Published Articles
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New Tower In Town: WHIT-FM
By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterJuly 1, 2004 WHIT-FM 93.1 MHz “The Lake” may feature a timeless rock format, but their sign-on was almost eight years in the making. WHIT is the seventh Madison station owned by Mid-West Management, Inc. WHIT-FM has its studio at 2740 Ski Lane in Madison.… Continue reading
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Madison Video Repair Still Going Strong
By Vicki W. KippMay 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter Long after most electronics repair shops have closed their doors, Madison Video Repair on Madison’s South side still manages to earn a living. From 1976 – 1980, Lynne Smith worked in the Madison office for Avonix, a Milwaukee based video sales company.… Continue reading
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Technician Class Hams, Ready for an Upgrade?
By Vicki W. Kipp Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterApril 1, 2004 Are you a Technician Class ham who would like to step up your operating privileges a notch? Are you starting to get “cabin fever” by being limited to transmitting on amateur VHF and UHF frequencies? Would you like to turn your rig… Continue reading
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Diamond in the Sky: WSM-AM
By Vicki W. KippApril 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter Have you ever seen a tower that is wider in the middle than it is at the top and bottom? If you have, consider yourself fortunate. Only a few of these diamond-shaped towers exist. This is the story of a diamond-shaped tower… Continue reading
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Tower Site Monitoring Down to a Science
By Vicki W. KippApril 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterApril 1, 2004 How do you monitor more than 17,000 different transmitter sites across the country from one monitoring facility with a staff of 21 people? When I heard this claim made of Dielectric Corporation’s Flash Technology division in April 2003, I was… Continue reading
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PDA is a Gadget Worth Owning
By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterJanuary 1, 2004 If you’ve attended any meetings lately, you may have noticed other attendees whipping out recipe card size appliances. Not just the status symbol toy of business executives anymore, Personal Data Assistants (better known as PDAs) are becoming a popular tool for all… Continue reading
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A Glimpse of “Taste of NAB”
By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterJuly 15, 2003 Larry Bloomfield’s “Taste of NAB” show rolled into Madison on July 15th. At the request of Chapter 24 Program Committee Chairperson Steve Paugh, Madison was the 25th destination out of 36 venues in Larry Bloomfield’s 2003 “Taste of NAB” tour. Taste of… Continue reading
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NAB 2003 RF Products
BY VICTORIA WAY KIPP, CSTE,CBNT June 1, 2003 Broadcast Engineering magazine, NAB Edition While the physics of RF transmission don’t change, the products do. NAB 2003 revealed new products and services that improve an already mature television RF industry. The event showcased improvements to transmitters, transmission lines, antennas, tower lighting, and transmitter/ site monitoring products.… Continue reading
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Pavek Prizes Broadcast History
By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter April 1, 2003 When a day off comes, what’s a broadcast engineer to do? Here’s an idea: marvel at the equipment used by the broadcast engineers, TV viewers, and radio listeners of decades past. The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting is only a road trip away.… Continue reading
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Old WHAD Tower Decommissioned
SBE CHAPTER 24 NEWSLETTER March 1, 2003 By Vicki W. Kipp The day that the WHAD/Delafield tower at the Lapham Peak Unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest would be dismantled dawned sunny and bitter cold. Only the lack of wind and falling snow on Monday morning, March 3, made outdoor work tolerable. As the morning… Continue reading
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Hello there! My name is Vicki Kipp, and I am a closed caption maker. Making closed captions is time consuming and complicated, so this blog is a collection of all of the knowledge and experiences I have gained. I hope my collection of tips and tricks might help you with your closed caption work the way it has helped me!
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