Fred Baumgartner, K0FMB earned his first-class FCC license and got his first broadcast jobs before a driver’s license. He recently retired from Sinclair Broadcasting where he was Director of NextGen Broadcast Implementation. He had also been a Director of Engineering with Qualcomm’s MediaFLO project, enabling TV on cell phones. His long career included Comcast, AT&T, Harris Broadcast, and several Chief Engineer roles at TV and Radio Stations. He was also a key developer of EAS and was TFT’s product manager for the first generation of EAS equipment. Fred is well known in Society of Broadcast Engineering circles for his involvement in education.
