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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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