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JULY NOTES FROM THE PROGRAM CHAIR

Hello all SBE 70 members and friends, welcome to our July 2010 newsletter. Big thanks go out to Mark Mano- lio, Sara Corrigan and the entire large staff of WCSB. We had a really good time seeing how you can still do radio LIVE with no automation gear in 2010. Who'da thunk it? They also have the largest record/CD library I've ever seen, and seem to use most of it. Props to them for running such a fine operation.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday July 13th at the WKSU studios; located at 1613 East Summit St. Kent, Ohio 44242. All the usual starting times apply, gather at 7pm with the meeting to follow at 7:30. The program will be from our friend Gary Liebisch talking about the new Nautel transmitters. He will have a VS-300 transmitter on hand, one of three models in the new VS Series low power FM line, and will show us the transmitter and its features. He'll also talk about the forthcoming field tests for HD Radio Power Boost and Asymmetrical Sideband operation on the high power NV line. Gary also have a surprise announcement about the 2011 conference in Columbus. RSVP to Dan Kuznicki (kuznicki@wksu.org) or Bob Kruppenbacher ([email protected]).

NEW August picnic/election meeting info: We will meet on Tuesday August 17th, a week later than usual, in Mentor at the Penitentiary Glen Reservation to see Franks’ Lakeshore Live Steamers train. You can start showing up any time after 5pm. Our election meeting will still be about 7:30 or so. We’ll discuss the menu at the WKSU meeting on July 13th.

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JULY PROGRAM NOTES (con’t.) WSTB still displaced after ﬁre

A month after the fire that destroyed a portion of Also one other note - Streetsboro High School, WSTB radio is still operat- 8th Annual Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference ing out of a remote studio. The station is currently for engineers at radio and television stations will be on entirely voice tracked since the live studio is no long Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 9:00am – 5:00pm at accessible. The station returned to the air with some the Aladdin Shrine Temple, Columbus, Ohio. This is live programming five days after the June 1st fire, presented by The Ohio Association of Broadcasters, The but was evicted from the building (along with the Ohio Chapters of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, secretaries, counsellors, and construction workers) The Ohio Chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and on June 23rd. No explanation was given for the Television Engineers. Mark your calendars! eviction. Meanwhile, the FCC has granted the station a waiver from the EAS required weekly tests. Blake Thompson CBNT While the station is preparing to set up a live stu- WZIP-FM / Z-TV www.wzip.fm dio at the same remote location as the voice tracking SBE Chapter 70 Program Chair studio, a more long range question still exists as to what the engineers, contractors, and school administration is going to do with the building. As of July 5th neither demolition of the burned out gym nor construction has begun.

(Below: WSTB network technologist Ben Claussen sets up a temporary remote voice tracking studio in one of the school district’‘s administration buildings.)

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SBE MEMBERS! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!

The SBE has a unique, possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is about to expire: One of the SBE's most important goals is, "To promote the maintenance or increase the technical expertise within the FCC..." There are bills in the U.S. Senate and House that specifically address this goal; "The FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act" - Senate Bill S2881 and House Resolution, HR4809. There was early interest in this legislation but time is running out! If the bills do not proceed within the next couple of months, they will likely fail. While it's possible they could be resubmitted in 2011, considering the rarity of this opportunity we cannot assume the legislation will be introduced again. Representatives and Senators need to hear that SBE members support these bills and expect the support of their members of Con- gress! You may have seen the recent activity on the FCC's National Broadband Plan. If so, you know if there's ever been a time that engineering expertise and understanding is needed at the policy level, it is NOW! WE NEED THE CONCERTED ACTION OF OUR MEMBERS! WE NEED YOU TO CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW! > Ask your state’s two U.S. Senators to vote for S.2881 when it appears before them! > Ask your U.S. House Representative to immediately co-sponsor HR.4809 and vote for it when it appears before him or her! To help this effort, SBE has provided sample letters for you to use on their website. When you contact your Congressional representatives, we'd like to receive a copy of your letters. SBE leadership will be scheduling another visit to Capitol Hill this summer. We want to bring copies of your letters with us to help show the im- portance of this issue to our membership! Please mail or email a copy of your letters to John Poray at the SBE National office!

John L. Poray, CAE Executive Director Society of Broadcast Engineers9102 N. Meridian Street, Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 4626- [email protected]

Society of Broadcast Engineers Northeast Ohio chapter 70 SBE CHAPTER 70 - CLEVELAND/AKRON SBE 2010 Certiﬁcation Exam Schedule

Exam Dates Location Application Deadline

February 5-15 Local Chapters Closed

April 13 NAB Convention Closed

June 4-14 Local Chapters Closed

August 6-16 Local Chapters Closed

November 5-15 Local Chapters September 17, 2010

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Chapter 70 Ofﬁcers

Chairman Vice-Chairman Program Chair Joe Mate Ron Bartlebaugh Blake Thompson 440.539.5627 (Mobile) WKSU-FM WZIP-FM 440.979.0038 (H) 330.672.3114 330.972.6221 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Treasurer Certiﬁcation Bob Kruppenbacher Bill Weisinger, CBRTE Bill Kozel, CSRE/CBTE WKSU-FM Weisinger Engineering Services WEWS-TV5 330.672.3114 [email protected] 216.431.3730 [email protected] [email protected]

Frequency Coordinator > 1 GHz Frequency Coordinator < 1 GHz Website Services Mike Szabo Edward Miller, CPBE Ric Cicchinelli, CBT/CBNT WKYC-TV3 440.773.5656 (Mobile) 330.484.6471 Ext 2822 216.344.3391 440.746.9989 (H) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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

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