[BC] Scary listeners

[Bailey, Scott]

I have found it doesn't matter what format the station is, it is what
part of town the transmitter site is.  There was an AM
studio/transmitter site that had to move, due to the neighborhood had
gotten so bad with shootings, muggings, rape, etc.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Allen Sherrill
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:00 PM
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: RE: [BC] Scary listeners

>From: "Chuck Lakaytis" <chuck at akpb.org>

>Several years ago we had bullet through a strobe light.  The rigger
took a
>piece of rebar, put it in the through and through hole, sighted along
it 
>and
>was able to point out to the police exactly which window was the origin
of
>the shot.
>
>The young shooters parents where not amused to receive the
multi-thousand
>dollar bill.


Our owner likes to tell a similar story about people shooting at one of
his 
towers.  In his version, the tower guy sighted down the hole in the 
transmission line and could see the front porch of the shooter's house.

Then the owner paid a visit to the shooter, complaining about people 
shooting at his tower and offering to pay the good ole boy 20 bucks a
month 
to "keep an eye on things".  As his story goes, that was the end of 
vandalism at that site.

Allen Sherrill


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