Happy New Year! 2010 was as eventful as any I can remember. Personally, my getting married in February to a wonderful bride after ten years of singleness topped my list. In October, it was a month long sabbatical journey to…
Category: Odds and Ends
From the Chair -December
Seasons Greetings to all – I am writing this on Thanksgiving day due to work commitments the next few days. Our Local WCM (bad weather guy at NOAA) Ted Buehner, has been telling us for some time that La Nina’…
Lightning Storm Knocks Out Forks Washington Radio Stations
12-12-2010 Jim Dalke KBIS-AM and KBDB-FM, Forks, Washington, are off the air after being badly damaged by a rare lightning storm that hit the Northwest Wednesday afternoon, December 9. Both stations broadcast from a common 200 foot tower adjacent to…
FCC Extends EAS Compliance Deadline
November 24, 2010 – The FCC has agreed with the SBE, NAB, MSTV and almost all state broadcaster associations that the 180-day EAS deadline should be extended. Late yesterday, the FCC announced that the deadline will be extended from 180…
Snohomish County Rules Allow Rebuilding AM towers
Snohomish County has approved new rules for shoreline development that will allow existing AM radio towers and ones with permits already issued to be rebuilt if they are damaged or destroyed. A proposed amendment to Snohomish County’s Shoreline Master Program that would…
Move to restrict AM towers
Move to restrict AM towers in Snohomish County Shoreline areas Jim Dalke, CPBE AMD 8-VSB A proposed amendment to Snohomish County’s Shoreline Master Program that would eliminate or restrict AM radio antennas and transmitter sites in shoreline areas drew a…
The September Luncheon Report
Report from Jim Dalke, CPBE 8-VSB AMD: Our September Luncheon meeting was held in conjunction with the Taste of NAB Road Show at Clover Park Technical College on September 10. The meeting was called to order and primary chapter business was the…
Man Dies of Possible Electrocution
Story A contract engineer working at WDMS radio station in Greenville is believed to have been electrocuted Thursday while repairing the station’s transmitter. Jerold Campbell, 73, of Oxford was pronounced dead about 12:25 p.m. after being taken to Delta Regional…
May 2010 Luncheon
SBE Chapter 16 May Luncheon Arc Flash Hazards Thursday, May 13, noon Museum of Flight Wings Café, Meadow’s Room Boeing Field, 9404 East Marginal Way S. On average, approximately 5 to 10 arc flash explosions occur on the job every…
April/May Luncheon
There will be no April SBE Chapter 16 Luncheon because of the NAB 2010 Show in Las Vegas. For May’s Luncheon we will have an outstanding presentation on Arc Flash and Hazard Assessments. Our Luncheon will be held in the…