A Crime Scene at WIBW/Topeka

[only1moore]

Here's the details from the station itself...

http://www.wibw.com/breaking/home/Knife-wielding_Man_Breaks_Into_WIBW_153100545.html

 

[DToTheJ]

It's weird when the news department of a television station becomes the news.

 

[Markxxx]

You think they'd have more security than that. I always used to wonder about this on shows like "Mary Tyler Moore," "News Radio" and "WKRP." I used to think anyone could go in there.

Of course on TV everyone always leaves their front door unlocked so anyone can come in.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

they don't lock their doors in small markets

 

[FreddyE1977]

they don't lock their doors in small markets

Very, very bad move.

Broadcast stations are like powerful super-magnets to nutjobs.
You almost can't have enough security, regardless of your market size.

 

[Markxxx]

I know WGN-TV in Chicago is a nightmare to try to get into. Security is very tight there. I had a temp job for a couple of days. I got ushered in through the back, (I was just there to enter data) and pushed into a small cramped office and that was it. Never saw nothing or no one.

 

[TheRob]

WIBW has a receptionist who can buzz you into the lobby. The surveillance video shows the guy in the outer lobby using a heavy lamp to break the glass after the receptionist refused him entry. They'll replace the door and windows with heavier glass and remove the lamps from the outer lobby.

I would be more concerned about employees walking through dark parking lots at 11:00 than anyone trying to breach a TV station.