[SBE-89-Alaska] Engineering Sessions ABA Convention

[Pierre Lonewolf]

Tour of Takaknu theater?.........see what the movie projection and sound
setup is..........just a thought.......

On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM Charles Sather via SBE-89-alaska <
sbe-89-alaska at sea.sbe16.org> wrote:

> Following up on this email. ABA Convention is coming up, I haven’t had a
> chance to work on the engineering track yet with all the other stuff that
> has happened with the funding cuts for public broadcasting. I know that
> everyone has been really busy, but if anyone wants to help out, has ideas,
> wants to present (some topics below), let me know.
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> Lockwood is planning on presenting
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> Keycode I believe is also wanting to present.
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> Any one else that I am missing Cathy?
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> Thank you,
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> *Charles Sather*
> Chief Operating Officer, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
> P. 907-793-3535 | koahnicbroadcast.org
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> *From:* SBE-89-alaska <sbe-89-alaska-bounces at sea.sbe16.org> *On Behalf Of
> *Charles Sather via SBE-89-alaska
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> I just wanted to put a bug in everyone’s ear about sessions for the ABA
> Convention next year.  Even though the ABA Board hasn’t officially said
> there will be a convention, the likelihood looks good.  If any Engineers
> would like to help plan sessions, let me know.
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> Here is a comment that came out of the end-of-year board meeting with the
> ABA members:
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> “I made a suggestion during the meeting a week ago and wanted to expand on
> that a little bit to share what matters most to me and what may matter to
> other small stations
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> Basic troubleshooting skills.
> If X happens, do Y.
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> (Like, if you go to the statewide newscast at 5 or 6 and theres no
> audio... heres what you do). one of the things that would be handy, is
> having a list of stations who carry at the same time as you so you could
> then pull up a stream from that station and can get a stream on air while
> you troubleshoot why you have no satellite audio.
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> stuff like that that requires some thought process, because lemme tell
> you, in a small town when things go sideways, you know someones about to
> call you and tell you theres a problem when youre already stressed about
> trying to solve it.
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> I think another very useful skill is automation programming. not all, but
> some arent techie types or deep nerdy radio people like me...... and even
> im hesitant around automation programming. .and we know what to do because
> weve been doing it for so long, repetition.
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> I know there isnt one automation standard across the state, but maybe
> worth finding out what stations use and what our most common automation
> needs are?
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> tech/troubleshooting stuff along the lines of.. that wiull get normal
> programming on till you can find the problem yourself in a few minutes, an
> hour... or something that will hold till you can get engineering on site if
> its a major issue
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> (like when my console had an issue after a power outage.. it wasnt
> necessarily the console, it was the power supply)
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> Us small stations arent so much concerned, at least as i see it in my POV
> with KSKO.. about programming stuf.f. its technical stuff, also based on
> the few brief convesations ive had with others mall stations here
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> Theres more 1 person management/tech staffs then we realize... KDLG, KUHB,
> KSDP, KCUK, KIYU, KSKO, KZPA... some are better at some things than others
> (like DAve at KIYU is pretty smart technically(
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> Paul”
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> Regards,
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> Paul Walker
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> "The Alaska Radio Nerd"
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> paul at alaskaradionerd.com
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> Thank you,
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> *Charles Sather*
> Chief Operating Officer, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
> P. 907-793-3535 | koahnicbroadcast.org
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Pierre Lonewolf
Chief Engineer
Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc.
KOTZ-AM & KINU-FM & TV9
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