Normally I wouldn't put up a story like this here, but this is so weird, I thought SOWNY members like Scott Fybush would get a kick out of it. Mr. Fybush, in case you don't know, is a radio veteran in Rochester, N.Y. and an engineer who takes regular trips to visit and photograph radio antennae across North America. But I wonder if he's ever been to this one. 

It was the transmitting tower for a low power outlet called KNYO-FM in the small town of Fort Bragg, California and to save money, the people who started the station put up its antenna in the mid-section of a tree. Yes, an actual wooden tree. 

But the recent disastrous weather in California took its toll and after just under two decades of serving as the "mast," the tree fell over, leaving the radio station without any way to get its signal out. What an odd set-up. They're now looking for a more permanent solution. Perhaps they should open a "branch" office?

Having Lost Its Tree, KNYO Needs a New Radio Tower