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Jaime Gonzalez

 2021 was yet another very interesting and challenging year for all of us broadcasters. The SBE Chapter 66 officers, myself, Tom Whitlock, Steve Dresser, and SBE Signal editor Dennis Thompson, wish you all a very Happy and prosperous 2022.

It’s again time for our favorite SBE get-together at Luna’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria in Clovis. SBE Chapter 66 will host a great Italian dinner for members and guests. This is also the month we elect/re-elect/railroad the Chapter officers. It has been a pleasure to serve as Chapter Chairman, but no doubt you’ll want to see some new faces at the helm (hint-hint). Come and join us for great food and fellowship. Bring your broadcasting stories (woeful and wonderful) from 2021 and your ideas and suggestions for 2022. See you all there on Thursday night. Remember we are beginning the festivities at 6PM since the Restaurant now closes at 8PM.

Jaime Gonzalez

Greetings. I hope that you will be able to join us on Thursday for a special event. Our Monthly meeting will be held at the studios of Valley PBS Channel 18 KVPT-TV. We will have a short tour of the facility (I know the guy with the key!) followed by a short meeting and then a dinner. Our friends at RF Specialties (thank you Tom Driggers) have sponsored a nice Thanksgiving meal for all to enjoy. A nice way to say thank you for all that you do in the broadcast industry. We will be starting with a studio tour a little after 6:30 PM. If the front door is not open, meet at the Studio door in the front parking area (east side) on Calaveres Street. Limited parking is available in the front lot or around the back of the studio-enter using the Calaveres Street alleyway. As always, bring any questions/concerns/ideas/rants/etc. pertaining to the current state of affairs of Central Valley broadcasting. Looking forward to seeing you at KVPT.

Jaime Gonzalez

We are again congregating at the Mitsui Buffet in Clovis for the October lunch meeting. If you’ll be spending the night at your transmitter working throughout the wee hours until the sun comes up (been there done that) it is OK to make it a breakfast meeting. Remember that the staff at Mitsui asks that you check-in at the front desk to let them know you are arriving for the SBE luncheon. We will collect payment for the food/drinks at the end of the meeting per their request. Note that you will need a face covering upon entering and when travelling to the food/drink service area. As always, bring any questions/concerns/ideas/rants/etc. pertaining to the current state of affairs of Central Valley broadcasting. We usually have plenty of room, so if you would like to bring a guest please do. more…

Jaime Gonzalez

Greetings fellow broadcasters. Our January SBE ZOOM gathering didn’t produce enough of you for a quorum to hold the officer elections. Perhaps we’ll try again at a future meeting with better attendance. ,AS of now SBE66 officers remain: Chairman, Jaime Gonzalez; Vice Chairman Tom Whitlock; Secretary-Treasurer Steve Dresser. If you are currently receiving the e-mailed version of the Signal Newsletter, look for an accompanying e-mail that contains the ZOOM meeting information for this Thursday at noon. I would like to see you there. more…

Jaime Gonzalez

Hello Fellow SIP’s (Shelterer in Placer’s): As you may have guessed, The on-again, off-again, stay-at-home mandates and the ever changing COVID-19 tier assignments have made it impossible to schedule any sort of gathering of the masses for our annual Pizza Bash. 

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Welcome fellow SBE 66’ers from the land of ‘Re-Pack’. more…

Jaime Gonzalez

Hello again.

Your faithful SBE 66 Chairman here (see picture on the left) to remind you that the Central Valley Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers will be gathering for Lunch on Thursday the 28th of August. See the big picture at the top of this Newsletter for the big picture on where to find us. This will be a non hosted event so lease pay as you enter. You don’t need to be a member of SBE to attend–new faces are always welcome! Our annual Meadow Lakes Picnic and BBQ will be coming up next month, so we’ll be finalizing the time and date for that.  I hope to see you at the meeting with any questions, concerns, that you might have on any central valley broadcasting topic.