Comments for sbeblog http://blog.sbe.org Society of Broadcast Engineers Wed, 01 May 2013 20:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Is it time for a new engineering position in the broadcast industry? by bryanav8r http://blog.sbe.org/2013/05/01/is-it-time-for-a-new-engineering-position-in-the-broadcast-industry/#comment-774 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:30:55 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=2036#comment-774 You bring up an interesting point…and one that bears directly on my own developed career path, which started in broadcast (back in the days when people knew what a 1st Phone was) to today, where I spend my time, out of the industry, in the IT and Network Architecture arenas. Would I trade the experiences of either for the other? No, but it would be great for those of us with the technical bent to be able to leverage the IT skills we have gained over the last 27 years in moving back into the broadcast arena.

Both need a well-developed sense of humor (no doubt) besides the basic technical skills. But both professions need an intense love of the unknown, a wonder at what you can accomplish when you meld two (or more…let’s face it, RF, Audio, VoIP, etc., in the end, are about transmission of information) seemingly disparate practices into one cohesive whole.

I sometimes wonder if, in the final third of my career, I could make the jump back to my first love. And that, at least for me, is the big question as I continue to follow the advances in broadcast transmission, studio/audio systems design, as well as the more esoteric skills (information security/assurance, high-availability, real-time control in my full-time job) . It may not be answered in my own career as it winds out, but, for those contemplating entering the business…not having the necessary insight into all of the disciplines you’ll find in today’s broadcast facility will be certainly a career-limiting move.

]]> Comment on Is it time for a new engineering position in the broadcast industry? by Bryan D. Boyle http://blog.sbe.org/2013/05/01/is-it-time-for-a-new-engineering-position-in-the-broadcast-industry/#comment-773 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:29:39 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=2036#comment-773 You bring up an interesting point…and one that bears directly on my own developed career path, which started in broadcast (back in the days when people knew what a 1st Phone was) to today, where I spend my time, out of the industry, in the IT and Network Architecture arenas. Would I trade the experiences of either for the other? No, but it would be great for those of us with the technical bent to be able to leverage the IT skills we have gained over the last 27 years in moving back into the broadcast arena.

Both need a well-developed sense of humor (no doubt) besides the basic technical skills. But both professions need an intense love of the unknown, a wonder at what you can accomplish when you meld two (or more…let’s face it, RF, Audio, VoIP, etc., in the end, are about transmission of information) seemingly disparate practices into one cohesive whole.

I sometimes wonder if, in the final third of my career, I could make the jump back to my first love. And that, at least for me, is the big question as I continue to follow the advances in broadcast transmission, studio/audio systems design, as well as the more esoteric skills (information security/assurance, high-availability, real-time control in my full-time job) . It may not be answered in my own career as it winds out, but, for those contemplating entering the business…not having the necessary insight into all of the disciplines you’ll find in today’s broadcast facility will be certainly a career-limiting move.

]]> Comment on Help your non-technical staff safely set up a great live shot in the field by Bill Croghan http://blog.sbe.org/2013/04/25/help-your-non-technical-staff-safely-set-up-a-great-live-shot-in-the-field/#comment-766 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:11:52 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=2029#comment-766 A short version of this course for radio types would be handy. We have similar vihicle interests, but not the video concerns.

]]> Comment on IP Networking Webinar Series continues with the Fundamentals of IPv6 by Andrew Hamann http://blog.sbe.org/2013/02/07/ip-networking-webinar-series-continues-with-the-fundamentals-of-ipv6/#comment-697 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:14:16 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=1833#comment-697 I just sat for the CBNE exam today, and I can’t recommend these webinars enough. Along with the recommended reading list on the SBE website, the books the Mr. Pecena has recommended in the past webinars, and the CertPreview, I can say with certainty that I wouldn’t have come away from taking the CBNE exam feeling like I did well had I not signed up for and attended these. I highly recommend attending them live if you can!

]]> Comment on Find out how you can leverage BXF to automate cumbersome processes by Hear about how BXF can help automate cumbersome processes in the next Webinar by SBE | sbenews http://blog.sbe.org/2012/09/27/find-out-how-you-can-leverage-bxf-to-automate-cumbersome-processes/#comment-612 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:47 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=1460#comment-612 [...] capabilities of BXF will be explored, as well as the underlying business benefits it provides. The webinar takes place November 27. The cost for members of the SBE is $49, and $75 for [...]

]]> Comment on 2012 SBE Educator of the Year presents IP networking webinar on routing and switching by Emmanuel Offei http://blog.sbe.org/2012/11/08/2012-sbe-educator-of-the-year-presenting-next-ip-networking-webinar-on-routing-and-switching/#comment-597 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:12:22 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=1577#comment-597 Good to here and learn more from you all
Thanks

Regards
Emmanuel Offei

]]> Comment on SBE pays tribute to Battison at National Awards Dinner by Kimberly Kissel http://blog.sbe.org/2012/10/30/scherer-pays-tribute-to-battison-at-sbe-awards-banquet/#comment-593 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:07:39 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=1534#comment-593 What a great tribute, Chriss. John Battison certainly lived a full life.

]]> Comment on Enter to win Fry’s Electronics gift card by SBE http://blog.sbe.org/2012/06/20/enter-to-win-frys-electronics-gift-card/#comment-334 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:54:18 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=987#comment-334 Thank you to everyone who entered. The comments were fun to read. Congratulations to Kirk Chestnut! Kirk was randomly drawn as the winner of the $25 gift card to Fry’s Electronics.

]]> Comment on Enter to win Fry’s Electronics gift card by Arthur Reis http://blog.sbe.org/2012/06/20/enter-to-win-frys-electronics-gift-card/#comment-333 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:05:37 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=987#comment-333 Loved radio since I was three, but didn’t get my first ‘paying’ gig until December 9, 1968, at WSWM (now WFMK) in East Lansing, while still a student at Michigan State. Worked my way through school as an Engineer, then after graduation with MA in 1971 did my first non-Engineering gig. Became CE at then-KSNN Pocatello Idaho in 1975 then moved to Chicago market in 1976, and have been here ever since. Working for past 15 years full-time as CE at Crawford Broadcasting’s Chicago operations, love what I do and who I work for. 44 years in the business, 37 as either a CE or contract Engineer. Living the dream.

]]> Comment on Enter to win Fry’s Electronics gift card by Chriss Scherer http://blog.sbe.org/2012/06/20/enter-to-win-frys-electronics-gift-card/#comment-330 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:26:12 +0000 http://blog.sbe.org/?p=987#comment-330 First radio experience: WVUM at the University of Miami in 1983. First paying radio job: WVCG-AM, Coral Gabels, FL in 1985.

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