Gardner, Massachusetts Talk Station Vandalized for Second Time; Owner Offering $40k Reward

The owner of north-central Massachusetts news/talk outlet WGAW, Gardner is doubling the reward he’s been offering for information leading to the person or persons who cut the station’s transmission lines for the second time in a two-month period. Steve Wendell tells The Gardner News the reward is now $40,000. He believes the lines were cut again on Sunday, May 31 aafter a similar incident on April 19. Wendell tells the paper, “This time they must have used a cutting tool of some kind because it was a clean cut on the wire… I think it’s the same group that doesn’t like what’s going on at the radio station.” He adds, “It’s a federal offense because the station is licensed federally by the FCC,” and notes that “a conviction carried a fine of up to $250,000, up to 10 years in prison, and five years of probation.” See The Gardner Newscoverage here.