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Thank you for visiting the Washington DC Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. We're glad you're here!
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) is the only organization devoted to the advancement of all levels and types of broadcast engineering. With more than 5,000 members and 114 local chapters, the SBE provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of information to help you keep pace with our rapidly changing industry. The SBE amplifies the voices of broadcast engineers by validating your skills with professional certification, by offering educational opportunities to maintain and expand those skills, and by speaking out on technical regulatory issues that affect how you work.
SBE Chapter 37 is a very diverse group, including a variety of media professionals in the Nation's Capitol. Our members include local radio and television engineers, national and international network technicians, consulting engineers, electronics manufacturers and Federal employees working in media and broadcast related positions.
Regardless of your area of broadcast interest, you are sure to find a warm welcome at the Washington DC Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. Please join us at our next meeting and try us out for size. We hope you will enjoy your visit.
Upcoming Events
Please check out details of our next meeting. We hope to see you there! Future events of interest include:
August 9, 2022 - Grounding, Lightning Protectection, etc.
Our August meeting will focus on a topical subject for this season: Grounding and Lightning Protection. Guest speaker Sam Chreiteh, principal of Critical Systems Consulting Group, will share his insights that can help assure high-reliability of your facilities.
Date: August 9th, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM EDT
October 6, 2022 - Richmond's SBE Chapter 60 and VAB Host Ennis Workshop
Mark your calendar and plan on attending the SBE Ennes Workshop in Richmond, VA on Thursday, October 6. SBE Chapter 60 and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters host the event at 23 Sesame St., Richmond, VA 23235. The day-long event will host expert presenters on pertinent topics. More details coming soon!
SBE News and Events
For many SBE members, the local chapter provides access to affordable continuing education and a ready network of contacts and friends in the industry. The SBE recognizes chapters that meet those needs by rewarding them with an annual rebate of a portion of the SBE dues paid by its members. The chapters have to qualify for the rebate by holding at least five meetings during the calendar year and documenting those meetings to the national SBE office. Documentation includes a brief description of the meeting and a list of attendees.
In 2021, 54 chapters qualified for Quality Chapter status, and the SBE paid out a total of almost $28,000 to them. Chapters typically use the money to fund their own operations. Expenses can include website hosting fees, printing, postage, scholarship programs, and sometimes meals for chapter meetings or social events. The SBE instituted the rebate system many years ago to help chapters avoid the administrative burden of collecting local dues, instead, allowing them to concentrate on producing successful meetings and other chapter functions. Below is a list of chapters that attained Quality Chapter status during 2021 and received a cash rebate from the national SBE office in June of this year. Our congratulations to them and to their leadership!
| Chapter | Chair |
| 1 Binghamton | Gary Talkiewicz |
| 2 Northeastern Pennsylvania | Al Kornak |
| 3 Kansas | Richard Abraham |
| 9 Phoenix | Eric Schecter |
| 14 Connecticut Valley | Frederick Krampits |
| 15 New York City | Conrad Trautmann |
| 16 Seattle | Alexander Brewster |
| 17 Minneapolis | Jon Blomstrand |
| 21 Spokane | Jerry Olson |
| 22 Central New York | Thomas McNicholl |
| 24 Madison | Matthew Mommaerts |
| 25 Indianapolis | Chuck Kelly |
| 30 South Bend | Jakob Foglesong |
| 33 Southwestern Ohio | James Stitt |
| 37 District of Columbia | J. Eric Hoehn |
| 38 El Paso | Jose Castro |
| 39 Tampa Bay Area | Edwin Allen |
| 40 San Francisco | Arthur Lebermann |
| 43 Sacramento | Jack Davis |
| 45 Charlotte | Brad Humphries |
| 47 Los Angeles | Matthew Anderson |
| 48 Denver | Amanda Hopp |
| 51 Tri-Cities | John Mazza |
| 52 Central Ohio | John Owen |
| 53 South Florida | Carlos Sanchez |
| 55 St. Louis | Terrence Dupuis |
| 56 Tulsa | Donald Dobbs |
| 57 Rochester | Gregory Carter |
| 58 Northeast | Scott Mason |
| 59 Kansas City | Stephen Hendrix |
| 67 North Texas | William Ryan |
| 68 Birmingham | Tim Costley |
| 69 Alamo Area | Christopher Anderson |
| 70 Northeast Ohio | Blake Thompson |
| 72 New Orleans | Ernest Kain |
| 74 Midland | Mark Voris |
| 76 Eugene | Dennis Hunt |
| 78 Blue Ridge | Robert Whitley |
| 80 Fox Valley | Martin Jury |
| 85 Central Western | Brian Ryel |
| 91 Central Michigan | Richard Thomas II |
| 93 Raleigh-Durham | Frederick Engel |
| 96 Rockford | Ben Pflederer |
| 102 Grand Rapids | Mark Wittkoski |
| 103 Nashville | James Campbell, III |
| 109 Des Moines | Gregg Richwine |
| 111 Huntsville | Kevin Kidd |
| 113 Knoxville | Robert Holden |
| 115 Southern Idaho | Thomas Kettwig |
| 122 Youngstown | Wesley Boyd |
| 124 North Oregon | Everett Helm |
| 131 Inland Empire | Robert Army, Jr. |
| 141 Medford | David Katz |
| 145 Magic Valley | Thomas Lowther |
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September 28-29, 2022
Ramada by Wyndham, Liverpool, NY
The annual Society of Broadcast Engineers National Meeting will be held in the Syracuse area on Sept. 28-29, 2022, in conjunction with the SBE Chapter 22 Broadcast & Technology Expo, presented by Chapter 22 of Central New York. SBE members from the region and across the country are invited to attend. The SBE national Meeting includes the SBE Annual Membership Meeting and annual SBE National Awards Reception and Dinner. Program details are below. Admission to the SBE National Meeting requires registration to the Engineering Conference. (all times are Eastern Time.)
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The title of Skip’s keynote address is “Top 10 Tricks for Broadcast Innovation (You Won’t Believe #6)”. Skip Pizzi is owner and principal at Skip Pizzi Media Consultant LLC, a media technology consulting firm based in the Philadelphia area. Skip’s career has spanned the radio, television and digital media industries, with 13 years at NPR, 11 years at Microsoft and most recently 10 years at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), where he served as vice president, technology education and outreach. He has also been a featured columnist for numerous industry publications, and spent seven years as an editor at Broadcast Engineering magazine. Skip has authored, co-authored or edited several books, most recently A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers, 4th edition, and the NAB Engineering Handbook, 11th edition, both published by Focal Press/Routledge. He chairs the Advanced Television Standards Committee’s (ATSC) Brazil Implementation Team (IT-4), which is working with Brazilian broadcasters and technologists to select that country’s next-generation television standard. He is also Vice-Chair of Technology Group 3 (TG3), which developed the ATSC 3.0 standard, and was the 2017 recipient of ATSC’s Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award, the organization’s highest technical honor. Among his other honors are the Audio Engineering Society Board of Governors Award and the Public Radio Regional Organizations’ PRRO Award. Skip currently represents LG Electronics/Zenith and Fraunhofer USA in various media standards development organizations, and serves as a senior advisor to the Public Media Venture Group. He is project manager for the NextGen TV transition of WNET, New York, NY — the first station to convert to the technology in the largest U.S. media market. He is also a consultant to the NAB, where he manages the organization’s annual Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference and the Futures Park innovation pavilion at the annual NAB Show. |
Awards Dinner Keynote Speaker:SBE Schedule
September 28
■ SBE Certification Committee Meeting
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
■ SBE Board of Directors Dinner
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
■ SBE Board of Directors Meeting
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
September 29
| ■ SBE Fellows Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Sponsored by Kathrein |
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■ SBE Annual Membership Meeting
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The meeting will be streamed live online.
Online stream sponsored by Blackmagic Design, Dielectric, Jampro and Markertek.
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| ■ SBE National Awards Reception 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Sponsored by Comrex |
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■ SBE National Awards Dinner |
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Buy your tickets for the SBE Awards Reception and Dinner.
Event sponsorships are available. Contact Debbie Hennessey (317-846-9000) for information.
SBE22 Broadcast & Technology Expo
Accomodations
Reserve a room at the Ramada by Wyndham, Liverpool. Individual attendees may make hotel reservations directly through Ramada reservations at 315-457-1122. Ask for the Society of Broadcast Engineers special rate of $111 plus tax per night. A limited room block has been set aside for our guests.
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In conjunction with the SBE National Awards program, SBE members who are honored by chapters as a chapter engineer of the year are automatically entered into consideration for the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award.
Chapters set their own criteria to make their selections. These six SBE members were selected by their chapters for the local honor in 2022.
Chapter 1 Binghamton
• Bill Sitzman
Chapter 15 New York City
• Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO
Chapter 17 Minneapolis
• Michael Davison, CBNT
Chapter 38 El Paso
• Glenn Leffler, CPBE
Chapter 70 Northeast Ohio
• Brett Patram
Chapter 80 Fox Valley (WI)
• Mark Friedman, CEV, CBNT
The chapter honorees will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Signal.
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