Beginning in May 2022, the SBE has started a monthly online meeting for SBE chapter chairs to gather and share ideas. Held the first Monday of each month at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, the meeting is hosted by SBE Executive Director Jim Ragsdale via Zoom. It’s an open forum Read more…
At the 2022 NAB Show, the Society of Broadcast Engineers unveiled an enhancement to the society’s website that allows members to add some personal information to their membership listing. SBE members can add their Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn social networking page links and a profile picture, which will be visible Read more…
At the 2022 NAB Show, the Society of Broadcast Engineers presented the SBE John H. Battison Award for Lifetime Achievement, which recognizes and pays tribute to individuals for their dedication, lifelong achievement and outstanding contribution to broadcast engineering. Nominees are SBE members in good standing and have been active for Read more…
Through May 16, 2022, the Society of Broadcast Engineers will conduct a survey to determine salary levels and benefits among broadcast and media technology engineers. The SBE conducted its first survey in 2016. This seventh survey continues to help us establish a baseline for subsequent surveys and build compensation trends. Read more…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers has reach a milestone in its Mentor Program with more than 100 mentor and mentee member participants. “This is a remarkable milestone,” said Mentor Committee Chair Chris Tarr, CSRE, DRB, CBNT. “We are proud to involve so many in this effort and hope to continue Read more…
The National Association of Broadcasters announced the recipients of the 2022 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards. The recipients will be recognized at the 2022 NAB Show, held April 23-27 in Las Vegas. Each year since 1959, the NAB has presented the Engineering Achievement Award to an individual for his or her Read more…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold the 2022 SBE Leadership Development Course August 3-5, 2022, in Atlanta, GA. This three-day course is an intensive study of successful leadership and management, designed specifically for broadcast engineers. The course explores the nature of leadership, the difference between being a manager and Read more…
At the beginning of 2021, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, launched a response to the ongoing concern about new technical talent choosing broadcasting as a career by creating the Technical Professional Training Program (TPTP). As technology and the average age and tenure Read more…
At the beginning of 2021, Chris Imlay, CBT, SBE general counsel, announced that he would step down from that position. He served as the SBE general counsel since 1993, and has worked with the SBE since 1980. Imlay’s legal career began in 1975, and he began practicing communications law in Read more…
Known to all as Terry, his broadcast career in 1967 at Milwaukee’s classical music station, WFMR-FM. After ten years there, he began a series of moves into corporate engineering, while also forming his own consulting firm, Criterion Broadcast Services, in Milwaukee. Through the years, he has worked for Sudbrink Broadcasting, Read more…