A slate of candidates for the upcoming SBE election has been assembled. The SBE Nominations Committee, chaired by SBE Immediate Past President Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, ATSC2, AMD, DRB, CBNE, provided a list of candidates, and one floor nomination has been received. Additional floor nominations will be accepted until June Read more…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has elevated Stephen J. Brown, CPBE, CBNT, of Appleton, WI, to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected him at its meeting held April 16, 2023. Mr. Brown’s career in broadcasting began in 1975 when he began working for WAPL-AM/FM Read more…
Through May 16, 2023, 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 eighth survey continues to help us establish a baseline for subsequent surveys and build compensation trends. Read more…
Michael Cooney and H. Douglas Lung to receive awards at 2023 NAB Show The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that two SBE members are the recipients of the 2023 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards. The recipients are Beasley Media Group’s Michael Cooney and NBCUniversal Local’s H. Douglas Lung. They will Read more…
With the theme, The SBE and YOU: The Perfect Fit, the SBE will launch the 2023 Membership Drive on March 1, 2023, running through May 31, 2023. As with Membership Drives in previous years, SBE members are encouraged to recruit new members, and in doing so, the recruiter could win Read more…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold the 2023 SBE Leadership Development Course August 2-4, 2023, 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…
The annual election of officers and directors to the national SBE Board of Directors will take place this summer. The SBE Nominations Committee seeks qualified candidates who are voting members (Member, Senior, Fellow or the designated representative of an SBE Sustaining Member) in good standing (dues paid). Candidates must hold Read more…
The FCC has extended the filling date for the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) form one to February 28, 2023. This is required to be filed annually, but due to delays in testing the National EAS via a National Periodic Test (NPT) in 2022, the Commission moved the 2022 filing Read more…
RF 101 Boot Camp and NextGen Technical Training are the unique tracks for a two-day educational event. For many years, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, presented the SBE Ennes Workshop, a day-long educational event, at the NAB Show in the spring. Over Read more…
The Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, introduced a membership benefit enhancement called SBE MemberPlus in 2018. SBE MemberPlus includes all the benefits of SBE membership and includes access to all the live and archived Webinars by SBE in the library for one low Read more…