Our last meeting was at KIRO-TV in Seattle. If you were not there, you missed an excellent program on trying to manage audio levels and loudness in Television.. Radio is very lucky that it does not have to fight this battle. In most cases, everything in Radio is Loud. Again a big thank you…
First Ever EAS National Test, The first ever National EAS test is behind us and as expected, with mixed results. In the Puget Sound area, most stations picked up the EAN header from PEP KIRO-AM and immediately rebroadcast it. The audio for most was adequate in quality, but spoiled by a delayed repeat of the…
Comments are open below for your memories. Long time SBE member Terry Denbrook passed passed away Sunday, Oct. 23 at the age of 66. Terry was a cancer survivor but had suffered from complications due to its treatment. He never let those complications slow him down. Terry’s career in broadcast started at a young age.…
The FCC cleared the way for KKXA to begin commercial programming and has given the station the green light to operate its new transmitter facility in the Snohomish River Valley. The station will likely be the last new AM station in the Puget Sound broadcast market. In his explosive hit single “Country Must Be Country Wide” Brantley Gilbert sings “In every…
September was a busy month with a visit to the other “Washington” early in the month, and a US Patent Office published on September 7. The patent is a milestone in development of a better way to monitor AM directional arrays, using fiber optics instead of the traditional coaxial cable. The goal now is to have…
The SBE Chapter 16 Bylaws have been revised and updated. You can read them by clicking on the “CHAPTER BYLAWS” on the home page. This has been an ongoing effort for the last couple of years. The changes will be up for the general membership approval so please read and respond with your suggestions. Comment…
The last Quarter of 2011…Wow! Fall is certainly in the air here in the great Pacific Northwest…At this writing, we have already had a couple previews of wind and rain and the snow level is down to 5-6000 feet a sure sign that summer is gone. Some not so good news to report this…
