SBE Chapter 80 Fox Valley, WI (2024)

15/04/2024

Our April meeting will be on Tuesday, April 16 at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Current Bylaws Our April Newsletter is now available. April 2024 NewsletterDownload

18/03/2024

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 19th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW), headquartered in Tacoma, WA and now in its 51st year of serving the broadcast community, presents two outstanding guests for SBE Chapter 80 this Tuesday, March 19th in a virtual meeting beginning at noon. Ben Barber always liked taking things apart and seeing how they worked....

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 19th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW), headquartered in Tacoma, WA and now in its 51st year of serving the br…

19/02/2024

The WI Educational Communications Board has an opening for a Broadcast Engineer based in Wheeler, WI. For more information, click here.

16/02/2024

Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 20 at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our speaker will be Vicki Kipp from PBS Wisconsin Engineering. Her program will be on the FCC's TV Audio Description Rules. The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) established audio description requirements for the top 25 TV markets and was later extended to additional DMAs....

Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 20 at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our speaker will be Vicki Kipp from PBS Wisconsin Engineering. Her program will be on the FCC& #…

15/01/2024

Our January Meeting will be our annual Holiday Social and Dinner at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Social hour begins at 5:30 PM and dinner will begin at approximately 6:30 PM. There will be no Zoom link for this meeting. Our January newsletter is available. January 2024Download

Our January Meeting will be our annual Holiday Social and Dinner at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Social hour begins at 5:30 PM and dinner will begin at approximately 6:30 PM. There will be no Z…

08/12/2023

Our December meeting will be on Tuesday, December 12th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Supper Club in Kaukauna. Please note that this is one week earlier than usual. Our meeting will feature Chris Tarr, Chief Engineer at Magnum Media and FCC SECC Chair talking about all things EAS and possibly other broadcast topics. Zoom details are linked in the newsletter. Our December newsletter is now available. December 2023Download

Our December meeting will be on Tuesday, December 12th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Supper Club in Kaukauna. Please note that this is one week earlier than usual. Our meeting will feature Chris Tarr, …

14/11/2023

Our November meeting will be on Tuesday, November 21st at the Out-O-Town Club at Noon. This month's meeding with cover the latest happenings in the SBE, given by Jim Ragsdale. This month will also feature our chapter elections. If you did not receive the ballot in your email or have questions, please email Marty Jury at [email protected]. The November newsletter is available now. November 2023Download

Our November meeting will be on Tuesday, November 21st at the Out-O-Town Club at Noon. This month’s meeding with cover the latest happenings in the SBE, given by Jim Ragsdale. This month will…

17/10/2023

Woodward Radio Group Chief Engineer Steve Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow into the National Society of Broadcast Engineers. The recognition was held in September in Ohio. Brown has been with…

16/10/2023

We will not be having a meeting this month due to Broadcast Clinic. The newsletter is available now. October 2023Download

18/09/2023

Our September meeting will be on Tuesday, September 19th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Zoom information is in the newsletter. The September newsletter is available now. Septmeber 2023Download

Our September meeting will be on Tuesday, September 19th at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Zoom information is in the newsletter. The September newsletter is available now. Septmeber 2023…

10/08/2023

Our August meeting will be on Tuesday, August 15th, at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. The program will be an interesting video that will look at the similarities of wave behavior. Vice Chair Matt Converse found the video and it covers wave behavior and provides historical context. Zoom information for those who can't make it in person is in the newsletter. The August newsletter is now available. August 2023 NewsletterDownload

Our August meeting will be on Tuesday, August 15th, at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. The program will be an interesting video that will look at the similarities of wave behavior. Vice Ch…

25/07/2023

Enjoy these pictures from our 2023 Chapter Picnic! Thanks to Woodward Radio Group General Manager Kelly Radandt for the pictures!

20/07/2023

The Next Best Thing Tour is getting set up! Join us today at Woodward Radio, 2800 E College Ave, Appleton for our meeting and chapter picnic!

13/07/2023

Our July meeting will be on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Woodward Radio Group, 2800 E College Ave, Appleton. We will be hosting the Next Best Thing Tour and our chapter picnic. Vendors will be ready around 11 AM with lunch at Noon. The tour will be open until 2 PM. You can register in advace for the show using this…...

Our July meeting will be on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Woodward Radio Group, 2800 E College Ave, Appleton. We will be hosting the Next Best Thing Tour and our chapter picnic. Vendors will be ready …

13/06/2023

The WBA Duke Wright Media Technology Institute is underway at The Osthoff Resort ahead of the start of the WBA Summer Conference tomorrow.

07/06/2023

Our June meeting will be held in conjunction with the WBA Duke Wright Media Technology Institute at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake. Our July meeting will be the chapter summer picnic. It will be held on Thursday, July 20 at Woodward Radio Group, 2800 E College Ave, Appleton. We will also be joined by The Next Best Thing Tour for the picnic. The June newsletter is available now. June 2023Download

Our June meeting will be held in conjunction with the WBA Duke Wright Media Technology Institute at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake. Our July meeting will be the chapter summer picnic. It will b…

16/05/2023

Last Minute Notice: The Rite Place Restaurant is in the area designated for last night's "Boil Water Advisory" in the Bellevue area. We have called the restaurant for clarification and they issued the following statement: "The Rite Place is in the area designated for the "Boil Water Advisory" in the Bellevue area, but we are doing everything we need to do to remain open for business". Given this assurance, we are proceeding with plans to hold the luncheon as scheduled.

Last Minute Notice: The Rite Place Restaurant is in the area designated for last night’s “Boil Water Advisory” in the Bellevue area. We have called the restaurant for clarificat…

15/05/2023

Our May meeting will be Tuesday, May 16th. Lunch will be at The Rite Place, 1580 Bellevue St., Green Bay at 11:30 AM. The meeting and program will be held at 1 PM at UW Green Bay. There will be no Zoom meeting for this month. Included in the visit will be a tour of the Engineering and Media spaces....

Our May meeting will be Tuesday, May 16th. Lunch will be at The Rite Place, 1580 Bellevue St., Green Bay at 11:30 AM. The meeting and program will be held at 1 PM at UW Green Bay. There will be no …

21/04/2023

Our April Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 25th at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our program will be a review of new items discovered at NAB. Kent Aschenbrenner, Senior Director of Engineering at The E.W. Scripps Company will be joining us, as well as any of our other members that were able to make the trip this year. Zoom information is in the newsletter. The April newsletter is available now. April 2023Download

Our April Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 25th at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our program will be a review of new items discovered at NAB. Kent Aschenbrenner, Senior Director of Engineering …

18/04/2023

The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has elevated Stephen J. Brown, CPBE, CBNT, of Appleton, WI, to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected him at its meeting held April 16, 2023. Mr. Brown’s career in broadcasting began in 1975 when he began working for WAPL-AM/FM as a part-time announcer and engineer. In 1978, he was hired by Woodward Communications as assistant chief engineer, being promoted to chief engineer in 1980, and then director of broadcast engineering in 1985....

The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has elevated Stephen J. Brown, CPBE, CBNT, of Appleton, WI, to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected him at its meeting held Apr…

14/04/2023

Our April meeting will be one week later than usual, on Tuesday, April 25th at the normal time and location due to the NAB Show. More information on the program will be coming soon.

21/03/2023

Remember our March meeting is today! It will start early at 11:30 at the Out-O-Town Club. We hope to see you there!

14/03/2023

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 21st, at 11:30 AM (please note the earlier start time) at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our business meeting and lunch will be followed by a 1 PM tour of the Fox Energy Center natural gas power plant located in Wrightstown near the Out-O-Town Club. In order to attend the tour, you must pre-register by contacting John Pfankuch…...

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 21st, at 11:30 AM (please note the earlier start time) at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our business meeting and lunch will be followed by a 1 PM tour…

20/02/2023

Our February meeting will be on Tuesday, February 21st at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club or via Zoom. The program topic regards regulations and practices surrounding broadcast towers today. It was originally presented to Chapter 25. Presenters were Bill Harland and John Robinson, PE of ERI in Chandler, IN. One of the members, Doug Garlinger, stated “This presentation should be watched by every US broadcast engineer involved with a tower.” The Zoom link in is the newsletter. Our Feburary Newsletter is available now. February 2023Download

Our February meeting will be on Tuesday, February 21st at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club or via Zoom. The program topic regards regulations and practices surrounding broadcast towers today. It was ori…

13/01/2023

Our January meeting will be on Tuesday, January 17th at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna at 5:30 PM. It will be our holiday party. There will be no Zoom meeting for this meeting. Drinks will be starting at 5:30 and dinner at 6:30. The January newsletter is available below. January 2023Download

Our January meeting will be on Tuesday, January 17th at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna at 5:30 PM. It will be our holiday party. There will be no Zoom meeting for this meeting. Drinks will be star…

20/12/2022

On December 8th, Bill Hubbard presented a donation of $500.00 on behalf of the chapter to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in support of the Gary Mach Excellence in Media Fund. Gary Mach was a long time broadcast engineer in NE Wisconsin at WLUK TV 11, the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and Cellcom. He mentored many students and other broadcast engineers....

On December 8th, Bill Hubbard presented a donation of $500.00 on behalf of the chapter to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in support of the Gary Mach Excellence in Media Fund. Gary Mach was a…

14/12/2022

The December 2022 newsletter is now posted. If you were subscribed to the site through email, please register again due to an issue with the web server.

The December 2022 newsletter is now posted. December 2022Download If you were subscribed to the site through email, please register again due to an issue with the web server.

15/11/2022

November 2022 News and Notes

Our November meeting will be on Tuesday, November 15 at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club or via Zoom. Our program will be with Steve Konopka. Steve will be sharing his experiences at the WBAY transmitter site over the past 47 years, including some passages from an old log book he found on the site. While remote attendees can enjoy his stories, in person attendees will be able to look at a log book he will be bringing as well. For Zoom info, see the newsletter.

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11/10/2022

It’s that time again! Hope to see you there!

The Broadcasters Clinic is underway in Madison! Excellent turnout of broadcast engineers from across the country.

20/09/2022

Don’t forget to join us today for our monthly meeting at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna!

SBE Chapter 80 Fox Valley, WI