Once again our country has experienced a tragic disaster….This time in Oklahoma where a huge EF5 Tornado tore a swath, reportedly 2 miles wide and 20 miles long. Reports are that debris that was picked up by the storm was dropped almost 100 miles away. And again Broadcasting was not only providing coverage to the…
- Clay Freindwald, CPBE - A lot of attention was paid to a couple of EAS Events recently – First was the Zombie Attack when some likely fun-loving folks found out how to get in the ‘back-door’ of brand-X EAS equipment and have a little fun. This quickly, got the attention of the FCC who…
Once again the broadcast industry was front and center as the bombing in Boston and the following man-hunt was carried live to the nation. Like many I watched countless replays on TV of the bombing…The final day, as they were hunting for suspect #2 I was driving to and from Bellingham and following the action…
Clay Freinwald: I was looking out in my back yard in the middle of February and, I swear, I have a tree that just about to produce leaves! My lawn is past the point where it needs mowed and I have bulbs popping up all over the place….Can spring be far behind? The folks that…
Clay Freinwald CPBE K7CR Welcome to February! The days are getting longer (and you can tell) and spring is just around the corner. This winter has been one of the wettest ones in some time. We have moss growing on moss. What we have not had is snow. Statistically if we get this far into…
As I start writing this column I am reflecting back on a question that was asked of me recently… “When did you start writing this column?” I had to answer – I don’t really know. All I recall is that someone asked me to write a column back when SBE16 was meeting at Ivor’s on…
Season’s Greetings to everyone! The elections have past, Christmas and a new year are on the way….Speaking of Christmas…Hope to see you all at the annual SBE 16 Christmas Party on the 15th. Check out the SBE-16 Web Site for the details. It’s that time of year that KING-5 lights up their tower on Queen…
This past month we here in the PNW finally saw the rains come! After a record setting dry spell with everything turning brown and forests burning and the air filled with smoke – It was a welcome site. Then, like almost overnight, winter arrived at West Tiger with snow…Adding to the mix, a lightning strike…
What a summer !!! Even the natives are getting restless as the great dry spell of 2012 continues on and on. A lot of brown grass in my neighborhood….and a lot of very distressed trees also I might add. Then there are the huge files in Central Washington and the resulting smoke that we have…
We sadness we note the passing of John Battison the founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. Who passed at that age of 96 on August 28th. I recall chatting with John at an SBE Meeting a couple of years ago. He noted that my membership number was 714 and asked when I joined SBE,…
