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		<title>Critter Control</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[November 2025] Many stations have mascots, or even station pets – a dog here, a cat there. Beyond that, animals are probably not the best tenants to have. Evicting them can be a pain. Jeff Welton offers some ideas on how to prevent them from coming in the first place. It is that time of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Getting Ready for Winter</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[September 2021] Sure, we just hit “Fall,” but Winter is already giving previews in some areas. In any event, Fall gives us time to get things ready for Winter – and smoother operations. A lot of folks like to do Spring Cleaning, to recover from the events of the winter months, but it is equally [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[By Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D. [September 2026] The FCC record shows an industry ready to strengthen emergency alerting—but wary of reforms that could exchange familiar limitations for new and less visible points of failure. As the deadline for comments to the FCC’s latest EAS proceeding on modernizing EAS draws here, here is a rundown of industry [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[By Barry Mishkind [September 2026] The FCC is telling stations, large and small, that they must make changes to harden their systems against hackers. Fortunately, there is a way to do this without spending a lot of money. A new company, PCwrt, is ready to consult and offer help to get the job done. With [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Complete Station Audit Is Important</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Mishkind]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Barry Mishkind [September 2026] There is no question, even with fewer items in many control rooms, there is a lot to do just in the process of maintenance of station equipment to ensure your audio and RF systems are in proper order.&#160; Early this month, Jeff Welton and I did a video presentation to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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