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The SBE is an advocate on behalf of our members with regulators and legislators on issues that affect broadcast engineers and broadcast engineering.
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Legislative Goals
Each year the SBE Board of Directors adopts legislative goals based on recommendations from its Government Relations Committee, General Counsel and interested members. The plan serves as a guideline for the Society on how it is to focus its resources in the areas of legislation and media regulation that affect our membership.
Legislative Goals
1. To protect the designation and capabilities of “broadcast engineers” from encroachment or abridgment by state, local and other government agencies.
2. To protect and preserve the integrity of broadcasters to access appropriately allocated frequency spectrum.
3. To maintain and/or increase the technical expertise within the Federal Communications Commission; and to ensure that decisions made by the Commission are based on sound technical investigation and evaluation.
4. To pursue other such matters which are brought to the attention of the Government Relations Committee by the members of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the Board of Directors, and partners of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
Suggestions or comments about SBE's legislative program and goals may be addressed to the chairman of the SBE Government Relations Committee, Ched Keiler, CPBE, 8-VSB, CBNT or the SBE National Office.
View Current Legislative Issues
Positions and opinions of the Society of Broadcast Engineers are posted here on regulatory and legislative issues that affect our members.
Prior Legislative Issues
Positions and opinions of the Society of Broadcast Engineers are posted here on regulatory and legislative issues that affect our members. Also posted here are FCC directives and rulings related to broadcast engineering.