October 2024 Chapter Meeting

Our October Meeting will be on Wednesday, 10/23, Virtual Only
“ATSC-3 Benefits and Enhancements
” hosted by Rich Hajdu, Marketing at igolgi, Inc.
CLICK HERE to Email Tom McNicholl – ask for the Registration Link to be emailed to you
6:30pm Chapter Business Meeting (Zoom Meeting Opens at 6:15)
7:00pm Presentation

Presentation Summary: Rich Hajdu will discuss ATSC-3 Benefits & Enhancements along with the latest encoding processes. Jeff Cooper, CEO and Co-founder of igolgi, and/or Dr. Kumar Ramaswamy, President and Co-founder of igolgi, will follow with a Q&A session.

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September 2024 Chapter Meeting

Our September Meeting will be on Wednesday, 9/25, Virtual Only
“AI and Cloud Technology
” presented by Andrew Scaglione, Account Director at Radio.Cloud
CLICK HERE to Register
You will be emailed the Zoom link after you register

6:30pm Chapter Business Meeting
7:00pm Presentation

Presentation Summary:  AI and cloud technology are rapidly evolving as we progress through 2024.  It’s an important topic to keep abridged of as an industry.  Andrew Scaglione explains what’s already possible to achieve in broadcasting using AI and/or the cloud, including case studies from around the globe.

Presenter Bio:  Andrew Scaglione is Radio.Cloud’s account director and a Syracuse Newhouse class of 2016 graduate.  Andrew is based in Cleveland, Ohio and has a background in radio and television reporting, production and writing.  He moved into the affiliate relations and sales side of the business five years ago and joined Radio.Cloud two and half years back.


Congratulations to Chapter 22 Member Alan Jurison, for receiving the Chapter Engineer of the Year Award from SBE National. Tom McNicholl, SBE Chapter 22 Chairman, nominated Alan for the award, and along with Vinny Lopez, Chapter Secretary, presented it to him at Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub on September 5th.

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August Picnic Invite

SBE Chapter 57 (Rochester) has extended an invitation to Chapter 22 for a picnic at the Antique Wireless Museum on Tuesday, August 13th, 5pm to 7:30pm
CLICK HERE to email Tom if you plan to attend so the museum can plan the tour group sizes and food requirements.  Let Tom know if you would like to carpool from Syracuse, and if you would be able to be one of the drivers.
The museum is located at 6925 NY-5, Bloomfield, NY
For more information about the Antique Wireless Museum, click on the logo


“The AWA Communication Technologies Museum, with its world-class collection of artifacts and ephemera and Museum Historians, offers visitors the opportunity to drop back in time to explore and discover the history of the technologies we use today in our everyday life. Think about how the ability to communicate instantly around the world has become an important and vital given in our lives. Your visit to the Museum will demonstrate just how far we have come in communications.”

Gates Air

The Picnic is Sponsored by Brian Szewczyk from Gates Air

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