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SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON SBE 70 MINUTES

WSTB/Streetsboro High School 8585 State Route 14 Streetsboro OH 44241 Gather 7:00pm - Meeting 7:30pm August 2017 Vol. XXV Number 6

August 8th Meeting Information CHAIRMAN’S CHAT Our next meeting will be Tuesday, August 8 at by Blake Thompson WSTB. The studios are located at the new Streetsboro High School, 8585 State Route 14. (Enter through Hi all members and DOOR 5.) Our very own Bob Long and student mem- friends of SBE Chapter ber Liam Salvage will be our hosts and will give us a tour 70. First I want to thank of the new facilities! The radio station moved along with John Hovanec & the the entire high school during this past Christmas/New crew at CBS Radio for being such good hosts last Years break. Engineers Ben Claussen (WSTB) and Dan month. Really cool facility 'stuffed' into the Halle build- Kuznicki (WKSU) moved all three studios within the ing. He also had a good program on how they stay on the week without the staton losing any on-air time. Ben, air by having no single points of failure and ideas on along with several WSTB staff members, will be on hand during the tour to answer questions about the move. how you can too.

Remember, this is our Annual Picnic/Elections Meet- Don't forget the award winning Ohio Broadcast & ing, so we will hold elections for the upcoming year’s ofﬁ- Multimedia Technology Conference is coming up quick cers. Please consider what you can do for the chapter. on September 19th in Columbus. Registration is open now at - http://oab.org/engineering/obec/ and you can Gathering time is 7pm, with meeting at 7:30, fol- see what the sessions are offered at http://oab.org/2017- lowed by elections and the tour to follow. Dinner will obmtc-schedule/ The SBE just named last years event as include pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, pizza, and chips. the Best Regional Convention or Conference! Directions to WSTB are on page 2. On the national level we get to go through the ETRS Hope to see you there! system again since there is another national EAS test on September 27th. Get your online forms filled out and -John Hovanec CSRE/CBNT, DRB, AMD figure on having some issues using this version of the SBE Chapter 70 Program 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

CHAIRMAN’S CHAT (Continued from page 1) reporting site... again. You'll also need to download the latest copy of the EAS Operating Handbook as it is required to be on-site... no cheating, ha. Other national awards were announced too with Steve Brown of Chapter 17 in Minnesota named Engineer of the Year and our friend Tony Peterle named Educator of the Year. The Compensation Survey has also been released so now you can see just how underpaid you are! More info for all this at the sbe.org site.

See you at WSTB! Blake Thompson CBNT BET Broadcast Engineering SBE Chapter 70 Chairman

Directions to WSTB / Streetsboro High School

WSTB is located at the new Streetsboro High School. For your GPS, the address is: 8585 State Route 14, Streetsboro 44241

There are many major intersections nearby WSTB. You can access Streetsboro via I-480 from the north, I-80/The Ohio Turnpike or SR303 from the west or east, or from SR43 and SR14 from the south.

The radio station is located on SR14, two miles southeast of the center of town. When you arrive at the high school, go straight ahead into the main parking lot near the sta- 88.9/WSTB dium. Enter via DOOR 5.

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

July at CBS Radio

Photos courtesy of Robert Leskovec

Society of Broadcast Engineers Northeast Ohio Chapter 70 Visit our website at: www.sbe70.org SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON SBE 2017 Certiﬁcation Exam Schedule

Exam Dates Location Application Deadline

February 3-13 Local Chapters Past Date

April 25 NAB Show Las Vegas Past Date

June 2-13 Local Chapters Past Date

August 4-14 Local Chapters Past Date

November 3-13 Local Chapters September 25

Photos courtesy of Robert Leskovec

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

Chapter 70 Ofﬁcers

Chairman Vice-Chairman Program Chair Blake Thompson, CBNT Gary Miller John Hovanec, CSRE/CBNT, DRB, AMD WQKT-FM / WKVX-AM 330.618.2995 WNCX, WKRK, CBS Radio [email protected] [email protected] 216.861.1361 [email protected]

Secretary Treasurer Certiﬁcation Keith Huntsman Joe Mate Bill Kozel, CSRE/CBTE/CSRTAVE 216-505-9719 440-539-5627 440.779.8984 (H) [email protected] [email protected] 440.221.8477 (Mobile) [email protected]

Frequency Coordinator > 1 GHz Frequency Coordinator < 1 GHz Website Services Jim Baird Edward Miller, CPBE Brett Patram 440.823-6803 440.773.5656 (Mobile) Salem Communications [email protected] 440.746.9989 (H) 216.901.0921 [email protected] [email protected]

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

Society of Broadcast Engineers Northeast Ohio Chapter 70 Visit our website at: www.sbe70.org