalytic converters are stolen. Someone would scrap that tower.

[–] Bennettiquette@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm both appalled and surprised that I understood this reference instantly.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You see, Video killed the radio star.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Unironically, the first music video that MTV showed.

[–] match@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's go steal the airwaves.

[–] incogtino@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Steal the ruckus!

[–] Karmanj@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I read this comment as I was swiping away and had to come back to upcote you.

[–] Chiarottide@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's some Money Heist shit

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

When we heard about this at lunch, my coworkers and I double-checked eBay and Craigslist to see if it was up for sale. We wanted it (and the transmitter which was also stolen) to set up our own pirate station.

It was not listed, sadly.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My guess: people stole the metal to sell to scrappers.