At the 10/26 meeting of the Society of Broadcast Engineers Board of Directors, the SBE Board reaffirmed the Society’s focus in its role with theEmergency Alert System to educate and inform its members, as well as serve as a technical resource to the broadcast industry regarding EAS. Also at the meeting, the Board created a new committee to…
(October 22, 2010) – The Society of Broadcast Engineers participated in a coalition of major broadcast industry groups that filed comments on October 21 with the FCC to EB Docket 04-296, petitioning for an extension to the 180-day clock to become compliant with the recently announced changes to the EAS. The filing requested a six…
by: Michael Scott, Certification Chairman Fall is here and the rains are starting to become more frequent…. And yes this is a GREAT time to consider you next step of Professional Development…. Advance SBE certification. Last issue we detailed the “Broadcast Technologist Certification” and referred to it as ‘where the rubber meets the road’. Beyond…
CLAY’S CORNER FOR OCTOBER 2010 Big news for me this month is the fact that I am now the Chapter Chairman of SBE-16. All I can remember is that it was in the 70’s the last time I was Chairman. I do remember the Vice Chair was Bill Pickering. A…
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 quick response from the Society of Broadcast Engineers recently. The Washington State Shoreline Management Act…
