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The Washington D.C. section of SMPTE includes society members from the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area as well as members in the Tidewater, Virginia and other nearby regions.
Section Officers include a chair, a secretary/ treasurer and six managers. There are also other volunteer positions such as Program, Membership and Publicity Chairs.
 
Our regular meeting is the third Thursday of the month at 7pm ET.  Check below for the latest update, and 
 
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Our Next Event

 

March 19, 2024 11a-2pm WKHS 90.5 Worton, MD -  SBE/SMPTE/MEDIA FOWARD

Address: 90.5 WKHS Public Radio 25301 Lambs Meadow Rd., Worton 21678, Maryland

Registration preferred (link). This is in personWe are using Zoom just for registration.

This SBE 37 / DC SMPTE meeting is in cooperation with SBE 46 - Baltimore.

Join us to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of instruction of broadcast students at the high school.  Plus interaction and short speeches to the students, plus a station tour, plus a bit of air time allowing the students to interview a few members live on air.  We are also celebrating the SBE operator certification as being added to the curriculum for credence to the program in the education certification realm. This event will be on the Eastern Shore. Stay tuned for specific location and registration.

The WKHS radio station is owned by the board of education of Kent County and this week of Tuesday March 19th will commemorate 50 years or operation of this unique broadcast training program.  WHHS is a class B1 full power FM station in the Baltimore DMA, with all facets operated by students and community volunteers.  WKHS is one of the very few high power stations in the country with great success rate of employment to hundreds still in industry, including our own DC market engineer Fred Willard of Televisa/Univision.  The station puts solid grade B signal into Baltimore city and has an omnidirectional reception radius of 60 miles.

This studio site is about a 70 mile (1 ½ hour) drive from either the Baltimore or DC Beltways. If you can, take some time off and make an impression and share your wisdom and life experience with a young student.  The young are impressionable and perhaps you’ll make a real imprint in guiding the future leaders of our industry.

The station is within the Kent County High School campus.  Turning off MD route 298 into the school drive way, keep straight past the school’s main entrance to the rear parking lot.  Then look to your left for MEDIA FORWARD signs and the unremarkable double doors leading to the station, inside and to your right. 

If you have topics you would like us to cover, or want to ogranize an event yourself, reach out to managers@smptedc.org!

Upcoming Events...

April 14-17, 2024 NAB, LAS VEGAS, NV

 Let's hear from you! Members and friends of SMPTE-DC, what topics would you like to learn about? 

May 22, 2024 2-9pm, Mini BBTB, Washington, DC

ANNOUNCING MINI BITS BY THE BAY 2024!
 
After a long hiatus, Bits By the Bay, the Washington area technical conference for broadcast and production professionals, is returning for 2024 in a smaller form factor (aiming for full return in 2025).  Jointly organized by the DC SMPTE Section and SBE Chapter 37, the event will run from 2pm to
9pm, including dinner, and will feature three areas of interest with multiple expert presenters.
 
The hybrid meeting will be held at National Geographic in downtown DC (Dupont Circle Metro). and is limited to 50 people in person.  Attendance via Zoom is also available.  Stay tuned for registration and further details!

 

 Let's hear from you! Members and friends of SMPTE-DC, what topics would you like to learn about? 

Send your ideas to managers@smptedc.org

Questions? Please send an email to managers@smptedc.org

 

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Past Events

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