SBE Chapter 70

Date — CHANGED!: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Location: Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chairman

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 9 at the Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. We will have a program presented by Greg Dahl of Broadcast Bionics.  If you recall, the folks at Broadcast Bionics held a daytime seminar at Telos last winter with regard to integration of their products with the Telos Axia equipment.  It was very informative in presenting the future of broadcasting integration to social media and internet connectivity with respect to their software products and interfacing with our current broadcast hardware.   From their website: “Broadcast Bionics are developers of Bionic Talkshow, Bionic Social and Bionic Director. The industry standard in exceptional audience engagement and communication for Radio and TV.”   Mary Schelle, from Broadcasters General Store is sponsoring our meeting and will be here as well.  And the Telos Alliance Staff will most likely be available to present new product information.  This should be a very informative meeting all the way around, and I hope you can attend.  Gathering time is 7pm, with meeting at 7:30 and the presentation to follow.  Hope to see you there!

Date: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Time: Gather anytime after 4:00pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Location: Penitentiary Glen Reservation, 8585 State Route 14, Streetsboro OH 44241

Download the August 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Date: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location: WZIP studios/University of Akron Campus – Kolbe Hall Room 320
Akron, OH 44304

Our next meeting is Tuesday July 10th 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 3^rd floor in the elevator and the door is right there. While we are still working on the details of a program or presentation, our Chapter 70 Frequency Coordinator Jim Baird will  give us any updates about the 600Mhz migration he may have after the NFL Frequency Coordinating meeting in Florida.  We will email details of the program or presentation prior to the meeting, and post to the website, so watch for updates. Our host is John Knoblock, WZIP-FM / ZTV Chief Engineer and fellow SBE Chapter 70 member.  He will give us a tour of the WZIP facilities he’s updated since our last meeting. We can also see the HD TV Production studio used for training, and which Fox 8 uses as their Akron home, that recently replaced their Newtek Tricaster.  Parking is ‘free’ in the lots shown on page 2 – they are for students and faculty/staff but open in the evening for us. The usual times apply; gather at 7pm with meeting at 7:30 and the program and tour to follow.

 

Directions to the Meeting at WZIP/Akron University:  Many of you may recall how to get there from our meeting two years ago, but there are some construction issues which may impact your path. The main problem is work near the interchange of I-77/I-76/Rt. 8, with a long detour of I-77 bypassing the construction that you shouldn’t use. You can still use I-77 South to I-76 East through the construction zone to get to Route 8 north, with a left lane exit, but you can’t go back that way. The exits from Rt. 8 heading back to I-76W/77N are closed. The best way now is via Rt. 8 heading north or south. You can come down using I-480/I-271 south,  or even I-80 to Rt. 8 and head in that way. Get off at the Buchtel Ave./ Carroll St. exit (1A) and head west on Carroll St. (see the map) The parking lots are on the right before the circle, next to the James A. Rhodes Arena (JAR),  and there are some meters on Carroll.  Kolbe Hall is ‘behind’ the JAR from the parking lots. You go west around either side of the JAR and Kolbe is right there with the microwave dish on the small roof tower. Come in the central main entry doors and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, we’ll have some signage.

Download the July 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Download the June 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Date: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location:  The Telos Alliance
1241 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chair

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 8 at the Telos
Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
44114.

Download the May 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location: Western Reserve Public Media TV 45/49
1750 W. Campus Center Dr.
Kent OH 44240
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From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chair

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, March 13th at the Western
Reserve Public Media TV 45/49 studios, 1750 W. Campus
Center Drive; Kent, OH 44240. It’s near the intersection
of routes 261 and 43 with ample onsite parking (see map on
page 2). Our host is Tony Dennis, Chief Technology Officer
of WRPM. They program the PBS stations WNEO and
WEAO and have recently added a new signal we will discuss,
too.
We have an interesting program in store for you. Our
SBE Chairman Blake Thompson is also the Ohio Association
of Broadcasters ABIP Inspector. He will go into detail of
what an Alternative Broadcast Inspection entails. The basics
of the program are that you get an exemption from routine
FCC Field Office inspections for three years while ensuring
compliance with FCC regulations, and raising awareness
among station personnel of the technical rules that still
need to be followed. We will also present details from the recipient’s
point, as John Hovanec gives some ‘planning tips’
with regard to what to consider in preparation of an ABIP
inspection. This informative program will help you to prepare
your facility for an ABIP inspection, or assist you in making
your station(s) more resilient to an FCC Inspection by using
the FCC’s Self Inspection Checklists.
Gather at 7PM, Meeting 7:30 with program and tour of
the TV45/49 Studios to follow.