    It’s a new month and the last quarter of the year. The days are getting shorter, and the cooler weather is on its way. With the SBE National Meeting behind us, we’re focusing on tasks and projects to further the goals of the SBE. So while the daily business of the SBE continues, I want to note the recent devastation from Hurricane Helene that has affected so many people. I hope for the best for everyone who was in the path. While some broadcast stations experienced damage, many stations were able to provide information to the public. In the aftermath of the storm, we also see stations helping each other as they can to restore operations. That’s the camaraderie of broadcasters showing through, and just one of the positive attributes of working our industry. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Reach me at president@sbe.org. Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB SBE President ETRS Form One Due Date Extended to October 18 EAS participants are subject to the annual requirement to file Emergency Alert System Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One. The SBE previously reported that while there isn’t a nationwide EAS test this year, EAS participants are still required to file their forms. This year’s original deadline of Oct. 4 has been extended to Oct. 18 because of Hurricane Helene and the resulting extensive damage throughout the southeast. Filers can access ETRS by visiting the ETRS page of the Commission’s website at www.fcc.gov/general/eas-test-reporting-system. October SBE WEBxtra Covers Station Self-Inspection Guides Last month, the SBE announced that the AM version of the Station Self-Inspection Guides is available. The FM and TV versions were released in April. The October SBE WEBxtra will cover the Guides and how they are created and reviewed. It will stream on Oct. 21 on the SBE YouTube Channel and on the SBE Chapter Facebook Group. Webinars by SBE Are the Online Education Resource You need Add these webinars to your calendar and register today. Indoor Production Lighting for Broadcast Engineers – Part 3 October 10, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET In Part 3, color control with LED lighting and selecting fixtures are discussed. More advanced camera processing is covered. Using consoles and color consistency is covered as well. Instructors: Cindy Cavell, C. Webster Marsh, Javid Butler REGISTER NOW The Broadcast Blueprint: Advanced Tactics for Cloud-Based Large Data Transfer October 17, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET This webinar delves into the complexities of cloud-based large data transfers within the broadcasting industry. Instructor: Conner Stirling, Partner Success Solutions Engineer, MASV REGISTER NOW Using Network Analyzers in MoM Proofs October 24, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET This webinar covers how VNAs can be used as a tool in gathering data in conducting an FCC Method-of-Moments Proof-of-Performance for an AM radio station antenna array. Instructors: Gary Cavell, Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc./Capitol Airspace Group; Jeff Welton, CBRE, Nautel REGISTER NOW Indoor Production Lighting for Broadcast Engineers – Part 4 November 21, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET Part 4 concludes the series by bringing all of the pieces of the series together. Lighting color samples will also be discussed. Instructors: Cindy Cavell, C. Webster Marsh, Javid Butler REGISTER NOW Indoor Production Lighting for Broadcast Engineers – Part 4 November 21, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET In Part 4, this session concludes the series by bringing all of the pieces of the series together. Lighting color samples will also be discussed. Instructors: Cindy Cavell, C. Webster Marsh, Javid Butler REGISTER NOW 2024 Workbench Tips – A Free Webinar December 12, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET Telos’ John Bisset presents an hour-long webinar based on his popular Radio World Workbench column. This is a free webinar thanks to the support of SCMS. Instructor: John Bisset, CPBE REGISTER NOW SBE MemberPlus Members When registering for a Webinar by SBE, be sure to click on the MemberPlus link to activate your MemberPlus benefit to register for free. Not an SBE MemberPlus member? Learn more about SBE MemberPlus. Restore Your Expired SBE Certification During the Diamond Project As the Society of Broadcast Engineers celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024, the Program of Certification is offering a chance to restore your lapsed SBE Certification without taking a test. Called the Diamond Project in recognition of the SBE’s 60th anniversary, individuals who have held SBE Certification but let it expire can restore their SBE-Certified status without taking an SBE Certification exam. The Diamond Project runs through the calendar year 2024 (January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024). Individuals who allowed their SBE Certification to expire prior to January 1, 2023, qualify for this project. Complete the Diamond application (sbe.org/diamondproject) and provide it with either a resume or a letter to the certification committee stating what he/she has done in broadcast engineering since the applicant’s SBE certification expired. All SBE Certifications are included in the reinstatement program. Questions? Contact SBE Certification Director Megan Clappe at the SBE National Office.  Celebrate 60 Years with the SBE The SBE was founded in 1964. To mark the occasion, the SBE has a special 60th anniversary membership pin available for purchase. Get yours at the SBE Store. Certification Exam Dates Apply to take one. Exam Dates xa Location Application Deadline Nov. 1-11, 2024 Local Chapters closed Feb. 7-17, 2025 Local Chapters Jan. 3, 2025 April 8, 2025 NAB Show Feb. 21, 2025 June 6-16, 2025 Local Chapters April 13, 2025 Aug. 1-11, 2025 Local Chapters June 14, 2025 Nov. 7-17, 2025 Local Chapters Sept. 4, 2025 The Society of Broadcast Engineers 9102 North Meridian St, Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46260 317-846-9000 ■ Fax 317-846-9120  Ted Hand Reelected President of the Society of Broadcast Engineers The results of the 2024 SBE election for the national board of directors are available. Ted D. Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB, was reelected for a second one-year term as president, which will commence on Sept. 11, 2024. Ted is a member of SBE Chapter 45 Charlotte (North Carolina), and an SBE Fellow Member. Ted has been an SBE member since 1981. He served as SBE vice president from 2021 to 2023, secretary from 2007 to 2011 and in 2015, and SBE treasurer from 2019 to 2021. He has served on the SBE Board of Directors several times: 2002-2004, 2005-2007, 2013-2015, and in 2018. Reelected to vice president is Kevin Trueblood, CBRE, CBNT, of Chapter 90 Southwest FL for a second one-year term. Kevin previously served as SBE treasurer. Kevin has also served as SBE secretary and served one year on the Board of Directors. Geary S. Morrill, CPBE, AMD, CBNE (Chapter 91 Central Michigan), has been elected treasurer. Geary has served on the SBE Board of Directors since 2019 and is completing a one-year term as secretary. Shane Toven, CPBE, DRB, CBNE (Chapter 43 Sacramento), has been elected to his first term as SBE secretary. He is completing his third two-year term as a director, first being elected in 2018. Elected to serve two-year terms on the board of directors, which also begin Sept. 11 are: • David Antoine, CBRE, CBNT; Chapter 15 New York City; Bronx, NY • Greg Dahl, CPBE; Chapter 96 Rockford; Rockford, IL • Dustin Hapli, CBNE; Chapter 26 Chicago 26; Buffalo Grove, IL • Jeff Juniet, CBTE; Chapter 42 Central Florida; Orlando, FL • Sam Wallington, CPBE; Chapter 103 Nashville; Columbia, TN • Fred Willard, CPBE, ATSC3, 8-VSB, CBNT; Chapter 37 District of Columbia; Dunkirk, MD Antoine, Dahl and Willard were incumbents and were re-elected. Andrea Cummis, CBT (Chapter 15 New York City), continues to serve as immediate past president. The newly elected will be sworn in during the SBE Membership Meeting on Sept. 11 during the SBE National Meeting, held in conjunction with the Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic in Middleton, WI. The conference is a joint production of the state broadcast associations of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Association for Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Professionals May 9, 2024Spring is here, and the SBE is gearing up for its next national election. The candidate slate has been announced, although nominations from the membership can still be submitted. There’s quite a range of talent on the slate. The SBE Membership Drive concludes this month, so be sure to recruit at least one new member. Also, the SBE Compensation Survey closes next week, so please respond now if you haven’t already. We need your input. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Reach me at president@sbe.org. Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB SBE President Candidates Announced for 2024 SBE Election Each year, the SBE membership elects members to serve on the national Board of Directors, the governing body of the society. This includes all four officers for one-year terms and half the 12 directors for two-year terms. Additional candidates may be nominated by the membership. Any eligible member proposed by at least ten members to the national Secretary by June 23 will be added to the ballot. The election will take place July 8 through August 7. Balloting will be via the election website, except for those members who have opted out of electronic voting this year or who have not provided the SBE National Office with their email address. They will receive their ballots through the mail. Nominations Committee Candidate Slate Officers: President – Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB* Chapter 45 Charlotte; Charlotte, NC Vice President – Kevin Trueblood, CBRE, CBNT* Chapter 90 Southwest Florida; Ft. Myers, FL Secretary – Shane Toven, CPBE, DRB, CBNE Chapter 43 Sacramento; Antelope, CA Treasurer – Geary Morrill, CPBE, AMD, CBNE Chapter 91 Central Michigan; Saginaw, MI Treasurer – Jason Ornellas, CBRE* Chapter 43 Sacramento; Sacramento, CA Directors: David Antoine, CBRE, CBNT* Chapter 15 New York City; Bronx, NY Wiely Boswell, CBRE, CBNE Chapter 118 Montgomery, AL; Montgomery, AL Greg Dahl, CPBE* Chapter 96 Rockford, IL; Rockford, IL Dustin Hapli, CBNE Chapter 26 Chicago; Buffalo Grove, IL Jeff Juniet, CBTE Chapter 42 Central Florida; Orlando, FL Josh Lynch, CBTE Chapter 46 Baltimore; Milton, DE Sam Wallington, CPBE, CEA Chapter 103 Nashville; Columbia, TN Fred Willard, CPBE, 8-VSB, ATSC3, CBNT* Chapter 37 Washington, DC; Dunkirk, MD * indicates incumbent The Nominations Committee is chaired by Jeff Welton, CBRE. Committee members are Joe Snelson, CPBE, 8-VSB, ATSC3, and Kirk Harnack, CBRE, CBNE. For more information about candidacy, contact SBE Secretary Geary Morrill at gmorrill@sbe.org or SBE Executive Director Jim Ragsdale at jragsdale@sbe.org or Posted April 24, 2024 SBE Promotes Cummis, Russell and Trautmann to SBE Fellow The SBE has elevated SBE members Andrea Cummis of Orange, NJ; Robert “RJ” Russell of Magnolia, DE; and Conrad Trautmann of Trumbull, CT; to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected them at its meeting held April 13, 2024. (Pictured, left to right: RJ Russell, SBE President Ted Hand (who is already an SBE Fellow), Andrea Cummis, Conrad Trautmann.)  Andrea Cummis, CBT, the CTO of WLVT-TV Bethlehem, PA, became an SBE member in 1996. She has served on the SBE Board of Directors as president (2021-2023), vice president (2019-2021), treasurer (2009-2011, 2013-2017) and as a director several times between 2003 and 2019. She currently serves as the immediate past president. While she chaired the SBE Publications Committee, the SBE released the SBE Engineering Handbook. She received the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award in 2022.  Robert “RJ” Russell, CPBE, ATSC3, CBNT, is president of Technical Broadcast Solutions, Inc., a company he established in 2017, and the frequency coordination manager for the SBE. In his work for the SBE, he manages frequency coordination issues with the US Department of Defense in shared spectrum. He has held high-level engineering positions with Fox, E.W. Scripps, BYU Broadcasting, Sprint-Nextel, as well as engineering positions at multiple broadcast TV stations. He has served the SBE nationally with terms as vice president, treasurer and director. In 2020 he was awarded the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award. He became an SBE member in 1999. He is also a member of SMPTE, IEEE/BTS, ATSC, and the AFCCE. He is a Marine Corps veteran.  Conrad Trautmann, CPBE, is the chief technology officer of Cumulus Media, a position he has held since 2021. He previously served as senior vice president, technology and operations for the company. He first joined Cumulus Media’s Westwood One in 2000 as executive vice president, technology. He is responsible for the oversight of companywide broadcast engineering and information technology, as well as purchasing, real estate and facilities management across the company. He serves on the Radio Technology Committee of the National Association of Broadcasters. Conrad joined the SBE in 1985. He has served on the SBE National Board of Directors from 2001 to 2003, 2005 to 2007 and in 2011. He has also served New York Chapter 15 in a variety of roles including chapter chair, treasurer and certification committee chair. The Fellow honor is the highest membership level in the SBE. Members must have made significant contributions to the broadcast engineering field or the SBE. Candidates are nominated by their peers. Since the Society‘s founding 60 years ago, 89 members have been honored with the Fellow rank. All three were recognized during the SBE Membership Meeting held on April 15 during the 2024 NAB Show. They will also be recognized at the SBE National Meeting, which will be held in September in Madison, WI. A list of all those who have been named SBE Fellows is posted on the SBE website at sbe.org/fellows. SBE Announces Certification Exam Dates for 2023 The SBE Certification Committee offers several opportunities to take an SBE certification exam through local chapters. When you’re ready to take an SBE certification exam, choose the exam period that is best for you. November 3-13, 2023 Local Chapter September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023 The Certification Committee may add additional exam locations during the year. In addition, private proctoring can be arranged. Contact the SBE National Office for more information. When you are ready to take an SBE exam, complete the appropriate application and send it into the SBE National Office. You will be notified once your application has been approved. Approximately three weeks before the exam time, your local certification chairman will receive a list of applicants in his/her area. He/she will then contact those applicants to schedule a date, time and place for the exams. The exams will be mailed back to the National office for grading. The pass/fail grades will then be mailed directly to the applicants. Make Plans Now to Attend the SBE 2023 Leadership Development Course The SBE has presented the SBE Leadership Development Course since 1997, with its roots going back to 1965. Designed specifically for broadcast engineers who have or aspire to have management responsibilities, the SBE offers the course in cooperation with instructor Dr. Abram Walton, the Founder of Ivory Bridge Group, a management consulting and training firm. The course helps technically adept people develop their abilities in leadership, supervisory and management skills. The course is equally beneficial for those who are already in management and for those without prior management or supervisory experience. The three-day event will be held August 2-4, 2023, in Atlanta. The course challenges you to refine your leadership skills as you better understand and improve how you interact with others. Bring a team and share the experience of this highly interactive event. Come, enjoy, learn and have some fun growing as a leader in the process. Registration includes all course materials, three days of instruction, the Leadership Development Webinar Series of three webinars, a certificate of completion, light breakfast items and classroom beverages.  Dr. Abram Walton is the founder of Ivory Bridge Group, a full-tenured professor of management at Florida Tech, specializing in management and innovation, serves as a U.S. Delegate for ISO 56000 on innovation management system standards, and has been actively researching in the fields of innovation management, business analytics, and product lifecycle management for the past 20 years. Registration for the course is now open. Make your plans to attend the SBE Leadership Development Course right now. BE Membership Meeting and Awards Dinner Set for Sept. 28 The Society of Broadcast Engineers Annual Membership Meeting and National Awards Dinner will be held during the SBE National Meeting at the Midwest Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Conference, Sept. 28. The Membership meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the Awards Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET. SBE President Andrea Cummis begins the Membership Meeting, which includes the induction of the new officers and board members. During the meeting, Ted Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB, will be sworn in as SBE president. Ted will conclude the Membership Meeting and emcee the Awards Dinner. The Awards Dinner includes the presentation of national individual and chapter awards including the Robert L. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year, the James C. Wulliman SBE Educator of the Year, and the SBE Technology Award. Awards recognizing chapters for communication, chapter meeting attendance, chapter growth and chapter certification percentage will be presented. The Membership Meeting will provide an update on SBE activities, present the installation of the newly elected officers and board members. Following the meeting a reception and then the SBE National Awards Dinner, where the honorees from the SBE Awards Program will be recognized and a keynote from Andrew Carey, general manager of the Bob & Tom Show, will be presented. Registration for the MBMTC is required. 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