SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON

SBEMINUTES 70

Telos Alliance HQ Gather at 7:00pm October 2013 1241 Superior Ave Meeting at 7:30pm Vol. XXI Number 8 Cleveland, OH 44114

October 8th Meeting Info CHAIRMAN’S CHAT

Welcome all SBE Our next meeting on Tuesday October 8th will be 70 members and back at our home base at the Telos Alliance HQ, 1241 friends to the fall is- Superior Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114. Frank will be out sue of 70 minutes. of town, but Denny is working on getting us a program First up big thanks go going over the new Omnia products released at the IBC out to Ron, Bob, Dan conference last month. They have a Dual Mic Processor & the whole crew at with multiple presets, a MPX Tool/Modulation Ana- WKSU for being lyzer system with an Oscilloscope, RTA, and Reference such gracious hosts, they even covered the food for us! quality stereo decoding, and a new Omnia 9/XE stream- We had a good program on towers: how to make them ing and encoding software that supports simultaneous fall where you want and how to tell if they’re ready to MP3/AAC/aacPlus/MP2/WMA encoding, compatible fall on their own. Always cool to see some tower drops. with Shoutcast, Icecast, Wowza and Windows Media We had a good turnout at WKSU so let’s keep that go- servers. ing, this Chapter needs the support of everyone to stay Our usual times apply, gather at 7pm with our busi- viable. If you have program or location ideas please ness meeting to run at 7:30 and the program will follow. contact one of the officers and let us know, you are our best resource. Blake Thompson CBNT Director of Engineering, WZIP-FM / Z-TV You need to register NOW for 2013 Broad- The cast Engineering Conference This year's Ohio Broadcast SBE Chapter 70 Chairman (Continued on page 2)

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Engineering Conference (OBEC) returns to the Greater Columbus Convention Center and features a full day of educational sessions for radio and television engineers, along with a dedicated exhibitors' showcase during lunch. The full program of educational sessions, registration and the conference agenda is available online atwww.oab.org/events EARLY BIRD PRICING IS AVAILABLE UNTIL OCT. 31 and is $35 for members of OAB, SBE, or SMPTE and $65 for non-members. Parking, continental breakfast and lunch are included with your conference registration. QUESTIONS? - Contact the OAB's Patti Geary at [email protected] or 866.OAB.5794.

Blake Thompson CBNT Director of Engineering WZIP-FM / Z-TV The University of Akron SBE Chapter 70 Chairman

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Society of Broadcast Engineers Northeast Ohio Chapter 70 Visit our website at: www.sbe70.org SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON SBE 2013 Certification Exam Schedule

Exam Dates Location Application Deadline

February 8-185-15 Local Chapters Closed

AprilApril 139 NAB Convention Closed

June 4-147-17 Local Chapters Closed

August 9-196-16 Local Chapters Closed

November 5-151-11 Local Chapters SeptemberClosed 17, 2010

Society of Broadcast Engineers Northeast Ohio Chapter 70 Visit our website at: www.sbe70.org SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON

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Chapter 70 Officers

Chairman Vice-Chairman Program Chair Blake Thompson John Hovanec Blake Thompson WZIP-FM [email protected] WZIP-FM 330.972.6221 330.972.6221 [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Treasurer Certification Bob Kruppenbacher Dave Bobco Bill Kozel, CSRE/CBTE/CSRTAVE WKSU-FM 216.832.1194 (Mobile) 440.779.8984 (H) 330.672.3114 216.676.9375 (H) 440.221.8477 (Mobile) kruppenbacher@.org [email protected] [email protected]

Frequency Coordinator > 1 GHz Frequency Coordinator < 1 GHz Website Services Mike Szabo Edward Miller, CPBE Brett Patram

440.376.3504 440.773.5656 (Mobile) [email protected] [email protected] 440.746.9989 (H) [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Bob Long, 88.9/WSTB-FM 330.422.2490 [email protected]

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