In conjunction with the SBE Chapter 20 Broadcast Equipment Expo, the Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold its National Meeting, Oct. 10–11, at the Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh ExpoMart in the eastern suburb of Monroeville, Pa.
The SBE National Awards will be presented at the awards dinner on Oct. 11. John Lyons, CPBE, Assistant vice president & director of broadcast communications for the Durst Organization of New York City, will receive the SBE Broadcast Engineer of the Year award. John Bisset of Manchester, N.H., northeast regional sales manager – RF for Broadcast Electronics, will receive the SBE Educator of the Year award.
The dinner will also feature keynote remarks from Art Botterell, architect of the Common Alerting Protocol.
The Chapter 20 Broadcast Equipment Expo includes more than 45 exhibitors and 11 speakers. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus will be at the show on Oct. 10. A special panel discussion featuring a number of national past presidents of the SBE, including founder, John Battison, P.E., CBPE, will be held on Oct. 11.