6th Annual Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference

for engineers at radio and television stations

presented by the Ohio Association of Broadcasters
The Ohio Chapters of the Society of Broadcast Engineers
The Ohio Chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers


November 14, 2008
DoubleTree Hotel, North Columbus

The conference will feature a full day of educational sessions with a dedicated Exhibitors’ Showcase during lunch.

Schedule

8:30 a.m – Registration and breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. – Opening Session with Jim Bridgewater,
Deputy District Director, Federal Communications Commission Detroit office

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. – Refreshment break

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. – General Session (To Be Announced)

11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. – Exhibitors Showcase

2:00 - 2:45 p.m. – Breakout Sessions

TV: Martin Dombrey, District Manager, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Inc.
De-mystifying the Modern Digital Audio Console for HDTV Production Applications

Radio: Jack Layton, CPBE,
Layton Technical Services
The Adventures of Hector the Inspector

2:45 - 2:55 p.m. – Refreshment Break

2:55 - 3:40 p.m. – Breakout Sessions

TV: John Luff, Television Technology Consultant and SMPTE Fellow
Building a Perfect Television Operation

Radio: Ted Alexander, Telos – Omnia – Axia – Linear Acoustic

3:40 - 3:50 p.m. – Refreshment Break

3:50 - 4:30 p.m. – Breakout Sessions

TV: Jay Adrick, Vice President, Broadcast Technology, Harris Corporation
ATSC Mobile DTV - Overview and Station Implementation

Radio: Tim Anderson, CSRE/DRB, CBNT, Radio Product Line Manager, Harris Corporation, and
Gary Liebisch, Regional Sales Manager – Eastern U.S., Nautel
The Embedded Exporter and the 10 dB Increase in Digital Carriers

4:30 p.m. – Conference ends

The registration fee for current OAB, SBE or SMPTE members is $40; the cost for non-members is $55. To register, please go to the OAB registration page. For questions or more information, please contact Patti Geary at 866-OAB-5794.

Staying overnight? Hotel rooms are available at the rate of $109 (single/double). Call 800-870-0349 or 614-885-3334 for room reservations.

Applications for exhibit space are now available; companies wanting to exhibit can complete the attached application and fax to the OAB office at 614-228-8133 or email to pgeary@oab.org. A map of the floor plan for the exhibitors' showcase is also available.

Exhibitors as of October 23th include:

 

 

 

The National Football League Frequency Coordination program :

 

 

 

Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Jay Gerber, I am the Founder and Manager of the National Football League Frequency Coordination program which has been in operation for the past 10 seasons. We have been pleased to work closely with the Society of Broadcast Engineers during this time in this effort. Our mission as part of the National Football League is to Frequency Coordinate every game in or out of the country including the

playoffs and Super Bowl.

 

At this particular time, we are researching new Game Day Coordinators (GDC) for the Cincinnati Bengals home games and are

interested in talking with any broadcast engineers who may have an interest in working for the NFL in the capacity of a GDC. Broadcast engineers have been the backbone of most of our GDC crews around the country as most of you  

have a familiarity with RF, which is an important element in carrying out the GDC role.

 

This is a part time responsibility requiring attendance at every Cincinnati Bengals home game, there is a fee paid for these services. We would like to involve as many as 3 or 4 people.

 

The NFL supplies Official outerwear, All Access credentials, parking, all technical equipment, plus Laptop with a proprietary database.  We also provide classroom and on site training sessions.  Experienced coordinators will attend games with the new personnel until they have a comfort level and have met all of the associated team personnel.

 

Please share this with your membership and let me know if there is interest in these positions.

 

Interested members can feel free to contact me, preferably via my email or cell phone as noted below.

 

Thank you,

Jay N3AW

 

Jay Gerber

Manager,

NFL Frequency Organization Group

Cell: 215--805-3801

Email:  Jay.Gerber@Films.NFL.com