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Chapter 38 elects it's webmaster on a yearly basis. For the last couple years I've been the lucky guy to try my hand at this. Can you believe it's 2008! For the new year I have decided on a total site redesign. I hope my peers will enjoy and find my efforts useful for many years to come, or at least until the next maverick webmaster with eccentric taste comes along.
Emergency Systems
Texas broadcasters are first responders in times of crisis. Residents of communities all across the Lone Star State know to turn to their local radio and television stations when emergencies arise.
12Apr2008 | don bohrer | 0 comments | Continued
Why be certified?
The Certification Program is a service of SBE contributing to the advancement of broadcast engineering for the general benefit of the entire broadcast industry.
In 1975, SBE established a Certification Program to recognize and raise the professional status of broadcast engineers by providing standards of professional competence. Through the years, it has become recognized in the [...]
Interesting find on Youtube
This video was taken in January of 2007 inside the doghouse at the base of a 400 foot AM broadcast tower. The tower is part of a two-tower directional array. The balls are actually static/lightning arrestors used to protect our equipment from direct or nearby lightning strikes and wind static. The static charges jump across [...]
1Jan2008 | don bohrer | 0 comments | Continued
Our Emergency Alert Systems
Emergency Systems
Texas broadcasters are first responders in times of crisis. Residents of communities all across the Lone Star State know to turn to their local radio and television stations when emergencies arise.
Broadcasters relay life-saving information through news programming and the Emergency Alert System (EAS). EAS is used by federal, state and local emergency [...]
