THE Bimonthly Publication of the SignalSociety of Broadcast Engineers The Association for Broadcast and Multimedia Professionals www.sbe.org Volume 30, Issue 3 • June 2017 Giardina, Hand and Hoffman Named SBE Fellows hree SBE members have been elevated to the membership Trank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected Frank Giardina, CPBE; Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB; and Rob- ert Hoffman, CPBE; at its meeting held during the 2017 NAB Show. Frank Giardina is the director of engineering/IT for Cumu- lus Media Birmingham, AL. His career includes working at Rockwell-Collins and working at Birmingham stations includ- ing WAQY, WBRC-AM/FM, WSGN, WAPI-AM/FM, WZRR and WJOX. He is a past chair of SBE Chapter 68 Birmingham, and is currently frequency coordinator. He is an instructor in the Ala- bama Broadcasters Association’s Engineering Academy. Ted Hand is director of engineering/operations at WSOC-TV, Giardina Hand Hoffman Charlotte, NC, Cox Media Group. His TV career also includes working for stations in Norfolk and Hampton Roads, VA. He has He is active in Chapter 55 St. Louis as the meeting coordination served SBE Chapter 54 Hampton Roads, VA, as webmaster, and and program chair, a role he has filled since 1995. is active in SBE Chapter 45 Charlotte, NC. Ted served 11 years The Fellow honor is the highest membership level in the on the SBE Board of Directors, five of those as secretary. He has SBE. Members must have made significant contributions to the served on the SBE's Executive Committee, and he has chaired broadcast engineering field or the SBE. Candidates are nomi- the SBE Frequency Coordination Committee. nated by their peers. The three will be recognized during the Robert Hoffman is the chief engineer of Hubbard Radio St. SBE National Awards Dinner on Oct. 26, 2017, in Denver, during Louis and stations WIL-FM, WARH-FM and WXOS-FM. His ra- the annual SBE National Meeting, which will be held in conjunc- dio career has taken him to stations in Murphysboro, IL; Mt Ver- tion with the Rocky Mountain AV Expo. non, IL; and Cape Girardeau, MO; before he moved to St Louis. Read more about the new SBE Fellows in SBE News and Headlines at sbe.org. Denver is Site of 2017 SBE National Meeting he Society of Broadcast Engineers will equipment and services tradeshow and the SBE Annual Membership Meeting will Tbring its 53rd annual national meeting multiple technical sessions of interest to be held from 2 to 3 p.m., with a live webcast to Denver, CO Oct. 25-26, 2017. The event all media engineers, technicians, post- available to members around the world. will be held in conjunction with the Rocky production and media IT personnel. see MEETING, p. 3 Mountain Audio/Video Expo (AVX), an an- Serving as event host is SBE Chap- nual regional exposition and educational ter 48 of Denver and the Colorado Front event. The conference includes a media Range. The SBE National Meeting begins IN THIS ISSUE on Wednesday afternoon, October 25, with the fall meeting of the national SBE 4 Letter from the President What is RICE-NESHAP? Certification Committee from 2 to 4 p.m. Have you heard of RICE-NESHAP? 5 Cybersecurity Conundrum It's not a new Asian fusion dish. If you The fall meeting of the SBE Board of Di- have a stationary internal combustion rectors will take place from 6 to 10 p.m., 6 Cert Exam Resources and attendance is open to any SBE mem- engine at your facility, you need to 8 SBE @ The NAB Show know how RICE-NESHAP affects you. ber. On Thursday, activities begin with the SBE Director Mike Hendrickson has annual SBE Fellows Breakfast, a reunion 10 Wireless Mics Post Auction prepared a report that you can read at of SBE Fellow members including this the SBE website: year’s inductees, Robert Hoffman, CPBE; 12 EAS Security Notes http://bit.ly/rice-neshap Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB; and Frank Giardina, CPBE. In the afternoon, 15 SBE By-Laws Changes GO LIVE WITH STARTING AT 265 $2990 Starting at 3G-SDI HD Cellular $2990 HDMI 1080p60 Bonding Greater encoding performance, better bandwidth utilization, and incredibly power efficient: the new line of Teradek HD and UHD H.265 codecs offer unprecedented value for broadcasters and independent content creators alike. hevc.teradek.com SBE ad.indd 1 5/12/17 3:14 PM Society of Broadcast Engineers MEETING from p. 1 Board of Directors The SBE Annual Awards Reception and PRESIDENT Dinner will take place on Thursday, be- Jerry Massey, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNT Entercom Greenville, LLC | Greenville, SC ginning with the reception at 4 p.m. and [email protected] dinner at 5 p.m. The dinner will feature VICE PRESIDENT a guest speaker and the presentation of James E. Leifer, CPBE the society’s major awards, including the The Crowne Plaza DIA American Tower | Boston, MA [email protected] Robert L. Flanders SBE Engineer of the most educational sessions are free to SECRETARY Year and James C. Wulliman SBE Educa- those who pre-register. The expo includes Wayne M. Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, tor of the Year awards. The dinner pro- more than 100 exhibiting companies and AMD, DRB, CBNE gram will conclude with the presentation annually hosts more than 1,400 visitors. Texas A&M University/KAMU | College Station, TX [email protected] of the Fellow honor to Hoffman, Hand and Registration for the SBE National TREASURER Giardina. Awards Reception and Dinner will be Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO In addition, to be presented are awards through the SBE website. Reservations AC Video Solutions | Roseland, NJ [email protected] recognizing individual member and chap- are required ($16) and made online at ter achievement. For chapters, they the SBE website, sbe.org, or by calling DIRECTORS James Bernier, CPBE, CBNE | Alpharetta, GA include the Best Chapter or Regional the SBE National Office at 317-846-9000. Turner Broadcasting System Educational Event, Best Chapter Com- There is no cost to attend the SBE Annual [email protected] munications, Most Certified Chapter, Membership Meeting. Mark Fehlig, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNT Jampro Antennas | Lafayette, CA Highest Member Attendance and Great- Make reservations at the Crowne Plaza [email protected] est Growth in New Members. DIA by calling 866-378-1583, and use the Kirk Harnack, CSRE, CBNE | Nashville, TN Individual awards include: Technology booking code XVA. A limited number of The Telos Alliance Award, Facility Innovation of the Year, guestrooms with a special rate of $122 [email protected] Best Technical Paper, Article, Book or per night plus tax has been reserved for Mike Hendrickson, CPBE, CBNT Retired | Lakeville, MN Program by an SBE Member; Best Article, the event. [email protected] Paper or Program by a Student Member More details will be released beginning Ched Keiler, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNE and the new Freedom Award. in July. Save the dates and plan to make E Three | Ft Lauderdale, FL [email protected] The AVX begins on Wednesday with your way to Denver for this year’s SBE the trade show and educational sessions. National Meeting and the Rocky Moun- Jeff Keith, CPBE Wheatstone Corporation | New Bern NC AVX session topics and speakers will be tain Audio/Video Expo. [email protected] announced in the coming weeks. Vinny Lopez, CEV, CBNT The SBE National Meeting and the AVX Sinclair Broadcast Group | Syracuse, NY Certification Question [email protected] will be held at the Crowne Plaza Denver Answer on page 6 Jason Ornellas, CBRE, CRO International Airport Hotel. The hotel has CQ CBS Radio | Sacramento, CA complimentary shuttle service to and Failure of any flashing tower light must [email protected] from the Denver International Airport. The be reported to the FAA if not corrected Kevin Plumb, CPBE hotel is about 20 miles from downtown ESPN Technology | Bristol, CT within: [email protected] Denver and can be reached by Denver’s A. ¼ hour RJ Russell, CPBE new light-rail system. A station is near the Fox 29 Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA hotel. B. ½ hour [email protected] AVX registration can be made through C. 1 hour Marcelo Sanchez, CPBE D. 2 hour WBFS-TV/WFOR-TV | Miramar, FL the AVX show website. The expo and [email protected] Justin "JT" Tucker, CSRE, AMD, CBNE Cumulus Media | Charleston, SC [email protected] IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Joe Snelson, CPBE, 8-VSB reliability Denver, CO [email protected] south-tek І re•li•abil•i•ty SBE NATIONAL STAFF 1. transmission line pressurization with ® John L. Poray, CAE | Executive Director N2-GEN [email protected] ultra-dry NitrogenSouthtek for 20+ uninterrupted Megan E. Clappe | Certification Director years—requiring only annual filter Nitrogen [email protected] change-outs. Generators Cathy Orosz | Education Director [email protected] Eliminates Chriss Scherer, CPBE, CBNT | Member moisture and Communications Director [email protected] prevents Debbie Hennessey | Sustaining voltage arcing Membership Manager [email protected] failures. Scott Jones | Database Manager [email protected] Carol S. Waite | Certification Assistant [email protected] The Signal is published bimonthly by the Society of Broadcast www.southteksystems.com Engineers, Inc., 9102 North Meridian Street, Suite 150, Indianapolis, IN 46260. Questions or comments regarding South-Tek 888.526.6284 editorial content or design should be referred to Chriss Scherer at 317-762-9723 or [email protected]. For advertising, contact Systems Debbie Hennessey at [email protected]. SBE is a registered [email protected] trademark of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. SBE National Office 317-846-9000 www.sbe.org June 2017 3 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT By Jerry Massey, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNT SBE President [email protected] The SBE: Meeting With and Working For You ince our last Signal a lot has taken survey last year.