SBE 2026 National Meeting
May 13, 2026
Held September 15-16, 2026 Madison Marriott West Middleton, WI The annual Society of Broadcast Engineers National Meeting will be held in Middleton, WI, on Sept. 15-16, 2026, in conjunction with the Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic, presented by the state broadcast...
Candidate Slate Announced for 2026 SBE Elections
April 27, 2026
A slate of candidates for the 2026 SBE election has been assembled. The SBE Nominations Committee, chaired by Jeff Welton, CBRE, provided a list of candidates. Additional floor nominations will be accepted until June 21. The slate of candidates: Officers:...
SBE Elevates Fred Willard to SBE Fellow
April 20, 2026
The Society of Broadcast Engineers has elevated SBE member Fred Willard of Dunkirk, MD, to the membership rank of Fellow. The SBE Board of Directors elected him at a meeting held in April 2026. Fred Willard, CPBE, 8-VSB, ATSC3, CBNT,...
2026 SBE Compensation Survey Now Open
April 1, 2026
Through May 18, 2026, the Society of Broadcast Engineers will conduct a survey to determine salary levels and benefits among broadcast and media technology engineers. The SBE conducted its first survey in 2016. This survey continues to help us establish...
The SBE @ the 2026 NAB Show
March 20, 2026
NAB Show: April 18-22, 2026 SBE Ennes Workshop @ the NAB Show: April 21-22 Las Vegas, Nevada This page is updated as information becomes available. Quick Links Register for the NAB Show (SBE members: Use the SBE code SBENAB26 for a...
NAB Announces 2026 Engineering Achievement Award Winners
March 10, 2026
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that broadcast engineers and executives Bert Goldman and Harvey Arnold are the 2026 recipients of NAB’s Engineering Achievement Awards for Radio and TV respectively. They will be honored at the We Are Broadcasters...
Society of Broadcast Engineers Launches 2026 Membership Drive
February 27, 2026
Each year, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, conducts a member recruitment drive. The drive calls on current SBE members to encourage their non-member colleagues to join the association. In 2025, 49 individual...
SBE Sets 2026 NAB Show Plans
February 2, 2026
The Society of Broadcast Engineers will again exhibit and hold several events at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. The final SBE event of the convention will be the SBE Ennes Workshop at the NAB Show on April 21-22....
SBE 2026 Leadership Development Course Set for March 2-4
January 15, 2026
The Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold the 2026 SBE Leadership Development Course March 2-4, 2026, in Austin, TX. This three-day course is an intensive study of successful leadership and management, designed specifically for broadcast engineers. The course explores the...
50 Years of SBE Certification: Accept the Cert Challenge
December 11, 2025
The Society of Broadcast Engineers Program of Certification was adopted in November 1975, a remarkable milestone in recognizing and supporting professional excellence in broadcast engineering. To mark the occasion, the SBE has launched a program to encourage everyone to obtain...
FCC Issues Additional Deadline Extensions Following Shutdown
November 18, 2025
This is an update to a previous article. SBE regulatory counsel Brooks Pierce reports that the FCC has issued additional updates regarding filing deadlines that occurred during and immediately after the government shutdown. The Thus far, the FCC has issued...
FCC Issues Reprieve for Most Filings Following Shutdown
November 13, 2025
The FCC issued a Public Notice with information about the due date for FCC filings that either fell during the U.S. government shutdown or would otherwise be required to be made over the next several days. According to the notice,...
