Jon Kasprick has announced the election results for the SBE Chapter 16 Board for the 2025-2026 term. Jon managed the election through the online Election Runner this year. With the ballots counted, the new Board is as follows. Chair: …
Salem Media Group, the nation’s leading media company specializing in Christian and conservative content, awarded Alex Brewster the Most Valuable People (MVP) award for October 2025. Alex is the Chief Engineer for Salem Media Seattle Cluster, KGNW and KKOL, and…
The SBE 2025 Annual Chapter 16 picnic was held at the historic KIRO-AM transmitter site on Vashon Island on Saturday, July 21st. Festivities began at noon with hot dogs and hamburgers, with all the traditional picnic accompaniments. Food for the…
Dave Ratener, CPBE, CBNT, has been selected by the SBE Seattle Chapter 16 as Engineer of the Year for 2025. He is a long-time member of Chapter 16 and has served on the Chapter’s board of Directors. He is…
Our friend and broadcast engineer Nick Winter passed away on March 9th, 2025. He is well remembered by his broadcast friends and hams worldwide. A Celebration of Life for Nick will be held on Saturday, May 17, at 1:00 p.m.…
On Saturday evening, December 20, Chapter 16 held a grand Christmas Party at Ivar’s Salmon House on Lake Union. The evening opened at 5:30 with “Happy Hour” hosted by Hatfield and Dawson Engineers. The scrumptious dinner buffet included Ivar’s famous…
Jim Dalke is an award winner — twice over. The Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award is presented each year to a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers who has excelled in their career while furthering…
Ben Marth, Sales Manager at Broadcast Electronics, gave us a Zoom presentation for our September 10th meeting. Broadcast Electronics and the Elenos Group design and manufacture a complete line of radio broadcast products, including transmitters for TV, AM, FM, and…
The Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award is presented to a member who has excelled in his or her career while furthering the SBE’s mission. The 2024 recipient is James Dalke, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, CBNT, a member…
Jason Eshuis from Key Code Media and David DeBuhr from Sony Electronics presented at our May 14 luncheon at the Federal Way Round Table Pizza on the topic “The Architects of Virtualized Media Production.” They discussed the technical evolution of…