I’m glad the Georgia Peanut was replaced. It’s one of those memorable landmarks that local folks loved. I gave to the Go Fund Me to help them raise the money for replacement.
Investigators found no evidence that the tower had been taken down in the past few months. Weeds overgrowing the lot were not trampled, no tire marks, no sign of cutting up the tower. It was supposed to be broadcasting an AM signal that had been off the air for weeks and nobody noticed??? Owner used it for license to broadcast a FM signal (not from that tower). So I don’t believe this one.
Unfortunately RBION has chosen to represent the “tower” as being akin to the Eiffel Tower. Not quite. WWW.al.COM/news/2024/02/stolen-200-foot-tower-doesnt-keep-alabama-radio-station-off-the-air-thanks-to-help-from-friends.HTML
One YouTuber visited the site and found that the antenna had been missing for a very long time. Weeds and vines were growing through what remained. Speculation was about the requirement to operate this AM station before you can operate their FM station. The AM transmitter had been failing and parts were hard to find for the old equipment.
Leroy 8 months ago
And you just know those Peanut-Headed Lanternflies get bullied mercilessly by the stink bugs!
David_the_CAD 8 months ago
So how much are they paying for scrap metal in AL?
pearlsbs 8 months ago
Apparently there is some controversy about the radio tower disappearance.
https://www.radioworld.Com/news-and-business/headlines/skeptics-question-disappearance-of-alabama-radio-tower
Bilan 8 months ago
Does it really take an explanation of why it’s called “peanut-headed”?
The Duke 8 months ago
The radio station must not have had any listeners. I wonder if they broadcasted Gilmore’s sports show? That could explain why.
jonnytest 8 months ago
And it wasn’t even made out of copper!
boniface22 8 months ago
Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs, I would never have guessed that that is how it got its name.
therese_callahan2002 8 months ago
I once read a story about the theft of a railroad station.
TrixieinDixie Premium Member 8 months ago
I’m glad the Georgia Peanut was replaced. It’s one of those memorable landmarks that local folks loved. I gave to the Go Fund Me to help them raise the money for replacement.
markhughw 8 months ago
What’s AM?
martingregory497 8 months ago
Investigators found no evidence that the tower had been taken down in the past few months. Weeds overgrowing the lot were not trampled, no tire marks, no sign of cutting up the tower. It was supposed to be broadcasting an AM signal that had been off the air for weeks and nobody noticed??? Owner used it for license to broadcast a FM signal (not from that tower). So I don’t believe this one.
artegal 8 months ago
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, that the Peanut-headed Lanternfly’s peanut-shaped structure branches from its head! Who could have guessed?
Angry Indeed Premium Member 8 months ago
Ace Ventura makes a perfectly honest mistake:
https://youtu.Be/_6OUYNxlYcM
oakie817 8 months ago
they still haven’t found the tower
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 8 months ago
The tower crime is now a kidnapping as the AL Supremes have declared it a PERSON!!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 8 months ago
The tower heard a Tucker Carlson broadcast and ran away from home in shame
paranormal 8 months ago
Isn’t that lantern fly more like a peanut butt?
mokspr Premium Member 8 months ago
It was later discovered that due to an “auto-correct mistake”, the contractors had put it up outside of Jasper Alberta!
jsimpso1 8 months ago
Unfortunately RBION has chosen to represent the “tower” as being akin to the Eiffel Tower. Not quite. WWW.al.COM/news/2024/02/stolen-200-foot-tower-doesnt-keep-alabama-radio-station-off-the-air-thanks-to-help-from-friends.HTML
rbullfogg 8 months ago
Just down the road from us, here in Ashburn GA. World’s largest Peanut Monument!
wizengy 8 months ago
One YouTuber visited the site and found that the antenna had been missing for a very long time. Weeds and vines were growing through what remained. Speculation was about the requirement to operate this AM station before you can operate their FM station. The AM transmitter had been failing and parts were hard to find for the old equipment.
cactusbob333 8 months ago
That moth could have been named Pope Moth.
ars731 8 months ago
Todays RBION is nutty