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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama (www.theguardian.com)
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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

AM radio? Anyone who is listening to that probably doesn’t have a phone to call anyone about it, inside their Mad Max bunker.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or they might not know what country code to use since some of that AM stuff gets broadcasted really far.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I remember doing international support as a youngling, and asking my co-worker what the calling code was for the US.
"+1"
'Haha, no, really, what is it?'
Checks internet
Makes the tea once everyone has finished laughing

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

TIL the 1 at the beginning of numbers designates that they are US based

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

But my company absolutely has a dedicated target audience we boast about to potential advertisers.