February Meeting Info

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

Location:Cleveland Browns, First Energy Stadium, Club 46 Venue
From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chair

Our next meeting on Tuesday, February 13th will be at Browns/First Energy Stadium starting at 7:00 pm in the Club 46 venue. Park in the north lot on Erieside Ave., across the street from the Stadium and enter through the Media Entrance.  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 February 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 by Friday Feb 9th.  The usual times apply, gather at 7pm for our short meeting at 7:30 with the program to follow. Our host, Kevin Doerle, Cleveland Browns Scoreboard Engineer, along with Chapter 70 NFL Frequency Coordinator Jim Baird will discuss the use of wireless equipment at this venue, and some of the unique solutions they have developed. Any facility (TV, Radio, Production) interested in learning what their new responsibilities concerning wireless equipment usage in Northeast Ohio should attend.  Additional discussion points include: Frequency Migration and the Wireless camera Infrastructure television system .  A Tour is included, and the food will be great as well!

November Meeting Info

Date: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
Time: Gather at 7PM, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location:Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chair

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 14 at the Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.  The Telos Alliance Staff will present information on their new Omnia VOLT audio processor, as well as the G-Force upgrade for the Omnia 11. Gathering time is 7pm, with meeting at 7:30 and the presentation to follow.  Hope to see you there!

October Meeting Info

Date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
Time: Gather at 7PM, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location: WEWS TV, 3001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chair

Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 10 at WEWS
TV, Channel 5, located at 3001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland,
Ohio 44115. Host Bill McKinney, Director or Engineering,
will give us a tour of changes and upgrades
made to automate Master Control.
Usual times apply. Gather at 7pm, meeting 7:30 with
tour to follow. Parking off E 30th between Euclid &
Chester is recommended. Pull in next to the silo, ring the
bell, and tell them you’re there for the SBE meeting with
Bill. Then park and come in the guest entrance at the
back door of the building.

September Meeting Info

Our next Chapter Meeting will be Tuesday, Sep-
tember 12 at the Salem 1220 Transmitter site, located at

9446 Broadview Road, Broadview Heights, 44147.

Gathering time is 7pm with Meeting about 7:30 and Pro-
gram to follow. Host and Salem-Cleveland Director of

Engineering Jim Georgiades will host, as we gather for
what may be one of the last visits to this site before the
transmitter facility is rebuilt and moved back amongst
the tower array; with this building most likely being
raised within the next year. The site is somewhat rough,
but will afford us a meeting place for the program and
brief tour. SBE Chapter 70 Frequency Coordinator Jim

Baird will give a presentation on Frequency Coordina-
tion issues with regard to spectrum above 600 Mhz. We

may also have open discussion on the upcoming Nation-
al EAS and other topics of interest. It will be a some-
what casual meeting and program, as it is only a week in

advance of the Ohio Broadcast and Multimedia Technol-
ogy Conference hosted by the OAB in Columbus on

September 19.