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SMPTE and Central Ohio SBE Chapter 52

Summer Season Greetings to everyone! Our next Ohio Section combined meeting along with the Central Ohio SBE Chapter 52, will take place on Friday, July 26th

SMPTE and Central Ohio SBE Chapter 52

Summer Season Greetings to everyone! Our next Ohio Section combined meeting along with the Central Ohio SBE Chapter 52, will take place on Friday, July 26th

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Date: Friday, 2024 July 26

Time: 7:00 PM - Refreshments; 7:30 PM - Meeting

Venue: WCMH Television Studio Plant located at, 3165 Olentangy River Road, Columbus OH 43202

Presenter: Andy Mika, Chief Engineer, WCMH Television
Summer Season Greetings to everyone! Our next Ohio Section combined meeting along with the Central Ohio SBE Chapter 52, will take place on Friday, July 26th, 2024 at the WCMH Television Studio Plant located at, 3165 Olentangy River Road, Columbus OH 43202.

The always popular Refreshments/Social period begins at 7PM, followed by the meeting at 7:30 PM. There will be ample FREE visitor parking available to everyone located on the surface lots next to the right side of the building complex.

Our meeting host for the evening will be Andy Mika, Chief Engineer, WCMH Television. Key topics to be covered during the meeting include:

1.) The WCMH 75 year TV broadcast history celebration currently going on this year at the station! You'll have a rare opportunity to view several archival historical photos of station engineering operations over the years as well as, several recently discovered historical trade paper publication articles. A discussion of the various pioneering broadcast engineering achievements and upgrades which have taken place in the past in the engineering department such as, the first broadcast TV station on the air in Columbus, the first ALL ELECTRONIC COMPATIBLE color TV broadcast in Columbus, the first compatible MTS Stereo audio local origination and network pass through broadcast, just to name a few!

2.) Also to be discussed will be the special streaming arrangement from NBC to WCMH master control of their dedicated 4K/HDR video pass through feed to several area OTT Streaming channels, etc. of the NBC Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games coverage! That will be in addition to the legacy NBC standard broadcast 1080i HD video resolution feed. Following those discussions a guided tour will then begin of the station's engineering department facilities including, the Master Control room where meeting attendees will have a unique opportunity to view a portion of the opening ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on a special high end 4K/HDR monitor as that feed is being sent to WCMH from NBC!

This will be one meeting this year not to miss! Hope to see everyone there and please note, our meeting will be on a Friday this month!