Ashruf El-Dinary will receive the NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award for 2022.
The television recipient will be Peter Sockett, director of engineering and operations for Capitol Broadcasting Co.’s television stations.
El-Dinary is senior vice president of digital platforms at Xperi Corp. He oversees the company’s HD Radio systems engineering teams, manages certification and quality control processes, and represents HD Radio technology standards in discussions with the International Telecommunications Union and international regulatory bodies.
He currently leads the efforts for new broadcast applications, upgrades to emergency alerting, and deployment of digital radio solutions internationally.
“El-Dinary has over 20 years of experience in developing HD Radio technology and holds a number of patents for innovative digital radio solutions,” NAB wrote.
“He previously worked at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory developing scientific instrumentation in support of space research programs and launched solutions on several satellites. He also taught signal processing courses at JHU’s Whiting School of Engineering.”
Other recent recipients of the radio award include Dave Hershberger, Jeff Welton of Nautel and Gary Cavell of Cavell-Mertz. A full list appears at bottom.
[Read El-Dinary’s commentary “HD Radio’s History of Innovation and Future of Growth”]
Peter Sockett is responsible for leading and steering the technology needs of CBC and preparing for the coming trends affecting broadcasting, NAB wrote, saying he has been instrumental in a total rebuild of CBC’s HD technical plant, the launch of the first non-linear HD newsroom, development of workflows for IP-ENG, implementation of Mobile DTV and Mobile EAS, creation of the first 4K-HDR documentary produced at a local TV station, the launch of the first commercial, simulcast TV station using the ATSC 3.0 standard, and the launch of local sports channel WNGT.
He also sits on the board of directors for the Advanced Television Systems Committee and is the chair of the ATSC 3.0 Advanced Emergency Alerting Implementation Team. He has earned three Emmy Awards, Broadcasting & Cable’s Technical Leadership Award and an Edward R. Murrow award. He is a co-inventor of a patent for geolocation.
The NAB Engineering Achievement Awards will be given during the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April.
HONOR ROLL
Recipients of the NAB Engineering Achievement Award are listed here. Beginning in 1991, radio and TV winners were named; radio winners are shown.
- 1960 — T.A.M. Craven
- 1961 — Raymond F. Guy
- 1962 — Ralph N. Harmon
- 1963 — Dr. George R. Town
- 1964 — John H. DeWitt Jr.
- 1965 — Edward W. Allen Jr.
- 1966 — Carl J. Meyers
- 1967 — Robert M. Morris
- 1968 — Howard A. Chinn
- 1969 — Jarrett L. Hathaway
- 1970 — Philip Whitney
- 1971 — Benjamin Wolfe
- 1972 — John M. Sherman
- 1973 — A. James Ebel
- 1974 — Joseph B. Epperson
- 1975 — John D. Silva
- 1976 — Dr. Frank G. Kear
- 1977 — Daniel H. Smith
- 1978 — John A. Moseley
- 1979 — Robert W. Flanders
- 1980 — James D. Parker
- 1981 — Wallace E. Johnson
- 1982 — Julius Barnathan
- 1983 — Joseph Flaherty
- 1984 — Otis S. Freeman
- 1985 — Carl E. Smith
- 1986 — Dr. George Brown
- 1987 — Renville H. McMann
- 1988 — Jules Cohen
- 1989 — William Connolly
- 1990 — Hilmer Swanson
- 1991 — George Marti
- 1992 — Edward Edison & Robert L. Hammett
- 1993 — Robert M. Silliman
- 1994 — Charles T. Morgan
- 1995 — Robert Orban
- 1996 — Ogden Prestholdt
- 1997 — George Jacobs
- 1998 — John Battison
- 1999 — Geoffrey Mendenhall
- 2000 — Michael Dorrough
- 2001 — Arno Meyer
- 2002 — Paul Schafer
- 2003 — John W. Reiser
- 2004 — E. Glynn Walden
- 2005 — Milford Smith
- 2006 — Benjamin Dawson & Ronald Rackley
- 2007 — Louis A. King
- 2008 — Thomas B. Silliman
- 2009 — Jack Sellmeyer
- 2010 — Steve Church
- 2011 — L. Robert du Treil
- 2012 — Paul Brenner
- 2013 — Frank Foti
- 2014 — Jeff Littlejohn
- 2015 — Thomas F. King
- 2016 — Andy Laird
- 2017 — John Kean
- 2018 — Tom Jones
- 2019 — Garrison Cavell
- 2020 — Jeff Welton
- 2021 — David Hershberger
- 2022 — Ashruf El-Dinary
