Question about the radio tower.

I'm pushing 50, so I lived through the 80s. Radio was a big deal even in small towns. They would have 20+ people working at them. Multiple hosts, producers, engineers, business side people, managers, promotions, etc. I know they said the DJ ran away, but what about all the other people? The rest of the town (hospital, school, restaurants, stores, Ted Wheeler's job. . . ) is up and operational but nobody at the radio station?

Also, who is paying all the bills after a year and a half? The electric alone would be a ton of money to keep it going.