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The foundation also named Beasley Media Group as the 2022 broadcast
ownership award winner. 

The awards were originally announced and presented to winning broadcast
radio and TV stations at a gala held in Washington, D.C. in June. The
Service to America Leadership Awards, the foundation’s highest honor, were presented to chef and humanitarian Jose Andres as well as author and entertainer and entrepreneur Patti LaBelle.

The one-hour program will be airing on more than 700 local stations across
the country. 

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NAB Promotes Four to VP Roles

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 02:32 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/nab-promotes-four-to-vp-roles


The National Association of Broadcasters has promoted four employees across multiple departments to the role of senior vice president.

Effective July 1, NABs government relations, technology and legal and regulatory affairs departments saw new leadership.

In the government relations department, Nicole Gustafson and Josh Pollack were promoted to senior vice president. Gustafson and Pollack, who both
joined NAB in 2017, advocate before Congress and the administration on
behalf of broadcasters regarding legislative and federal policy issues,
said NAB in a press release.

In the legal and regulatory affairs department, Laura Kaufman has been
named senior vice president and corporate counsel. Kaufman joined NAB in
2019 and also serves as secretary and corporate counsel for the NAB
Leadership Foundation. She previously worked in the law firms of
BakerHostetler and Seyfarth Shaw.

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Finally, in the emerging technology department, John Clark has been
promoted to senior vice president as well as the executive director of
PILOT. NAB’s PILOT initiative is a coalition of innovators, educators and advocates dedicated to advancing broadcast technologies and cultivating new media opportunities. He was previously the executive director of the Reese
News Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined NAB
in 2016.

“These well-deserved promotions recognize the leadership and integral role that Nicole, Josh, Laura and John have played in so many of NAB’s recent accomplishments on behalf of broadcasters,” said NAB President and CEO
Curtis LeGeyt in a news release.

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Fred B. Gives Us a Sign From 1991

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 02:04 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/workbench/fred-b-gives-us-a-sign-from-1991


If you’ve attended an SBE Ennes Workshop, you probably have met Fred Baumgartner, who unselfishly has devoted countless hours of time to the society. 

Now retired, Fred recently visited a transmitter site that he built a
million years ago (well, maybe 30), having not been there for decades. 

Back then, Fred thought the sign shown here might be a good idea and would
help prevent vandalism. As far as he knows, it has achieved that goal for
all these years. 
An informative warning sign to dissuade vandals.

A 2022 version of the sign might drop the tower information, since you ID towers these days, as you know. The reference to videotape is dated, of
course; and Fred wonders if anyone would answer a telephone these days. 

Lots of big lights also illuminate the building at night — there’s nowhere to hide. 

Fred hid the camera, an inexpensive model, in a PVC pipe that looked like a vent; it had a great view. 

The return path was for ENG, so rather than send color bars back to the station, it was the camera feed. There were also cheap cameras in the
building itself, so you could see smoke or an intruder. This was all before
IP, of course.

The point of Fred’s sign was to make sure that folks with bad intentions
were aware that someone … a real person … was keeping an eye on things and might hunt a would-be vandal down if they misbehaved. 

Fred’s experience is that without a sign like this, a concrete block
fortress can seem mysterious, depersonalized and isolated — a tempting
target and possibly unmonitored. 

Of course if someone really wanted to shoot out the tower lights or steal
the copper, they could do it. But like your front-door lock, the sign is
about keeping good people good. 
Free meter

Portsmouth, R.I., engineer, Ihor Slabicky saw our mention in the May 11
column of the Darkwood website and their free volume indicator
applications. 

Ihor reminds us that engineers can visit the Orban website for a free meter
as well. Click here to download your free Orban Loudness Meter.
This freeware loudness meter is offered by Orban.

(Quick quiz: What does URL stand for? Answer at the end.)

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Well, aren’t you a site …

Speaking of URLs, Paul Sagi writes from Malaysia with an interesting site.

PCrisk is a cyber-security portal, informing internet users about the
latest digital threats. The content is provided by security experts and professional malware researchers. 

For instance an interesting article on malware removal can be found here.

Meanwhile Dan Slentz has another site you’ll want to visit. Engineers are expected to fix everything, right? Well, this site offers free repair
guides for “everything,” written by everyone! 

You’ll find repair assistance for PCs, phones, electronic gear, household products, cameras, even medical products, with nearly 90,000 manuals.
Sorry, no transmitters … yet! 

The URL is simple: www.ifixit.com/.
Keepin’ it cool

Dan also read about a small 6,000 BTU mini-split air conditioning system by Oslo. He writes that small stations or low-budget operations can face
cooling issues in makeshift studios. The issue is the sound generated by a typical wall-mount or window air conditioner. This model isolates the compressor and exchanger from the blower. 

As you can see in the figure, the device straddles your windowsill. The
cost is under $600. 
The OSLO Mini-Split Air Conditioner straddles the windowsill.

One useful feature is resumption of operation if there is a power failure.
The Oslo fits windowsills with up to an 11 clearance. 

For more information, search “Saddle Air Conditioners” here.
LISEN up

More and more phones and tables are finding their way into studios. Dan
also found a useful cellphone/tablet stand for under $20 on Amazon. It accommodates thick cases, has a weighted base and is compatible with both mobile phones iPads or tablets. 
This desk stand with adjustable height and angle promises to provide comfortable viewing.

Enter “LISEN cell phone stand” in the Amazon search block. 
Quiz answer

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. As explained by the site developer.mozilla.org: 

“A URL is nothing more than the address of a given unique resource on the Web. In theory, each valid URL points to a unique resource. Such resources
can be an HTML page, a CSS document, an image, etc. In practice, there are
some exceptions, the most common being a URL pointing to a resource that no longer exists or that has moved. As the resource represented by the URL and
the URL itself are handled by the Web server, it is up to the owner of the
web server to carefully manage that resource and its associated URL.”

Your tips help guide others on their journeys through radio. Email johnpbisset@gmail.com. 

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SBE 2022 National Meeting to Be Held in Syracuse

Posted: 13 Jul 2022 01:45 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/sbe-2022-national-meeting-to-be-held-in-syracuse


The Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold its national meeting in
Liverpool, N.Y., which is suburb of Syracuse, with events scheduled for
Sept. 28 and 29. 

Here is the schedule breakdown from SBE:

The national SBE Certification Committee and the SBE Board of Directors
meet on Sept. 28.
The annual SBE Fellows Breakfast (invitation-only) and Annual Membership Meeting will be held Sept. 29.
The SBE Annual Awards Reception and the SBE National Awards Dinner conclude
the events on Sept. 29.
A presentation of the society’s major awards will be made at the SBE Awards Dinner, including the Robert W. Flanders SBE Broadcast Engineer of the Year
and James C. Wulliman SBE Educator of the Year, according to SBE.
The keynote speaker at the dinner is media consultant Skip Pizzi, project manager for NextGen TV transition at WNET(TV), New York, according to the
SBE press release.
In addition, local chapters will be presented with awards recognizing achievement for Best Chapter Communications, Best Regional Educational
Event, Greatest Member Growth and other categories. Winners of the local
SBE Chapter Engineers of the Year will also be recognized.
A live webcast of the Annual SBE Membership Meeting Sept. 29 begins at 4
p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. To view it, go to the SBE website (sbe.org) and click on
the webcast link. The SBE Membership Meeting provides an update on SBE activities and programs. It will also include the induction of the newly
and re-elected officers and directors of the society.
The SBE Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the SBE22 Broadcast
and Technology Expo on Sept. 29. The expo includes a trade show exhibit
hall and technical sessions. The Expo is hosted by the Ramada by Wyndham in Liverpool.
SBE President Andrea Cummis, CBT, CTO, said: “I encourage all SBE members, but especially those in the New England area and Canada, to attend the SBE National Meeting. Chapter 22 has always produced a high-caliber event, and
the SBE looks forward to returning to Syracuse and working with the Chapter
to host the SBE national event.”


Registration for SBE22 is required and is free. 

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