SBE CHAPTER 40 NEWSLETTER

May 1996

SAN FRANCISCO

Roy Trumbull - Editor

Bill Dempster - Artist


BABES/SBE LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY MAY 29TH

This month we will hear from Orban. They appear to be going digital in a big way. But theyve broken with the brown panel scheme of the past.

As usual our luncheon will be at Sinbads. Sinbads is just south of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero near the foot of Mission Street. Please RSVP to Karen Prasek at Zacks: 408-324-0551 x126 as we've been running out of tables and chairs. We meet at 11:30 and are seated at 12:30.


FUTURE MEETINGS

The following meetings are currently scheduled:

JUNE 26TH- ROLAND DIGITAL EDITOR

JULY 31ST- BELDEN WIRE AND CABLE

AUG 28TH- ANDREW PRESENTATION

SEPT 25TH- COMMUNICATIONS CONCEPTS - Digital Satellite Technologies


ATV CONTEST RESULTS

Washington, DC - April 16, 1996

All of the ATV licenses in the United States have been won by a man known only as Uncle Sid. He and members of a service organization known as the Piranha Club managed to muscle their way onto all of the available chairs. When asked if this was true, your correspondent was shown a down payment check in the amount of one hundred million dollars drawn on the Bank of Sid. When Uncle Sid was questioned as to whether he was related to Bud Grace, who draws the Ernie strip for the Examiner, he would only smile.

{Ed note ( no joke): Several of the sports who bid big bucks in the last spectrum auction have failed to come up with money for the required down payment.]

[Ed note note: Love that Ernie strip.]


JIM HAMBLIN DIES

Former KCBS reporter Jim Hamblin died in Roseville at the age of 59. Jim had been in declining health and confined to a wheelchair for the past year. In recent years hed worked for KFBK in Sacramento but occasionally would still do stories for KCBS.

I worked with Jim for 4 years and enjoyed his rather salty view of life. He would sometimes remind me a bit of W.C. Fields. He managed to stay calm and bring back the story under very trying circumstances. He was on the scene during the assassination attempt on Gerald Ford in Sacramento. He covered the Juan Corona murder trial. And reported the carnage at the ice cream store in a mall that had been demolished by a jet plane.

Jim had an ample figure. One time he was enlisted to ride on a circus elephant in a short parade near the Oakland Coliseum. His discomfiture came through so clearly on the tape he made that we were all crying with laughter when we played it back. Jim was that bit of spice that I find so lacking in today's broadcast journalism.


EAS MEETING AT KTVU JUNE 20TH

(WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE TEXT OF A MEMO SENT TO BROADCASTERS BY FRANK LUCIA OF THE FCC)

On behalf of the San Francisco Bay Region Local Emergency Communications Committee, I invite you to attend a meeting on Thursday, June 20, 1996, to discuss Emergency Alert System (EAS) issues. The San Francisco Bay Region EAS Local Area consists of the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano.

The meeting will be held June 20 1996 at:
KTVU-TV
3rd Floor Conference Room
#2 Jack London Square
Oakland, Ca
10:30 a.m.

It is particularly important that owners or management representatives responsible for operational decisions attend this meeting. Topics will include implementation of the EAS and a discussion of the communications operations orders developed by the local committee.

Questions about this meeting should be directed to Ed Cavagnaro, News Director, KCBS, 1t 415-765-4049.

Thank you for your interest in EAS.


CHAPTER 40 WEB ADDRESS

Whereas this typeface is ambiguous, Ill mention that the letters in the address are LNS since you cant tell a 1 from a lower case l.

The address is: http://www.lns.com/sbe


PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST

What with all the big bucks made at auction with Jackie's fake pearls, I started going through boxes in the basement looking for any Picassos I might have or possibly a Walt Kelly original. What I found instead was a self portrait of our resident artist Bill Dempster. I've known Bill for about 40 years and have always enjoyed his drawings. One time, while working on something else, he knocked this out. He was in his ladies with big breasts period. (I have a bunch of those too.)

Drawing by Bill Dempster...

Job Opening at Spectrum Satellite

Spectrum Satellite in Richmond has a position open for a duty operator. Experience required. Please contact Jonathan at 510-525-6964 for details.