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		<title>Site Security FLAP: P is for Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 05:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2014] Our series on site security comes to an end with this installment from Kevin Kidd. As we publish this, Comex Copper is still close to $3.00 per pound, with scrap continuing to sell for double what new copper cost just a few years ago. As readers of this series know, I use an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Site Security FLAP: A is for Alarms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[September 2014] Although this series was sparked by the increase in thefts of copper from ground systems, the need for site security affects all stations. Whether AM or FM, you do not need vandals ripping out air conditioning coils, or breaking into the building. In this installment, Kevin Kidd explains some solutions that will work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Site Security FLAP: L is for Lighting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Kidd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[July 2014] Securing – and protecting – a transmission site takes more than an occasional visit. Thieves do know when a company appears unconcerned about a site. Kevin Kidd continues with his survey on how to reduce the damage that can occur from unwanted visitors. Last time we discussed the F in the acronym FLAP [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2014] Without a secure transmitter site, a broadcast station cannot properly maintain its on-air operations. That is why protection from everything from lightning to vandalism and theft is a high priority. As to the latter, Kevin Kidd has some good suggestions to share. He hopes you will FLAP, too. Let us start with an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thar’s Copper in Them Thar Fields!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[March 2014] Copper prices have become a major cost for broadcasters. Even though it has dropped from over $4.60 a pound to the low $3.00 range, even scrap metal prices are still well above the wholesale costs just a few years ago. Unfortunately, drug addicts and other thieves see transmitter sites as pretty easy “banks” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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