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WJLX radio station sent a landscaping crew to the site Friday morning for spring cleaning, only to find the 200-foot radio tower gone. When a crew member called the station's general manager to break the news, he was in disbelief.

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"What do you mean the tower is gone? Are you sure you're in the right place? I actually used more colorful words than that," Brett Elmore recounted to NBC News. "He said there's wires all over the ground and the tower is gone."

Not only was the radio tower stolen, but a nearby building was also vandalized. When Elmore heard the door was left ajar, "that's when reality was starting to set in that something bad had happened."

Ed Morrissey

How did they not know they'd gone off the air? How did thieves managed to get away with dismantling and stealing an entire radio tower? And an even better question: how did they operate without insurance? NBC reports that they aren't covered for the theft of an entire radio tower, which means they'll have to raise money themselves to replace it. Something about this doesn't add up, but maybe it's all on the level. 

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