It was a great day for our annual chapter 16 picnic at the lakeside home of Terry and Roxanne Spring, our hosts on Saturday, August 21. The Spring home is on Lake Joy in hills of east King County. There…
Chapter 16 Picnic 2021
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Jon Kasprick – Educator of the Year
Jon Kasprick has been named by the SBE Chapter 16 Educator of the Year by the Chapter Board of Directors in August. Jon will be presented his award at the Chapter’s Annual Picnic August 21 at the KIRO-AM transmitter site…
SBE 16 Board Election Results
SBE 16 Board Election Results The 2021 Chapter 16 Board Election was held online in July this year with the following members elected to office as follows: Chairman: Alex Brewster Vice Chair: Jim Dalke Treasurer: Michael Brooks Directors: Dave Ratener…
Terry Spring – 2021 Engineer of the Year
Terry Spring has been selected as the Engineer of the Year Award for 2021. Terry will be presented the award at the SBE Chapter 16 picnic August 21. Terry has been a long-time member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers,…
Clay’s Corner for July
Clay’s Corner for July 2021_Providing news and views from a broadcast engineers perspective since September 1986 Northwest hot weather and climate change: In the PNW we have always been dealing with ‘It rains all the time’ Summer never starts until…
June Virtual Luncheon Report
The June SBE Chapter 16 Zoom Luncheon was held at noon, Wednesday the 9th. Our guest presenter was Ben Barber, President and CEO of Inovonics. Ben did a presentation on time alignment in HD Radio. Their new “Justin 808” will…
May Chapter Luncheon Meeting
Jim Dalke, Editor – The Seattle Chapter 16 Zoom luncheon meeting was held on May 12 and featured former Seattle Engineer Dave Casey doing a presentation on the DTS AutoStage program. Dave showed how AutoStage provides the latest technology for…
Terry Spring Retires From KWPX TV
Terry Spring has announced his retirement as Chief Engineer for Seattle TV station KWPX, Channel 33 after 26 years with the station. Terry plans to spend some much-needed time with his wife Roxanne at their home on Lake Joy, near…
April Online Luncheon Report
Dave Ratener called the April meeting to order at 12:04 PM. The SBE leadership course is set for June. There is more info and registration on the SBE website. Upcoming webinars include Cloud Streaming, IP Networking, Tower Maintenance and RF…
SBE Chapter 16 March 2021 Virtual Luncheon Report
The March Chapter Virtual Luncheon featured speaker Greg Podsiadlo, CEO and President of Sterlitz Media. Greg talked about the Sterlitz Logger and Player system that can capture, store or analyze broadcast video, audio, and associated metadata and access it from…