The Alabama Broadcasters Association invites Michigan broadcasters to participate free in their monthly engineering webinar series. The next webinar will be held Tuesday, May 18 starting at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and will feature Shane Toven senior broadcast engineer for Educational Media Foundation and is responsible for engineering R&D for the K-LOVE and Air1 broadcast… read more
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Detroit Section will host a free virtual meeting open to all members, guests and non-members on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m. The topic will be “Watermarking for ATSC-3.” This virtual meeting is open to guests and non-members. Guest speaker will be Richard Glosser, Head of… read more
You say that the FCC doesn’t do random inspections anymore? Not true, they do. It’s easier than ever before. With so much of our business activities available in our public file and on electronic forms at the FCC, they can easily inspect a station without ever coming to your door. Additionally they still investigate complaints. COVID… read more
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has opened the nomination period for the 2021 Technology Awards. The three awards highlight significant achievements in the fields of broadcast engineering and digital leadership and will be presented on June 17 at a special NAB Amplify event. Awardees will also be recognized at the 2021 NAB Show, held October… read more
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Detroit Section will host a free virtual meeting open to all members, guests and non-members on Tuesday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. The topic will be “Fiber Optic Cables for HD Broadcast.” Guest speakers are Benjamin Nemser and Daniel Ritts of Nemal Corporation The presentation provides… read more
The Alabama Broadcasters Association is inviting Michigan broadcasters to participate for free in their monthly engineering webinar series. February’s webinar will be this Tuesday, February 16 from 11 a.m. to Noon Eastern Time and will feature John Mailhot, Chief Technology Officer of the networking and infrastructure team at Imagine Communications. Mailhot has worked in the… read more
The Alabama Broadcasters Association is invited Michigan broadcasters to participate for free in their monthly engineering webinar series. The first webinar will be this Tuesday, January 19 from 11 a.m. to Noon Eastern Time and will feature Bert Goldman, president of Goldman Engineering Management, Inc. Goldman brings more than 40 years of experience and specializes… read more
WBKB-TV (Alpena) reports that the station’s transmitter site was broken into New Year’s week and 400 pounds of rigid copper coaxial transmission line was stolen from the site. In reporting the theft in a newscast, the station suspects the burglars likely are selling the copper at salvage for money. The station asks that anyone with… read more
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Detroit Section will host a free virtual meeting open to all members, guests and non-members on Tuesday, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. The topic will be “Adventures in Channel Combining.” Guest speaker is Jim Stenberg of American Tower. This presentation will familiarize the audience with some… read more
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Detroit Section will host a free virtual meeting open to all members, guests and non-members on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m. The topic will be Capturing Remote Content with Ross Production Cloud. Together we’ll take a look at the changes that the pandemic has wrought… read more