Last year the station was burglarized five times and the new cameras are expected to thwart future robbery attempts. Two cameras, a slow tape recorder and a monitor are all part of the new security efforts.
DJs can now have a screen in the studio to see who is entering the office.
Also, the station can record up to 40 days of exits and enters. One of the cameras watches the front door, while the other records activity outside the music library, a popular hit in burglaries. The station resorted to using cameras as a last effort after first trying other solutions, all of which failed, Mancini said. The monitoring of keys by the staff and restricting access to the library failed to stop theft. But some WRBB staff members even criticize the cameras and question their effectiveness, arguing that the cameras could be easily smashed by a disguised thief bent on success.