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THE BUSINESS MEETING
THE
BUSINESS MEETING The business meeting was called to order by Mark Humphrey,
chapter 18 chair at the control facility and offices
of Greater Media Philadelphia in Mark encouraged people to keep in touch with the website. Larry Will, broadcast consultant, brought the chapter up
to date as to what is happening at the FCC. He focused on: (A)- The expanded HF privileges for amateur radio
operators in the phone segment. (B)- The TV proposed rulemaking for final digital
allocations out for review. Directional signal riules
have been changed. A 5 km loss will affect cable carriage. February
2009--analogue signals off the air??? (C)- FM translators for AM radio stations. (D)- Revisit of multiple ownership. (E)- FCC voted to make community of license procedures
easier. (F)- Clear Channel and Tribune selloff
of stations and Clear Channel going private. Future program possibilities were also discussed including
the invite of Dave Dombrowski to the meeting in
January to cover the annual FCC update. A program in February was also
discussed, but this has yet to be confirmed. Mark thanked Steve Gordoni for
his sponsoring the meeting and the Pizzas, which were provided by Allegro
Pizza of Monument Road. THE
PRESENTATION The presentation was made by Steve Gordoni
of Audemat-Aztec. Topics of his presentation
included: *A history of Audemat-Aztec. *The premises of the company--location, people and culture *Technical support operations *How many employees the company has *A discussion of the product line, which the company
refers to as the product range *The company's and its product's mission *What the product can do for you, the engineer along with
others at the radio and television station *Data type definitions *Monitoring parameters. For more information, please consult the Audemat-Aztec website. |