June Meeting Info
Date: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm
Location:
WZIP Studios
The University of Akron
Akron, OH
From Blake Thompson – SBE CH70 Program Chair:
Our next meeting on Tuesday June 14th will be at the WZIP studios
located on the University of Akron Campus, in Kolbe Hall room
320. You can spot Kolbe hall as it has a
grid microwave dish on the roof. Come on up to the 3rdfloor ( ground, 1,
2, 3) and we’ll have a nice retirement party and get to see a preview of
the upcoming documentary on the history of WAUP/WZIP that the
students have been working on. We have also changed out almost every
piece of gear at WZIP since our last meeting here. There’s new Axia
consoles, a new ENCO DAD automation system, and much more. We
will also have tours available of the HD TV Production studio we use for
training and Fox 8 uses as their Akron home. Parking is ‘free’ in the lots
shown, they are for students and faculty/staff but open in the evening
for us.
May Meeting Info
Date: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm
Location:
Telos Alliance
1241 Superior Avenue
Cleveland OH 44114
From Blake Thompson – SBE CH70 Program Chair:
Our next meeting on Tuesday May 10th will be the
Telos Alliance HQ at 1241 Superior Ave, Cleveland,
OH 44114. They will have their annual NAB wrap-up
with a few interesting things they showed at the conference.
Telos joined with Nautel and Moseley in a
show floor demo of a composite FM codec called
μMPX, or “micro” MPX. The codec, which enables
high-quality MPX over a 320 kbps IP connection, is
intended for FM radio applications to transport highquality
multiplexed FM signals over relatively small
data pipes. We can also see the ‘G-Force’ version of
the Omnia 11 that Corny has spent the past 3 years
working on!
The usual times apply, gather at 7pm with our short
meeting at 7:30 and the program to follow that.
March Meeting Info
Date: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm
Location:
Cleveland Browns
First Energy Stadium
Club 46 Venue
From Blake Thompson – SBE CH70 Program Chair:
Our next meeting on Tuesday, March 8th will be at
Browns/First Energy Stadium starting at 7:00 pm in the
Club 46 venue. We need to know how many of you will be
able to attend so we can give them a list of all attendees for
stadium security. If you would like to attend the March
meeting please RSVP to me at 
so we
can get the list to the stadium folks. Don’t delay! I have to
get the final number to them this Friday and this will be a
one-time event for us so plan to attend! The usual times
apply, gather at 7pm for our short meeting at 7:30 with the
program to follow.
February Meeting Info
Date: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm
Location:
WKSU Studios
1613 East Summit St
Kent, OH 44242
From Blake Thompson – SBE CH70 Program Chair:
Our meeting on Tuesday February 9th will be at
WKSU studios on the Kent State Campus at 1613 East
Summit Street Kent, Ohio 44242. Our host will be
Chuck Poulton. He and the staff at WKSU will show us
that new Newsroom & Engineering shop they were
working on during our last visit. Our program will be an
SBE Webinar on Springtime Maintenance from John
Bisset. We’ll also talk about what kind of programs you
would like to see over the course of the coming year, including
sessions for the OBEC. The usual times apply,
gather at 7pm with our meeting at 7:30 and the program
to follow that.