Program Ideas for SBE Chapters

Topics are listed in alphabetical order. If you have a suggestion for additional topics, or if you are a Sustaining Member that wants its contact information added to a topic, please contact SBE Membership Services Director Angel Bates at abates@sbe.org.

Good programs bring good attendance. Good attendance creates a healthy chapter. Healthy chapters mean a healthy SBE. So start planning your next meeting!

1. AC power generator maintenance
2. AC power to a new site
3. Acoustics
4. Audio processors
5. BAS technical issues
6. Certification Program by SBE
7. Combiners for DTV
8. Combiners for IBOC
9. Coverage maps and signal analysis
10. Datacasting in radio
11. Datacasting in TV
12. Demos of test equipment, tools, etc.
13. Desktop audio
14. Desktop video, NLE
15. Digital rights management
16. Disaster preparedness logistics: staying on the air, emergency event coverage
17. Documentation methods used to catalog a studio wiring database
18. DVD
19. EAS technology and equipment, your local plan
20. Electrical code issues for broadcasters; the UL standard for broadcast equipment
21. ENG products
22. ENG wireless coordination
23. Engineer – Who can use the term? Attempted regulation by state governments
24. Facility construction
25. Facility security
26. FCC forms, filling them out
27. FCC inspection preparation: what do they look for? (presented by your local FCC field office inspector)
28. FCC positions and challenges
29. Fiber optic systems
30. FM antenna theory; bandpass filter and combiner theory
31. Frequency coordination
32. History of broadcasting
33. History of SBE
34. Hold a joint meeting with another group (AES, SMPTE, SCTE, etc.)
35. Hold a social event: provide food; invite family members
36. HVAC
37. IBOC
38. Lightning protection, surge arrestors, grounding techniques
39. Local area networks (LANs)
40. Microwave paths and equipment
41. NAB Convention report by someone who attended
42. New developments in digital audio broadcasting (DAB)
43. New developments in high definition television (HDTV)
44. NRSC-2 compliance measurement techniques
45. OSHA standards for broadcasters
46. PC troubleshooting, service and maintenance
47. Personal report on an interesting remote broadcast or overseas trip
48. Power safety
49. Practical solutions for HDTV transmission
50. Public speaking instruction
51. Radio automation solutions
52. Remote transmission methods
53. RF safety compliance
54. Round table discussion
55. Server-based technology
56. Studio ergonomics
57. Studio wiring techniques
58. Technology cost management
59. Tour a cellular telephone switching office
60. Tour a local broadcast facility
61. Tour a local utility facility
62. Tour a national weather service facility or local emergency management facility
63. Tour a sports or convention facility
64. Tower stress analysis
65. Transmitter monitoring and measurement
66. Transmitters
67. Video analog to digital conversion
68. Video automation solutions
69. Video presentation from the SBE Video Library
70. Voice over IP
71. Voltage regulators and stand-by power