REVIEW OF FEBRUARY 22, 2005 SBE 18 MEETING
THE MEETING
The February meeting of
Chapter 18 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers was held on February 22, 2005
with 21 members and guests present. Thanks go out to Logitek, Radio Systems and
Studio Technologies for their sponsorship, Jay Goldman and Jared Styles for hosting
the meeting at WXPN's new facilities -- and to Michael Cash, General Manager of
World Cafe Live, Philly's newest and hottest entertainment venue for catering
the meal and providing his staff to get the meal to us.
Bill Gellhaus discussed
elements related to the South Jersey Emergency Communications EAS.
*WPST is
no longer the primary EAS station in New Jersey--NJN is.
*National
SECC conferences are to be held in Arlington, New Jersey.
*Monthly
test on the third Thursday of every month--during the day in the even months
and during the nighttime in odd months.
*There
are other things in the works for the EAS in New Jersey. For further
information, please contact Bill Gellhaus (WMRG Studios, WIMG) or Bob
Schroeder (NJ State Police).
As you all know, we mourn
the death of Jim Dorrence. We also mourn the death of Jim Malone, formerly of
LPB and Belar (not the current Jim Malone of Total RF).
Larry Will, as usual, gave
his report on FCC matters. He stated that there may not be anymore VHF
television stations in the Philadelphia area after the HD conversion, yet
everything is up in the air as to when this will happen.
Jim Perry gave his report on
the certification program,. For details, please consult the SBE National
website at http://www.sbe.org. He stated that
the SBE will be offering their new AM directional specialist certification at
the April NAB show in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is no study guide yet prepared
for this exam, but one question is available in the last SBE Signal.
Walt Bundy, chair of the
Philadelphia SMPTE Section, talked about the next SMPTE meeting at NFL Films.
THE PRESENTATION
With assistance by Jared
Styles, WXPN Broadcast Engineer, Jay Goldman, WXPN Technical Director gave the
presentation on the new WXPN facility and World Cafe Live. Jay thanked current
The College of New Jersey (and former PrimeStar) Engineer Doug Hall for
his assistance on the construction of the XPN facility. Some factoids
follow:
*The
building is owned by Dranoff Associates, the locally well known developer of
real estate property in the area. It was formerly a plumbing warehouse owned by
HaJoCa (which, BTW--stands for Haines, Jones and Cadbury the company's three
owners and founders).
*The
building is 65 percent occupied by World Cafe Live, 35 percent by WXPN and 5
percent (or 2500 square feet) is for expansion.
*The
building houses a 350 seat room with a good size stage for the main stage of
World Cafe Live.
*World
Cafe Live was the brainchild of Hal Real, a local entertainment mogul and
WXPN/Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania--Vinnie Curren (then General
Manager of WXPN).
More information can be
found on the following websites: