Edited by: Mark Croom
Electronic Version: Leonard Charles
Electronically Distributed by Chris Cain
Contributors this month:
Paul Stoffel
Neal McLain
Tom Smith
Articles Welcome!! Send correspondence to:
Chapter 24 Newsletter
34 Rustic Parkway
Madison, WI 53713-4700
or call (608) 271-1025 (home) or (608) 221-1979 (work)
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
5:30pm: Dutch Treat Dinner at Denny's, 433 South Gammon Road
7:00pm: Business Meeting and Program at WISC TV, 7025 Raymond
Road
Program: EAS Preview
We are about to embark on implementation of a new system to alert
the public in times of emergency. As Chairman of the National
SBE EAS Committee, Leonard Charles will present this month's
program on the new EAS and on the progress and goals of his
National Committee.
This is a very important program as this new system will most
likely be in place for the remainder of our careers. We need to
work together to make it as effective a local tool as possible.
Please take this opportunity to kick start your thinking into how
your station will become an essential part of the system.
Visitors and Guests are welcome at all SBE meetings.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
Tentative Program Subjects
Sat, Jul 22, 1995
Family Picnic
Tue, Aug 22, 1995
Facility Security considerations
Wed, Sep 20, 1995
WTDY\WMGN\WJJO facility tour
Thu, Oct 19, 1995
WMTV Remodeled Master Control
Wed, Nov 15, 1995
Broadcasters Clinic/EAS Teleconference
Tue, Dec 19, 1995
Candelabra Project facility tour
Wed, Jan 17, 1996
Digital Radio Networks
Thu, Feb 22, 1996
JVC Digital "S" or Panasonic Digital
Tue, Mar 19, 1996
WP&L Center Tour (or Milwaukee area station tour)
Wed, Apr 24, 1996
Chapter Elections and annual NAB review
Thu, May 23, 1996
TCI Cable TV Technology
Tue, Jun 18, 1996
Related technology; Internet/software support
Sat, Jul 27, 1996
3rd annual Chapter 24 Family Picnic
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WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
SUMMER ENGINEERING SEMINAR AND REGIONAL SBE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19th, 1995 RADISSON HOTEL, LA CROSSE, WI
JOIN YOUR ASSOCIATES AT THE WBA SUMMER CONVENTION FOR A FULL DAY
OF TECHNICAL SEMINARS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO
BOTH ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT.
THE FOCUS THIS YEAR WILL BE "NETWORKING: BROADCAST SURVIVAL IN
THE 90'S" WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BROADCAST SERVERS, LANs AND WIRED
NETWORKS, AND A FULL AFTERNOON DEVOTED TO A DISCUSSION OF
BROADCAST FINANCIAL REALITIES AND PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE NETWORKING IN
THE BROADCAST PLANT.
THE LUNCHEON PRESENTATION WILL BE BY TFT, INC. ON THE NEW EAS
SYSTEM
These sessions will be important to engineers and managers
concerned about the future of the broadcast industry and ways in
which technical and administrative staff can work together to
insure healthy and competitive over-the-air media in the years
ahead!
Presentation Topics Include:
Digital Audio Servers (Broadcast Electronics)
Digital Video Servers (BTS, Inc.)
LANs and Hardwired Networks I (Microsoft)
LANs and Hardwired Networks II (Novel and Lantastic)
Broadcast Business/Financial Tutorial
Broadcast personnel relationships and realities
Special EAS luncheon presentation
Sessions begin at 8:30AM and conclude at 4:00PM.
Registration for the full conference is just $40, which includes
the full day of technical sessions, the SBE Lunch and the TFT/EAS
luncheon presentation, the Equipment Exhibits/Reception, and the
WBA Opening Night Dinner. Or, if you prefer, attend only the
conference sessions and the SBE luncheon for $25. Same price
since 1991! To register, send your check for $40 or $25 per
attendee before June 30, 1995 to:
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
44 East Mifflin Street, Suite 900
Madison, WI 53703
Note: On-site registration will also be available between 8:00
AM - 8:30 AM on Tuesday July 19th, but please call WBA to reserve
your place 1-800-236-1922.
EXHIBITOR INFORMATION: CALL JOHN LAABS at WBA 608/255-2600
Staying overnight? The Radisson can be reached at 800/333-3333.
ATTENDANCE AT THIS SEMINAR WILL EARN CREDITS FOR SBE
RECERTIFICATION
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SET
The Homewood Suites in Indianapolis will be the site of the
summer National SBE Executive Committee Meeting scheduled for
July 8. Members who wish to have anything brought up before the
Executive Committee should contact Leonard Charles.
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LIAISON NOTES
by Leonard Charles
As your liaison to the SBE National, I invite you to contact me
with any concerns you believe deserve the attention of Nationally
elected Officers and Board members. The next opportunity I will
have to present concerns will be at the Executive Committee
meeting in July.
I have compiled un-official minutes of the National Board of
Directors meeting held at the NAB in April. You can download
them from the Chapter 24 BBS in files area #2 under the file name
BOARDMTG.TXT.
I have been appointed the Chairman of the National SBE EAS
Committee. We will be aiding members and the industry in the
understanding and implementation of the new EAS rules. It would
be beneficial for you to read the new rules soon. You can
download them from the Chapter 24 BBS in files area #2 under the
file name EAS.TXT.
I continue to urge you to send a letter to your Washington
Representatives in support of the SBE effort to get an engineer
on the staff of each FCC Commissioner. To make this as easy as I
possibly can, I have uploaded two documents to the Chapter 24
BBS. The first is titled ENGONFCC.TXT which you can download and
"fill in the blanks" before you print and send it off. The
second is titled AREAREPS.TXT which is a listing of all area
Representatives and their Washington addresses. Pick those
appropriate to your area. Please take a moment to help the SBE
in this effort.
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT
by Leonard Charles
Chapter 24 Membership Chair
Chapter 24 continues to be a healthy Chapter with 75 members.
However, recent records show that 10 of our Chapter's members
have yet to renew for 1995. The grace period ends on June 30.
Please dig the form from under your "to do" pile and take care of
this. As our active members will attest, you get much more than
you pay for.
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MAY BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES
Chapter 24 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers met on
Wednesday, May 25, 1995, at the Educational Communications Board
in Madison. There were 27 persons in attendance, 16 of whom were
certified. The meeting was chaired by Chapter 24 Chairman Paul
Stoffel.
Call to order: 7:01 pm. The minutes of the previous meeting were
approved as published in the May Newsletter.
Newsletter Editor's Report (reported Mark Croom): The deadline
for the June Newsletter is midnight 6/9/95; the folding party is
5:30 pm 6/12/95 at WKOW-TV; check the BBS for changes.
Treasurer's Report (reported by Stan Scharch, Treasurer): the
chapter balance is $1,094.53.
Membership Report (reported by Leonard Charles): The chapter
membership now stands at 75 members. The Newsletter mailing list
now includes 133 addresses.
National liaison (reported by Leonard Charles): The next national
board meeting will be July 8, 1995; minutes will be posted on the
chapter BBS. Chuck has been appointed chairman of the National
EAS Committee; the committee plans to request certain changes in
the new FCC rules governing EAS (Part 11). In the meantime, all
members are urged to read Part 11 to become familiar with the new
rules; the entire text has been posted on the BBS. Members were
reminded that the SBE is supporting legislation which would
mandate an engineer on the staff of each FCC Commissioner; SBE
members are urged to contact their federal legislative
representatives in support of this legislation.
Sustaining Membership Report (reported by Fred Sperry): The
total sustaining membership remains steady at 24.
Strategic Planning (reported by Dennis Behr): no report.
Program Committee (reported by Steve Zimmerman): the June meeting
program has not been finalized; the program committee welcomes
suggestions.
Special Events (reported by Kevin Ruppert): no report.
Certification and Education (reported by Jim Hermanson): The next
examination will take place on June 17, at 2:00 pm; six people
have registered to sit for an examination.
Frequency coordination (reported by Tom Smith): No major
activity; just more wireless microphones.
Old business: none.
New business: none.
The business meeting was adjourned at 7:17 pm. The program
featured the Tektronix Profile Professional Disk Recorder
presented by Larry Sayer, District Sales Manager for Tektronix's
Video and Networking division.
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CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS USED AS TELEVISION
RECEIVERS
The FCC has issued an interpretation to it's rules concerning
computer systems that also have the capability to be used as TV
receivers. The FCC has basically stated that any computer that
is sold with a monitor having a viewable picture of 13" or over
and is able to receive TV broadcasts must have the ability to
display closed captions. This rule would apply to systems like
the APPLE combined MAC/TV that is sold as an integrated unit and
also to any unit that is sold with a receiver capability and a
separate monitor. The FCC ruled that even if the monitor is
priced separately, but is sold as part of the same transaction,
it is considered a integrated unit as far as the rules are
concerned. The requirements for closed captioning do not apply
to computers or computer systems without the capability to
receive TV signals, computers sold without monitors, computers
with monitors having less than a 13" viewable picture, or to
separate "plug in" circuit cards that, when added to a computer,
would make it capable of receiving TV broadcasts.
This Notice was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 29,
1995 on pages 16055-16056 and the number of this notice is DH 95-
581.
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ABOLISH THE FCC ?
By Tom Smith
Speaker Newt Gingrich, in comments to BROADCASTING and CABLE on
May 18th, stated that he would like to see the proposed
telecommunication-reform bill be more deregulatory including the
phasing out of the FCC in three to five years. He suggested that
the FCC oversight could be replaced by private negotiation.
His comments were followed on May 30th by a report by the
Progress and Freedom Foundation which also suggested that the FCC
should be eliminated. The foundation's plan said that the
spectrum should be treated as private property and that
interference and other problems, including those concerning the
public interest, could be settled by the courts. Also, they
suggested that one should be able to use their slice of spectrum
for any type of service they wish to provide. A TV broadcaster
could become a mobile phone provider if they wished.
The Progress and Freedom Foundation has close ties to the
Speaker, including providing 80% of the money for his televised
college courses.
The elimination of the FCC has been raised before by Speaker
Gingrich in an interview in BROADCASTING and CABLE's March 20th
issue and also by Sen. Robert Dole earlier this year. Leaders of
the communication committees in both the house and senate, Rep.
Jack Fields and Sen. Larry Pressler have suggested that the FCC
take a smaller part in the regulation on the telecommunications
industry.
The proposals were criticized by Reed Hundt, Chairman of the FCC
and by broadcast and cable industry leaders.
Compiled from BROADCASTING and CABLE
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U.S. COAST GUARD CEASES CW TRANSMISSIONS
Contributed by Neal McLain
The U.S. Coast Guard has ceased the use of continuous-wave
transmissions for weather and safety broadcasts.
The Coast Guard, in cooperation with the NOAA National
Meteorological Center (NMC) in Washington, DC, has been
transmitting weather and safety information to the maritime
public since 1937. These transmissions have been made in a
variety of formats, including continuous wave (CW), voice, fax,
and, most recently, using an all-digital system called NODDS.
CW was, of course, the medium used for those first Morse Code
transmissions back in 1937. CW transmitters were located on both
coasts, and a transmitter in Rogers City, Michigan served the
Great Lakes.
The era of CW transmissions has ended: the Coast Guard has closed
down its CW transmitters in favor of newer technologies.
The last CW transmission was made earlier this year from the
Coast Guard transmitter at Pt. Reyes, California. Following is
the text of that last transmission:
ALL BRASS POUNDERS
U.S. COAST GUARD RADIO SAN FRANCISCO / NMC STARTED PROVIDING CW
SERVICES TO THE MERCHANT FLEET AND THE MARITIME PUBLIC ON
FEBRUARY 1, 1937. THIS IS THE LAST MORSE TRANSMISSION TO BE MADE
FROM NMC AND BRINGS TO AN END FIFTY FIVE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS WAVE
SERVICES. IT WILL REMAIN THE CORNERSTONE UPON WHICH OTHER
COMMUNICATION MEDIUMS ARE BUILT. CW OPERATORS HAVE AND, UNTIL
THE LAST DIT IS SENT, WILL SET THE STANDARD FOR ALL
COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS TO FOLLOW. PROVIDING CW SERVICES
FROM NMC OVER THE PAST 55 YEARS HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE. WE WISH
YOU ALL FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS.
THE CREW OF USCG CAMPSPAC 17000 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD. PO BOX
560 PT REYES STATION CA USA 94956.
Source: TELECOM DIGEST, an Internet news group, with additional
information provided by Douglas McLain, an oceanographer with the
National Ocean Service, Monterey, California.
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WORK CONTINUES ON DEREG BILLS
By Tom Smith
Congress continues it's work on a bill that would deregulate most
of the communication industry. The House Commerce Committee
held hearings in May and has adopted a bill to be sent to the
full Congress. The Senate is also working on it's own bill which
differs from the House bill in many aspects.
While the form of the final bill is still subject to much debate,
many issues are starting to take shape. The Senate version of
the bill does not roll back regulations as far as the House bill
will.
It now appears that the final act will have some increase in
ownership limits for broadcasters, extend license terms, allow
the FCC to go ahead with the granting the second channel for ATV,
make the returned NTSC channels subject to auction at the end of
the transition period. Subscription services on ATV channels may
also be subject to fees.
Telcos would be allowed into the video business and cable
operators will be allowed into the phone business. Cable rates
will be deregulated except for possibly the lowest basic level.
The regional Bell's will get into long distance services, but the
terms still are in the process of being worked out.
The subject of spectrum fees and auctions keep appearing in many
comments from both congress and Chairman Hundt of the FCC. The
FCC is currently working on rules that would extend auctions to
wireless cable and specialize mobile radio services.
It will be some time before the final bill takes shape, but, it
appears the same bill will be passed and it will most likely
cause more change in all the communication industry then any
number of new technologies.
Compiled from BROADCASTING and CABLE
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MCI INVESTS IN NEWS CORP.
By Tom Smith
The long distance phone company MCI has invested up to $2 billion
in the News Corp. which is the parent company of the FOX-TV
network. MCI will invest $1 billion in News Corp. at the
beginning with the investment of another $1 billion at a later
date. When MCI has made the $2 billion investment, it will hold
a 13.5% share of the News Corp. with a option for up to a 20%
share. Both companies will also invest $200 million each in a
new media company.
MCI's investment came one week after the FCC ruled that the News
Corp., an Australian corporation, had violated the FCC's foreign
ownership rules by holding more than 25% of the FOX network and
it's owned and operated stations. The FCC is giving Rupert
Murdoch an opportunity to file a retroactive waiver.
From BROADCASTING and CABLE
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FCC RULEMAKINGS
By Tom Smith
TV Broadcast Service, Ancillary Communications Services
MM Docket No. 95-42, FCC 95-155
The FCC is seeking comments on a number of proposals concerning
the establishment of data transmission services within the
existing NTSC video signal. There are two proposed types of
systems with the first using the vertical and horizontal blanking
period. The second type of systems uses a subcarrier within the
active video area that would carry the digital data signal.
The proposed systems using the vertical and horizontal blanking
periods consist of one proposed by the A.C. Nielsen Company that
would use line 22 to transmit data for rating and commercial
carriage measurement. The second blanking interval system that
was proposed is from YES! Entertainment Corporation. This system
would transmit a 14,160 bit data signal in the horizontal
blanking interval to be used be the "TV TELLY" talking toy bear.
The second type of data system uses a subcarrier within the
active video signal that is inserted at a level just above the
noise floor of the video signal. The two systems proposed
consist of the Digideck D-Channel system and the WavePhore "TVT1"
system which inserts a 384 kbit signal in the 3.9 to 4.2 mhz
portion of the active video signal.
The FCC seeks information on any degradation of the video signal
by any of these systems and the ability of broadcasters to
control and delete any of the data signals on their station.
The FCC would also like information on the possibility of the
introduction of a new service on the existing NTSC signal slowing
or impeding the recovery of the NTSC spectrum at the end of the
ATV transition period.
Comments are due June 23, 1995 and replies are due July 10, 1995.
This notice was released May 10, 1995 and published in the
FEDERAL REGISTER on MAY 9, 1995 on pages 24,606 through 24,609.
From the FEDERAL REGISTER
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SBE "SHORT CIRCUITS VIA BBS"
May 31, 1995
REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR SBE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE AND WORLD
MEDIA EXPO
Registration for the SBE Engineering Conference & World Media
Expo has begun. The annual conference and exhibition will be
September 6-9, 1995 in exciting New Orleans. World Media Expo
consists of the conferences of SBE, SMPTE, RTNDA and NAB Radio
Show operating simultaneously centered around a combined
exhibition that features broadcast audio and video manufacturers
and related companies.
The historic New Orleans Fairmont Hotel will serve as SBE's
headquarters hotel. A variety of other hotel accommodations are
available as well. The Conference and Expo will be held at the
Morial Convention Center and will feature three days of technical
sessions, a day of Ennes Workshops, 130,000 square feet of
exhibits, several receptions and the annual SBE Awards Dinner.
Special rates on airfare have been arranged with United and Delta
Airlines. Registration and Hotel reservation forms can be
obtained from the SBE National Office or through our special SBE
World Media Expo Fax-on-Demand line at (301) 216-1853. Register
before July 21 and save $75 on your full registration!
WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR MIDWEST
SBE will present an Ennes Regional Workshop 9:00 am to 5:00 PM,
Thursday, June 15 at the Holiday Inn in Lake Ozark, Missouri.
The Kansas City and St. Louis chapters of SBE are jointly hosting
the workshop which is being held in conjunction with the Missouri
Broadcaster's Association Summer Convention. Members within a
day's drive of the Workshop have received registration
information in the mail, but everyone is invited. The cost for
members is just $29 and includes lunch. Non-member rate is $45.
To register, call the SBE National Office at (317) 253-1640. Pre-
registration is preferred.
Program topics will include Digital ISDN, VSAT and a presentation
on "Digital, How Everything Works." A representative from the
FCC will discuss Inspections and Unattended Operation. Closing
out the day will be a presentation on EAS from a representative
of the National Weather Service.
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED JULY 8
The annual SBE Membership Drive, "One New Member," ended May
31st. The drawing for prizes will take place Saturday, July 8 in
Indianapolis. Winners will be notified by phone or mail. Every
qualifying entry will receive $10 off their registration to the
1995 SBE Engineering Conference & World Media Expo in New
Orleans. One lucky person's name will be drawn as the winner of
the Grand Prize, a trip for two to New Orleans for the Conference
and Expo, September 6-9. The prize includes air transportation
for two, five nights lodging at the New Orleans Fairmont Hotel,
Full Registration to the Conference and Expo, $100 credit towards
a rental Car from Hertz with free parking at the hotel and a
spouse tour program for the winner's guest.
During the Drive period of March 1 through May 31, 332 new
members joined SBE with close to 60 of those being sponsored
through the Drive program!
PLEASE GET THOSE RENEWALS IN
Members are reminded to renew their membership no later than June
30 to keep from being dropped from the rolls. If you need
another renewal form, call or fax the SBE National Office at
(317) 253-1640 (voice) or (317) 253-0418 (fax). Please ensure
that your membership is not interrupted--renew today!
MORE LETTERS NEEDED TO CONGRESS
SBE's effort to have legislation introduced which requires each
FCC Commissioner have at least one senior staff member with an
engineering background continues. Chris Imlay, SBE's General
Counsel, is working with congressional staffs to obtain support
for the issue. Elected officials respond much better to Chris
when they have received even one letter about the issue from a
constituent. We have received copies of a number of letters but
more are needed to help pull together sufficient support from
across the country and across party lines.
A sample letter can be obtained from the SBE National Office or
from your February/March issue of the SBE SIGNAL. Please send
copies of your correspondence to the SBE National Office, 8445
Keystone Crossing, Suite 140, Indianapolis, IN 46240 and to Chris
Imlay at Booth Freret & Imlay, 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 204,
Washington, DC 20036.
RECORD SBE CERTIFICATION EXAM PERIOD
More than 170 SBE Certification exams will be given during June
in locations across the country--a SBE record! If you would like
to become Certified, or upgrade your Certification level, there
will be two more opportunities this year. The first will be at
the SBE Engineering Conference and World Media Expo in New
Orleans on September 7. The application deadline is July 27. The
final period for 1995 will be in local chapters November 10-20.
The application deadline is September 29. For information on how
to become SBE Certified, see your local chapter Certification
Chairman or call the SBE National Office.
HAMNET LINKS MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
The monthly "HAMNet" takes place the second Sunday of each month
on 14,205 MHz at 0000GMT. Hal Hostetler, WA7BGX serves as Control
Station. Also known as "Chapter 73," HAMNet was originally begun
to help provide information about SBE activities and a forum for
ideas for members who did not live close to a chapter. Although
HAMNet still serves this purpose, SBE members active in other
chapters regularly participate. If you are not a HAM but have
access to a shortwave radio, you can also listen in.
"SHORT CIRCUITS VIA BBS" is published by the Society of Broadcast
Engineers, Inc., 8445 Keystone Crossing, Suite 140, Indianapolis,
Indiana. For more information about SBE, contact John L. Poray,
CAE, Executive Director, through this BBS or call the SBE
National Office at (317) 253-1640.
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(from THE BROADCAST NEWSLETTER, JUNE 1995, Chapter 28, Milwaukee)
BITS AND PIECES.....Last month we were pleased to announce Wil
Koeller's promotion to Manager of Technical Operations for the
WTMJ Milwaukee stations. This month, similar congratulations to
Russ Elkin, who has been named Director of Engineering for the
Milwaukee Hearst stations, WISN, WLTQ, and WISN/TV. Gary Timm,
Chair of the Wisconsin Emergency Communications Committee asks us
to remind folks that all EBS decoders MUST be set to demute
within 4 seconds of EBS tone by July 1st.
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CHAPTER 24 SUSTAINING MEMBERS:
Our latest renewals:
Sony Broadcast
Video Images
Thanks to all our
Sustaining Members:
BTS
Broadcast Communications
CTI
Clark Wire and Cable
Comark Communications
Electronic Industries
Emmons Associates
Fuji Film I&I
Harris Allied Broadcast
MRC Telecommunications
Maney Logic
Panasonic Broadcast
Roscor Wisconsin
Scharch Electronics
Skyline Communications
Tectan, Inc.
Teleport Minnesota
3M Audio & Video
WISC-TV 3
WKOW-TV 27
WMSN-TV 47
WMTV-TV 15
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CHAPTER 24 OFFICERS:
CHAIRMAN:
Paul Stoffel (WI Public TV)
W - 608-263-2175
H - 608-241-4621
F - 608-263-9763
STOFFEL@MAIL.ADMIN.WISC.EDU
VICE CHAIRMAN:
Fred Sperry (ECB-TOC)
W - 608-264-9698
H - 608-833-6074
FRED.SPERRY@MAIL.ADMIN.WISC.EDU
SECRETARY:
Neal McLain (CTI)
W - 608-831-4636
NMCLAIN@MACC.WISC.EDU
TREASURER:
Stan Scharch (WISC TV)
W - 271-4321
H - 831-1168
CHAPTER 24 COMMITTEE APPOINTEES:
Membership - Leonard Charles
Sustaining Membership - Fred Sperry
Strategic Plan - Denny Behr
Newsletter - Mark Croom
Program Committee:
Mark Croom 271-1025
Denise Maney 277-8001
Kerry Maki 833-0047
Steve Zimmerman 274-1234
Special Events - Kevin Ruppert
Certification and Education:
Jim Hermanson 836-8340
Tim Trendt (UW-Platteville)
Frequency Coordination: Tom Smith
608-263-2174 (work)
SMITHT@VILAS.UWEX.EDU
SBE National Board Member & Chapter Liaison:
Leonard Charles
W - 271-4321
FAX - 271-1709
LCHARLES@WISCTV.COM
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NATIONAL SBE PHONE DIRECTORY
SBE National Office
8445 Keystone Crossing Suite 140
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Main Number 317-253-1640
Engineering Conference Line 317-253-0122
Job Line 317-253-0474
Fax 317-253-0418
BBS 317-253-7555
President: Chuck Kelly CBT
Broadcast Electronics
P.O. Box 3606
Quincy, IL 62305
W 217-224-9600
F 217-224-9607
H 217-228-7373
CIS ID# 70307,2642
InterNet: kelly1@ixc.net
Vice President: Terrence Baun CPBE
Criterion Broadcast Services
5300 W. Garfield Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
W 414-449-5300
F 414-449-5380
CIS ID# 71525,1060
Secretary: Keith Kintner CSTE
KLCS TV 58
1061 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-625-6958
F 818-362-5294
CIS ID# 72530,620
InterNet: keith.kintner@gur.com
Treasurer: Bob Goza CPBE
KMOV TV
3315 Highway 50
Beaufort, MO 63013
314-484-3718
F 314-484-3840
InterNet: rgoza695696aol.com
Executive Director: John Poray CAE
SBE National Office
8445 Keystone Crossing Suite 140
Indianapolis, IN 46240
W 317-253-1640
F 317-253-0418
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jim Bernier CBT
WTVH, Inc.
980 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13203
315-425-5503
F 315-425-5513
InterNet: 72037.1723@compuserve.com
David Carr CPBE
KHOU-TV
P.O. Box 11
Houston, TX 77001
713-284-8741
F 713-284-8700
Leonard Charles CSTE
WISC TV
7025 Raymond Road
Madison, WI 53719
608-271-4321
F 608-271-1709
InterNet: lcharles@wisctv.com
Dane Ericksen PE CSRE CSTE
Hammett & Edison, Inc.
Box 280068
San Francisco, CA 94128-0068
707-996-5200
F 707-996-5280
Michael Fast CPBE
WCBM Radio
1303 Burleigh Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
410-356-3003
F 410-581-0150
Michael McCarthy CBRE
WLIT FM/Viacom International
150 N. Michigan Ave., #1135
Chicago, IL 60601
312-329-9002
F 708-439-1464
P 800-592-3058
Edward Miller CPBE
WEWS Scripps Howard
3001 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-431-3687
F 216-431-3641
Troy Pennington CSRE
WZZK AM/FM, WODL FM Radio
530 Beacon Parkway W. #300
Birmingham, AL 35209
205-916-1119
F 205-916-1151
Robert Reymont CPBE
Nationwide Communications, Inc.
P.O. Box 5159
Mesa, AZ 85211-0500
602-964-4000
F 602-644-7660
CIS ID# 71645,254
Internet: NCIRADIO@CRL.COM
Martin "Sandy" Sandberg CPBE
Consultant
9807 Edgecove Drive
Dallas, TX 75238
214-343-5786
F 2114-343-9807
John Schneider CBRE
RF Specialties of Washington, Inc.
19237 Aurora Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98133
206-546-6546
F 206-546-2633
CIS ID# 74603,3342
Tom Weber CSTE
WISH TV 8
1950 N Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-921-8535
F 317-926-1144
CIS ID#: 73250,215
Chris Imlay, Esq.
SBE General Counsel
Booth, Freret & Imlay
1233 20th St. NW Suite 204
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-9100
F 202-293-1319
James Wulliman, CPBE
Ennes Director
721 W. Calle Del Regalo
Green Valley, AZ 85614
Phone and Fax 602-648-1250
NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF
Linda Godby, Certification
Peggy Hall, Membership
Sarah Hayden, Signal/Conferences
Julie Dinger, Secretary
317-253-1640
F 317-253-0418
Job Line 317-253-0474
BBS (N,8,1) 317-253-7555
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE CHAIRS
By Laws Committee..................................Sandy Sandberg
Certification Committee..............................Jim Wulliman
Chapter Awards Committee..........................Leonard Charles
Chapter Liaison Committee..........................John Schneider
Electronic Communication Committee....................Jim Bernier
Engineering Conference Committee...................Jerry Whitaker
Engineering Conference Promotion Committee..........Mike McCarthy
FCC Liaison Committee...............................Dane Ericksen
Fellowship Committee...................................David Carr
Finance Committee.................................Troy Pennington
Frequency Coordination Committee.......................David Carr
High Frequency Broadcasting Task Force.............Doug Garlinger
Industry Relations C...................................Terry Baun
International Committee............................Sandy Sandberg
Membership Committee.................................Michael Fast
Nomination Committee...............................Robert Reymont
Sustaining Membership Committee.....................Edward Miller
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