Our June meeting focused on the Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program - what is it, why it's a good idea, what stations typically miss, and what we look for. Our guest speaker, Tom Ray of Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting, LLC has been conducting ABIP's for 9 years now, starting with the Read more…
ATSC 3.0 is a subject much in the news today. Our July meeting highlighted an important anticipated milestone in the format’s implementation with plans to initiate ATSC 3.0 broadcasting in U.S. market number ONE: New York City. (More here.) Guest speaker Skip Pizzi, Senior Consultant to Public Media Venture Group, Read more…
With electrical storms commonplace this time of year, our August 9th meeting topic couldn't have been more timely. Sam Chreitech, principal and founder of Critical Systems Consulting Group (CSCG), gave a presentation (here) and shared his insight on the following topics: Bonding for Equipotential - Single Point Grounding TechniqueGrounding Electrode Read more…
Getting back to tradition, SBE Chapter 37 held our annual picnic at the WFED (formerly WTOP) historical art deco transmitter site in picturesque Wheaton, MD. We began September 24th at noon. The picnic is an opportunity to meet with broadcast engineering friends along with their families, spouses, and significant Read more…
During this hour-long discussion, Jacob Daniluck of Tieline discussed live streaming compression and uncompressed streams of audio and video that need to be ingested into your production environment. The first part of the discussion reviewed compression algorithms, and uncompressed algorithm requirements, followed by a discussion pertaining to streaming this data Read more…
John Lowe, who served as Broadcast Manager for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio stations WWV, WWVH and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii, will present a program on the history and operation of these very unusual — and very essential — shortwave and low frequency radio broadcast Read more…
The SMPTE Washington DC Section and SBE Chapter 37 invite you to join us for our annual holiday party. We'll have an open bar 6:30-8:00 PM and heavy hors d'oeuvres. All members, colleagues, family and guests are welcome! Please register in advance so that we can provide an accurate headcount Read more…
Our February 15th, 2023 guest speakers will be David Layer, Vice President, Advanced Engineering in the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Technology Department; Russ Mundschenk, retired Xperi Field Test Manager; and Mike Rhodes, Senior Engineer, Cavell, Mertz and Associates, Inc. This in-person meeting will be held at the new NAB Read more…
Join SBE37 and SMPTE DC for a presentation from Scott Cannon, Joesph Castellano, and Steve Holmes of Leader / Phabrix for tips and tricks to maximizing utility of your waveform monitor for broadcast, production, film-making: How to exploit this instrument to assist in lighting, lens selection, camera placement, story-telling, etc. Read more…
The SBE is an advocate for its members on regulatory and legislative issues at the FCC, NTIA, Capitol Hill, and beyond that affect broadcast engineers. The Society's focus on these issues is driven by the SBE Board, Government Relations Committee, Regulatory Counsel, as well as interested members like you. Our Read more…
In 2020, WAMU completed a years-long effort to build a new master FM system to improve its signal in partnership with WTOP at its tower on the campus of American University. The site is also home to WPFW, WMMJ, WETA-FM (aux), and WPGC (aux). A unique design enables WTOP to Read more…
On May 25 at 7 pm Washington, DC section is pleased to be joined by Mark Schubin for his annual NAB Recap! Emmy-award-winning SMPTE Fellow Mark Schubin claims to have walked past every exhibit at every NAB Show since 1973 and has evidence of his blisters to prove it. He Read more…