This week on the This Week in Radio Tech podcast, Bill Kerkhof and Andrew Smock from UW Oshkosh were on the show to talk about the newly created Broadcast Engineering emphasis at the university. You can check out the podcast below.
Category Archives: News
May 2024 News and Notes
Our May meeting will be on Tuesday, May 21st at Sam’s Pizza in Schofield. Our presentation will be from long time Chief Engineer Mike Pappas on getting the most out of a Cheif Engineer’s work day, work week, month, and year. He will be joined by John Lynch, Director of Business Development for Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW). In addition to discussing how to make the most of a Chief Engineer’s job, Mr. Pappas will outline and demonstrate the new technology employed by Orban Labs in on-air processing and streaming processing. The company was founded 55 years ago by the legendary and still very active, Bob Orban.
Zoom meeting details for those who are unable to attend in person are in the newsletter.
Our May newsletter is available now.
Job Opening: Broadcast Engineer, ECB, Wheeler, WI
The WI Educational Communications Board has an opening for a Broadcast Engineer based in Wheeler, WI. For more information, click here.
SBE Promotes Stephen J. Brown to SBE Fellow
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has elevated Stephen J. Brown, CPBE, CBNT, of Appleton, WI, to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected him at its meeting held April 16, 2023.
Mr. Brown’s career in broadcasting began in 1975 when he began working for WAPL-AM/FM as a part-time announcer and engineer. In 1978, he was hired by Woodward Communications as assistant chief engineer, being promoted to chief engineer in 1980, and then director of broadcast engineering in 1985. In that capacity, he oversees 11 stations in multiple markets.
For many years, Steve volunteered his time as a Program Committee member for the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association in planning the annual Broadcasters Clinic. He is also a founding member of SBE Chapter 80 Fox Valley. From 2018 to 2022, he served two terms on the SBE Board of Directors, serving as Membership Committee Chair. He is SBE Lifetime Certified as a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer and a Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist.
For the full press release, click here.
Congratulations Steve!
September 2022 News and Notes
Our September 2022 meeting will be on Tuesday, September 20 at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna or on Zoom (Zoom information is in the newsletter). Our program presenter will be Jay Gedanken of Media Excel. Jay will be talking about Multi Camera synchronization with arbitrary delays on the cameras as well as transcoding.
Our September newsletter is available now.
WBA Engineering Fellowship Grants
The WBA and the WBA Foundation appreciate those who have chosen broadcast engineering as a profession. We realize that all broadcast engineers must stay current in broadcast engineering knowledge, skills, practices, and technologies, and that involves an investment of time and money.
As the broadcast industry evolves, so must our understanding of how to implement new media transmission. Unfortunately, often busy schedules and tight budgets for most engineering departments do not permit engineers to learn new skills and acquire an understanding of new technology. How are broadcast engineers able to keep up-to-date so that our industry thrives?
The WBA and the WBA Foundation offer Engineering Fellowship Grants. This program is meant to provide a stipend for broadcast engineers currently serving Wisconsin member stations to acquire continuing education in broadcast engineering.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Job Opening: WMTV TV, Broadcast Engineer
WMTV TV in Madison has an opening for a Broadcast Engineer. For more information, click here.
April 2021 News and Notes
Our April meeting will be Tuesday, April 20th at Noon via Microsoft Teams.
Our April newsletter is available now.
2017 Broadcasters Clinic Wins SBE Award
From Chapter President Steve Brown –
Very proud to accept this award tonight on behalf of the Clinic planning committee and all the attendees. This award is from the Society of Broadcast Engineers National Meeting. The 2017 Broadcast Clinic was named the Best Regional Educational Event. Special recognition should go to our Chair Kent Aschenbrenner (Milwaukee Chapter 28), Linda Baun (who we all know does so much for Broadcast Clinic, and to Leonard Charles, immediate past Chair of the Clinic Committee. These individuals and countless others worked very hard in 2017 and every year to put together a great event.
You can still make plans to attend this award-winning event – takes place in less than two weeks! For more information on this year’s event, click here.
Regulatory Alert: Register Your C-Band Receive-Only Earth Station Now
I’d like to take a moment to call your attention to this important notice from the National SBE Office. This impacts any broadcaster that uses a C Band satellite dish to receive programming for rebroadcast.
Please strongly consider licensing your satellite dish during this brief window. I will keep a file of vendors providing this service in an effort to find the least costly way for you to do this. Yes I understand it is an unplanned expense, but the costs of NOT doing so might be much more. Protect your broadcasts and license that earth station!
This affects ALL RADIO STATIONS with the large satellite receive dishes. Reach out to your smaller broadcaster friends and clients – be sure they understand this issue!
If you have questions about this issue, e-mail me at sbrown@wcinet.com and I will attempt to find answers for you.
SBE Chapter 80 