I hope you’ll be a part of me for these two talks
Credit: Photo by Jim Peck
In the latest issue of Radio World and on our web site, you’ll examine fairly just a few fascinating classes and displays in and round this 12 months’s NAB Show.
We’ve offered samplings from the Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference, the Society of Broadcast Engineers Ennes Workshop and the Public Radio Engineering Conference. In our tales we’ve tried not simply to preview the talks however requested our sources to share a few of their insights with us. I hope you’ll discover these articles helpful.
I’d additionally like to ask you to 2 occasions at which I’ll be talking.
First, Nautel will reprise its standard Radio Technology Forum — nonetheless also known as “the NUG” however on no account restricted to Nautel customers — on Sunday morning April 19.
Conveniently, the discussion board this 12 months might be held in the principle ballroom at the Westgate, which is correct subsequent door to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Nautel does an excellent job with the occasion — and I say this not solely as a result of they’ve the nice style to ask me to talk! The discussion board constantly pulls in 300 or extra engineers and different broadcasters who collect to find out about new applied sciences from across the trade, from Nautel in addition to different expertise sources.
The doorways open at 8 a.m. Here’s an insider tip: The first half-hour is a good time to seize a few of Nautel’s sizzling espresso and mingle with an engineering “Who’s Who” of radio till displays begin at 8:30, so arrive early.
I then assist kick issues off with a brief dialogue about “What I’m Watching for at NAB.” Other audio system this 12 months embody Joe D’Angelo of Xperi; Steve Newberry of Quu; Deborah Parenti, president of Radio Ink; Keith Barton, VP/GM of Max Media; Dr. Andy Gladding of Hofstra University; Geary Morrill of Connoisseur Media, who chairs the SBE Education Committee; and Kory Hartman, COO of Civic Media. And Jeff Welton together with his well-known “tips and tricks.”
A complimentary sizzling lunch is accessible for attendees. In reality the entire thing is free, which is a pleasant sort of worth. Your attendance even qualifies for a half-credit in the direction of SBE recertification in Category H. But advance signup is required.
And afterward Sunday, please be a part of me on the stage of the TV and Radio HQ Theater on the Central Hall exhibit flooring.
I’m going to salute Andy Gladding, this 12 months’s recipient of Radio World’s Excellence in Engineering Award; after which Andy and I might be joined by Bud Williamson for a dialog known as “Radio — the New Boutique Business?”
[Related: “Andy Gladding Champions Radio’s Future”]
We’ll discover the concept proudly owning a radio station is a good match for Gen-X and Millennial professionals.
“People my age are looking for an opportunity to do something outstanding in their communities,” Andy instructed me not too long ago.
“They’re investing in traditional small business, they’re buying farms, opening retail establishments and generally looking for an opportunity to succeed while having the power to have an impact at the community level and create lasting interpersonal business relationships.”
He believes that for media professionals who’re competent with and educated in radio workflows and perceive easy methods to market native enterprise, “radio can be a perfect for personal satisfaction and growth.”
Andy is an engineer with Salem Media Network and an educator at Hofstra University. He and his spouse Katie not too long ago acquired WKZE(FM) in Red Hook, N.Y. His buddy and colleague Bud Williamson can be an engineer and station proprietor.
You can cease in whilst you’re looking the cubicles of the Central Hall. Our discuss is 3 p.m. Sunday at C2450, the TV and Radio HQ Theater.
[For more coverage of the convention see our NAB Show page.]
