Inmate work crew cuts the cord on Destin's Beach Radio

[Chris]

Finally... a Florida story with a happy ending.

DESTIN — The waves rolling off the tower of Beach Radio, "Destin’s Progressive Talk," came to a dead stop recently when an inmate working for the city of Niceville cut the station’s transmission line with a Bush Hog.

"I don’t even know why they came on the property to Bush Hog, because it’s not city property," said John Ralls, manager of the station at 1120 AM.

"We have an inmate crew that works for us that cleans up some of these weedy areas," said Niceville Public Works Director Bruce Price. "They were doing some work in that area and I heard it happened."

"We were trying to be nice and get things all cleaned up. I guess no good deed goes unpunished," he [Niceville city electrician William Wright] said.

"We’re losing hundreds of dollars in advertising every few hours it’s off," Ralls said.

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/destin-20163-air-inmate.html

[NHSparky]

I'm guessing that inmate just got released with time off for "good behavior".

[Chris_]

"We’re losing hundreds of dollars in advertising every few hours it’s off," Ralls said.

Rush doesn't even post your ad in the public restroom at the EIB building for less than 6-figures.  Kinda gives an indication of what the market will bear, doesn't it?

[Airwolf]

Well I have no idea why they are bitching. They know as well as anyone that most people in jail consider the 5Th grade their Senior year