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NE Ga. radio station tower falls; vandalism suspected

By Ken Stanford Contributing Editor
Posted 11:57AM on Saturday 30th January 2010 ( 14 years ago )
LAVONIA - WLHR in Lavonia lost its tower early Saturday when the 284-foot structure fell to the ground but it was not believed to be weather-related and instead the work of vandals.

While it was raining at the time and the area was under a winter storm warning, there was no ice accumulation on the tower, according to the station's co-owner, Art Sutton.

"We believe one of the guy-wire sections was deliberately cut which resulted in the tower falling completely over away from the guy-wires cut,â

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